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gettxoutsetinfo

gettxoutsetinfo ( “hash_type” )

Returns statistics about the unspent transaction output set. Note this call may take some time.

Arguments:

  1. hash_type (string, optional, default=hash_serialized_2) Which UTXO set hash should be calculated. Options: ‘hash_serialized_2’ (the legacy algorithm), ‘none’.

Result: { (json object) “height” : n, (numeric) The current block height (index) “bestblock” : “hex”, (string) The hash of the block at the tip of the chain “transactions” : n, (numeric) The number of transactions with unspent outputs “txouts” : n, (numeric) The number of unspent transaction outputs “bogosize” : n, (numeric) A meaningless metric for UTXO set size “hash_serialized_2” : “hex”, (string) The serialized hash (only present if ‘hash_serialized_2’ hash_type is chosen) “disk_size” : n, (numeric) The estimated size of the chainstate on disk “total_amount” : n (numeric) The total amount }

Examples:

bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo curl —user myusername —data-binary ’{“jsonrpc”: “1.0”, “id”: “curltest”, “method”: “gettxoutsetinfo”, “params”: []}’ -H ‘content-type: text/plain;’ http://127.0.0.1:8332/