eth_mining

Returns true if client is actively mining new blocks.

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_mining","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_mining","params": [],"id":1}

RESPONSE

RESULT FIELDS

• IS MINING FLAG - a boolean indicating if the client is mining

BODY

chainRPC will always return false in response to eth_mining.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": false
}