getchaintips RPC Method

This method does not accept any parameters

height

The height of the chain tip

hash

The block hash of the tip

branchlen

Zero for main chain, otherwise length of branch connecting the tip to the main chain

status

The status of the chain, "active" for the main chain. Other possible statuses can be:

invalid

The status will be invalid when the branch contains at least one invalid block

headers-only

The status will be headers-only when only the headers are valid, however all blocks for this branch are not present

valid-headers

The status will be valid-headers when the branch contains all the blocks, but they were never fully validated

valid-fork

The status will be valid-fork when the branch is fully validated and not part of the active chain

active

The status will be active when the branch is the tip of the active main chain, which is certainly valid

error

The error message, if any

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{ "method": "getchaintips" }'
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