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getblockcount JSON-RPC command

getblockcount

Returns the number of blocks in the longest blockchain.

Result

n (numeric) The current block count

Examples

```

bitcoin-cli getblockcount curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getblockcount", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/ ```

Bitcoin Cash Node Daemon version v29.0.1-71febb2

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