getchaintxstats

Compute statistics about the total number and rate of transactions in the chain.

Argument #1 - nblocks

Type: numeric, optional, default=one month

Size of the window in number of blocks

Argument #2 - blockhash

Type: string, optional, default=chain tip

The hash of the block that ends the window.

Result

{                                       (json object)
  "time" : xxx,                         (numeric) The timestamp for the final block in the window, expressed in UNIX epoch time
  "txcount" : n,                        (numeric) The total number of transactions in the chain up to that point
  "window_final_block_hash" : "hex",    (string) The hash of the final block in the window
  "window_final_block_height" : n,      (numeric) The height of the final block in the window.
  "window_block_count" : n,             (numeric) Size of the window in number of blocks
  "window_tx_count" : n,                (numeric) The number of transactions in the window. Only returned if "window_block_count" is > 0
  "window_interval" : n,                (numeric) The elapsed time in the window in seconds. Only returned if "window_block_count" is > 0
  "txrate" : n                          (numeric) The average rate of transactions per second in the window. Only returned if "window_interval" is > 0
}

Request

Curl

curl --location --request POST 'https://btc.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key' \
--header 'x-api-key: your_api_key' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "1.0",
    "id": "curltest",
    "method": "getchaintxstats",
    "params": [
        2016
    ]
}'

Postman

URL: https://btc.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc": "1.0",
    "id": "curltest",
    "method": "getchaintxstats",
    "params": [
        2016
    ]
}

Response

{
    "time": 1652727595,
    "txcount": 734099358,
    "window_final_block_hash": "00000000000000000002412a773c2c03a7848722c15ec346598ba8ce7246f9fc",
    "window_final_block_height": 736664,
    "window_block_count": 2016,
    "window_tx_count": 3674003,
    "window_interval": 1188256,
    "txrate": 3.09192884361619
}