getchaintxstats

blockchain

v0.17.1

getchaintxstats ( nblocks blockhash )

Compute statistics about the total number and rate of transactions in the chain.

Arguments:
1. nblocks (numeric, optional) Size of the window in number of blocks (default: one month).
2. "blockhash" (string, optional) The hash of the block that ends the window.

Result:
{
"time": xxxxx, (numeric) The timestamp for the final block in the window in UNIX format.
"txcount": xxxxx, (numeric) The total number of transactions in the chain up to that point.
"window_final_block_hash": "...", (string) The hash of the final block in the window.
"window_block_count": xxxxx, (numeric) Size of the window in number of blocks.
"window_tx_count": xxxxx, (numeric) The number of transactions in the window. Only returned if "window_block_count" is > 0.
"window_interval": xxxxx, (numeric) The elapsed time in the window in seconds. Only returned if "window_block_count" is > 0.
"txrate": x.xx, (numeric) The average rate of transactions per second in the window. Only returned if "window_interval" is > 0.
}

Examples:
> bitcoin-cli getchaintxstats
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getchaintxstats", "params": [2016] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
Don't trust. Verify. Docs extracted from src/rpc/blockchain.cpp#L1552-L1574.