# Mining

The following RPC calls interact with the komodod software, and are made available through the komodo-cli software.

# getblocksubsidy

getblocksubsidy height_number

The getblocksubsidy method returns the block-subsidy reward. The resulting calculation takes into account the mining slow start. This method can be used in conjunction with custom mining rewards designed by the developers of a KMD-based Smart Chain.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
height (numeric, optional) the block height; if the block height is not provided, the method defaults to the current height of the chain

# Response

Name Type Description
"miner" (numeric) the mining reward amount

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getblocksubsidy 100

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getblocksubsidy", "params": [1000] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# getblocktemplate

getblocktemplate ( "jsonrequestobject" )

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See the Bitcoin wiki for the full specification.

The getblocktemplate method returns data that is necessary to construct a block.

If the request parameters include a mode key, it is used to explicitly select between the default 'template' request, a 'proposal' or 'disablecb'.

# A Note on Unique Mining Circumstances

There are many features in the Komodo Ecosystem that can make a Smart Chain's daemon produce non-standard coinbase transactions. Examples include a Smart Chain parameter that creates new coins for a specific pubkey in every block or a CC module that adds outputs to the coinbase transaction.

This can be dealt using a mode called disablecb

Usage:

./komodo-cli getblocktemplate '{"mode":"disablecb"}'

The block template produced using this mode doesn't have the "coinbasetxn": { ... } json object but adds the coinbase transaction to the "transactions":[ ... ] array, just like a regular transaction.

Now the pool software can use the "transactions":[ ... ] array to create a block and take fees in the payment processor. Team member, Blackjok3r, developed a coinbase-override method for this purpose. Please see this repo (opens new window) for details.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
"jsonrequestobject" : { ... } (string, optional) a json object in the following spec
"mode" (string, optional) this must be set to "template" or omitted
"capabilities": [ ... ] (array, optional) a list of strings
"support" (string) client side supported features: "longpoll", "coinbasetxn", "coinbasevalue", "proposal", "serverlist", "workid"

# Response

Name Type Description
"version" (numeric) the block version
"previousblockhash" (string) the hash of current highest block
"finalsaplingroothash" (string) the hash of the final sapling root
"transactions":[ ... ] (array) the contents of non-coinbase transactions that should be included in the next block
"data" (string) transaction data encoded in hexadecimal (byte-for-byte)
"hash" (string) the hash/id encoded in little-endian hexadecimal
"depends" : [ ... ] (array) an array of numbers
number (numeric) the indexes of transactions that must be present in the final block if this transaction is present in the final block; the index of the array of transactions starts with "1"
"fee" (numeric) the difference in value between transaction inputs and outputs in satoshis; for coinbase transactions, this is the negative number of the total collected block fees, not including the block subsidy; if a key is not present, the fee is unknown and clients MUST NOT assume it is not present
"sigops" (numeric) the total number of sigops, as counted for the purposes of block limits; if a key is not present, the sigop count is unknown and clients MUST NOT assume they are not present.
"required" (boolean) if provided and true, this transaction must be in the final block
"coinbasetxn": { ... } (json object) information for the coinbase transaction
"longpollid" (string) the last seen longpollid when this response was sent by the server
"data" (string) transaction data encoded in hexadecimal (byte-for-byte)
"hash" (string) the hash/id encoded in little-endian hexadecimal
"depends" : [ ... ] (array) an array of numbers
"fee" (numeric) the difference in value between transaction inputs and outputs in satoshis; for coinbase transactions, this is the negative number of the total collected block fees, not including the block subsidy; if a key is not present, the fee is unknown and clients MUST NOT assume it is not present
"sigops" (numeric) the total number of sigops, as counted for the purposes of block limits; if a key is not present, the sigop count is unknown and clients MUST NOT assume they are not present.
"foundersreward" (numeric) the founder's reward that should be paid out in this block; this key is present only in the blocks that payout the founder's reward; present only in chains with ac_founders enabled
"coinbasevalue" (numeric) the value of the coinbase transaction (in satoshis)
"required" (boolean) if provided and true, this transaction must be in the final block
"target" (string) the hash target
"mintime" (numeric) the minimum timestamp appropriate for next block time in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT)
"mutable": [ ... ] (array of strings) a list of ways the block template may be changed
"value" (string) a way the block template may be changed, e.g. "time", "transactions", "prevblock"
"noncerange" (string) a range of valid nonces
"sigoplimit" (numeric) the limit of sigops in blocks
"sizelimit" (numeric) the limit of block size
"curtime" (numeric) current timestamp in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT)
"bits" (string) the compressed target of the next block
"height" (numeric) the height of the next block

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getblocktemplate '{"mode":"template","capabilities":["workid"]}'

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getblocktemplate", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# getlocalsolps

getlocalsolps

The getlocalsolps method returns the average local solutions per second since this node was started.

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This is the same information shown on the metrics screen (if enabled).

# Arguments

Name Type Description
(none)

# Response

Name Type Description
"data" (numeric) the solutions-per-second average

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getlocalsolps

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getlocalsolps", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# getmininginfo

getmininginfo

The getmininginfo method returns a json object containing mining-related information.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
(none) (none)

# Response

Name Type Description
"blocks" (numeric) the current block
"currentblocksize" (numeric) the last block size
"currentblocktx" (numeric) the last block transaction
"difficulty" (numeric) the current difficulty
"errors":
"generate" (boolean) if the generation is on or off (see getgenerate or setgenerate calls)
"genproclimit" (numeric) the processor limit for generation; -1 if no generation (see getgenerate or setgenerate calls)
"localsolps" (numeric) the average local solution rate (solutions per second) since this node was started
"networksolps" (numeric) the estimated network solution rate (solutions per second)
"pooledtx":
"testnet" (boolean) if using testnet or not
"chain" (string) the current network name as defined in BIP70 (main, test, regtest)

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getmininginfo

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getmininginfo", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# getnetworkhashps

getnetworkhashps ( blocks height )

WARNING

DEPRECATED: Use getnetworksolps instead.

The getnetworkhashps method returns the estimated network solutions per second based on the last n blocks.

Pass in blocks value to override the default number of blocks. Passing in -1 will return a value based on the average hashps of the relevant difficulty window.

Pass in height to estimate the network speed at the time when a certain block was found.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
blocks (numeric, optional, default=120) the number of blocks (use -1 to calculate over the relevant difficulty averaging window)
height (numeric, optional, default=-1) the block height that corresponds to the requested data

# Response

Name Type Description
data (numeric) the solutions-per-second estimate

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getnetworkhashps

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnetworkhashps", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# getnetworksolps

getnetworksolps ( blocks height )

The getnetworksolps method returns the estimated network solutions per second based on the last n blocks.

Pass in blocks to override the default number of blocks. Use -1 to calculate according to the relevant difficulty averaging window. Pass in height to estimate the network speed at the time when a certain block was found.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
blocks (numeric, optional, default=120) the number of blocks; use -1 to calculate according to the relevant difficulty averaging window
height (numeric, optional, default=-1) the block height that corresponds to the requested data

# Response

Name Type Description
data (numeric) solutions per second, estimated

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli getnetworksolps

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnetworksolps", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# prioritisetransaction

prioritisetransaction "transaction_id" priority_delta fee_delta

The prioritisetransaction method instructs the daemon to accept the indicated transaction into mined blocks at a higher (or lower) priority. The transaction selection algorithm considers the transaction as it would have a higher priority.

TIP

This method is inherited from the original Bitcoin protocol, of which KMD is a fork (via Zcash). For more examples regarding this method, please see the linked documentation.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
"transaction_id" (string, required) the transaction id
priority_delta (numeric, required) the priority to add or subtract (if negative). The transaction selection algorithm assigns the tx a higher or lower priority. The transaction priority calculation: coinage * value_in_satoshis / txsize
fee_delta (numeric, required) the fee value in satoshis to add or subtract (if negative); the fee is not actually paid, only the algorithm for selecting transactions into a block considers the transaction as if it paid a higher (or lower) fee.

# Response

Name Type Description
true (boolean) returns true

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli prioritisetransaction "7dc902b280da27cf2dabe41ed6f4d04c828714f289435db193a49341005607eb" 0.0 10000

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "prioritisetransaction", "params": ["7dc902b280da27cf2dabe41ed6f4d04c828714f289435db193a49341005607eb", 0.0, 10000] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/

# submitblock

submitblock "hexdata" ( "jsonparametersobject" )

The submitblock method instructs the daemon to propose a new block to the network.

TIP

The jsonparametersobject parameter is currently ignored. See the linked documentation for full specification details.

TIP

Note: for more information on submitblock parameters and results, see the linked documentation.

# Arguments

Name Type Description
"hexdata" (string, required) the hex-encoded block data to submit
"jsonparametersobject" : { ... } (string, optional) object of optional parameters
"workid" (string, sometimes optional) if the server provides a workid, it MUST be included with submissions

# Response

Name Type Description
"duplicate" the node already has a valid copy of the block
"duplicate-invalid" the node already has the block, but it is invalid
"duplicate-inconclusive" the node already has the block but has not validated it
"inconclusive" the node has not validated the block, it may not be on the node's current best chain
"rejected" the block was rejected as invalid

# 📌 Examples

Command:

./komodo-cli submitblock "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"

You can find your rpcuser, rpcpassword, and rpcport in the coin's .conf file.

Command:

curl --user $rpcuser:$rpcpassword --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "submitblock", "params": ["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"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:$rpcport/