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

Response

note

Infura will always return false in response to eth_mining.

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