How do I get testnet block height?

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Like I would do wget -O - http://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount 2>/dev/null for the main net.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '13 at 16:00

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Blockchain.info does not track the testnet, but blockexplorer.com does. In fact the API you're using was originally from blockexplorer.com, and blockchain.info simply adopted it.

wget -O - http://blockexplorer.com/testnet/q/getblockcount 2> /dev/null

or shorter

curl http://blockexplorer.com/testnet/q/getblockcount

answered Jun 17 '13 at 16:00

cdecker

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this doesn't work anymore :( gives a 502... – knocte Jun 27 '16 at 07:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '16 at 07:18

BlockExplorer doesn't work anymore for me (redirecting to testnet.blockexplorer.com which throws a 502) so I found a new alternative:

http://tbtc.blockr.io/api/v1/coin/info

You have to get the "last_block" element.

(For mainnet: http://btc.blockr.io/api/v1/coin/info)

How do I get testnet block height?

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