getblockheader: RPC-JSON API: getblockheader

In rbch: Extraction and Analysis of Data from the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Blockchain

Description

Returns the block header for a given hash string.

Usage

getblockheader(con, hash, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

con	object of class CONRPC.
hash	character the block hash.
verbose	logical TRUE for a json object, FALSE for the hex encoded data.

Value

A S4-object of class ANSRPC.

Details

If verbose is false, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for blockheader 'hash'. If verbose is true, returns an Object with information about blockheader <hash>.

Author(s)

Bernhard Pfaff

References

https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#getblockheader, https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#remote-procedure-calls-rpcs

See Also

Other Blockchain RPCs: decodescript(), getbestblockhash(), getblockchaininfo(), getblockcount(), getblockhash(), getblock(), getchaintips(), getchaintxstats(), getdifficulty(), getmempoolancestors(), getmempooldescendants(), getmempoolentry(), getmempoolinfo(), getrawmempool(), gettxoutproof(), gettxoutsetinfo(), gettxout(), pruneblockchain(), verifychain(), verifytxoutproof()

rbch documentation built on Jan. 11, 2022, 1:06 a.m.