eth_mining

Returns true if client is actively mining new blocks.

Parameters

None.

Returns

is mining flag: A boolean indicating if the client is mining.

Example

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request

cURL

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

WSS

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

Response

note

Infura will always return false in response to eth_mining.

JSON

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