eth_getWork

Returns the hash of the current block, the seedHash, and the boundary condition to be met ("target").

REQUEST

POST https://<network>.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY

HEADERS

Content-Type: application/json

EXAMPLE

## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your chainRPC Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
curl https://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getWork","params": [],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your chainRPC Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
wscat -c wss://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getWork","params": [],"id":1}

RESPONSE

RESULT FIELDS

• WORK ARRAY

  • 32 Bytes - current block header pow-hash

  • 32 Bytes - the seed hash used for the DAG.

  • 32 Bytes - the boundary condition ("target"), 2^256 / difficulty.

BODY

While chainRPC will allow this method, eth_getWork will never actually return mining work.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "error": {
    "code": -32000,
    "message": "no mining work available yet"
  }
}