getdifficulty

Returns the proof-of-work difficulty, as a multiple of the minimum difficulty. This method uses 80 credits from your daily balance.

Parameters

None

Returns

result: (number) - Current proof-of-work difficulty.

Request

curl

curl https://bitcoin-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "getdifficulty", "params": []}'

Response

JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": 133759191625814.6
}