Miner Endpoints

Description of endpoints used to get data related to mining on the DeSo blockchain

Get Block Template

POST /api/v0/get-block-template

Get the template for the next block

Endpoint implementation in backend.

Example usages in frontend: - Make request to Get Block Template - Use GetBlockTemplate to show stats on the next block in the admin panel

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
PublicKeyBase58Check*	String	Public key to swap in for the block reward
NumHeaders*	int64	Number of headers (and extra nonces) requested
HeaderVersion*	uint32	Must be 1, version 0 headers have been deprecated

200: OK Successfully retrieved the template for the next block

Sample Response

{
  "BlockID": "27c0be6aba42ae4641c95d9a920399f689450f94388a7ac26c11188eb3b689b0", // Hex of latest block template hash
  "DifficultyTargetHex": "000000000000673b615ce18c1f9ddc322745eb8fb6f55b1debefc4bbbaf7db8a", // Hex of the current difficulty target
  "ExtraNonces": [1], // extra nonces in the block reward metadata
  "Headers": [[1,2,3]], // bytes of the headers of the block
  "LatestBlockTemplateStats": {
    "TxnCount": 0, // Number of transactions in the block template
    "FailingTxnError": "You good", // Reason why the final transaction failed to add. If no error, "You good" returned.
    "FailingTxnHash": "Nada", // Hash of final transaction tatempted to be put into the block that failed. If no error, "Nada" returned.
    "FailingTxnMinutesSinceAdded": 0, // Time since the failing transaction was added to the mempool 
    "FailingTxnOriginalTimeAdded": "2021-12-07T16:22:47.018211613Z" // The time of the first block in which the failed transaction was added.
  }
}

Response Field Descriptions

400: Bad Request

Submit Block

POST /api/v0/submit-block

Submits block to be processed by node's block producer

Endpoint implementation in backend.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
PublicKeyBase58Check*	String	Public key to swap in for the block reward
Header*	Byte[]	Bytes of MsgDeSoHeader to be used in block
ExtraNonce*	uint64	Extra data nonce to be used in the block reward transaction
BlockID*	String	ID of block to be looked up from the block producer

200: OK Successfully submitted block to be processed

Sample Response

{
  "IsMainChain": true, // If true, this is a block for the mainchain. If false, this is a block for testnet.
  "IsOrphan": false, // If true, this is an orphan block. If false, this block is not an orphan.
}

Response Field Descriptions

400: Bad Request