eth_getWork

Returns the hash of the current block, the seed hash, and the boundary condition to be met ("target"). This method uses 80 credits from your daily balance.

Parameters

None.

Returns

An array with the following properties:

• Current block header PoW-hash (32 bytes).
• The seed hash used for the DAG (32 bytes).
• The boundary condition ("target") (32 bytes), 2^256 / difficulty.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

• curl
• WSS

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}'

wscat -c wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getWork", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

note

While Infura will allow this method, eth_getWork will not actually return mining work.

• JSON

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