getblockfrompeer

getblockfrompeer “blockhash” peer_id

Attempt to fetch block from a given peer.

We must have the header for this block, e.g. using submitheader. Subsequent calls for the same block and a new peer will cause the response from the previous peer to be ignored. Peers generally ignore requests for a stale block that they never fully verified, or one that is more than a month old. When a peer does not respond with a block, we will disconnect. Note: The block could be re-pruned as soon as it is received.

Returns an empty JSON object if the request was successfully scheduled.

Arguments:

blockhash (string, required) The block hash to try to fetch
peer_id (numeric, required) The peer to fetch it from (see getpeerinfo for peer IDs)

Result: {} (empty JSON object)

Examples:

bitcoin-cli getblockfrompeer “00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09” 0 curl —user myusername —data-binary ’{“jsonrpc”: “1.0”, “id”: “curltest”, “method”: “getblockfrompeer”, “params”: [“00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09” 0]}’ -H ‘content-type: text/plain;’ http://127.0.0.1:8332/