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eth_getWork

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

REQUEST

POST https://<network>.infura.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 Infura Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
curl https://mainnet.infura.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 Infura Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
wscat -c wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/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

NOTE: While Infura 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"
}
}