eth_hashrate

Returns the number of hashes per second that the node is mining with. Only applicable when the node is mining.

Parameters

None.

Returns

hashrate: A hexadecimal equivalent of an integer representing the number of hashes per second.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

curl

curl https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_hashrate", "params": [], "id": 1}'

WSS

wscat -c wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_hashrate", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

note

Infura will always return a 0x0 mining hash rate.

JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x0"
}