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net_peerCount

Number of peers.

  • Source: framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/TronJsonRpcImpl.java#getPeerCount
  • Ports: FullNode 8545 / Solidity 8555

Request parameters

None.

curl -X POST https://nile.trongrid.io/jsonrpc \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}'

Response

Hex-encoded nodeInfoService.getNodeInfo().getPeerList().size() (counts all peers, not only active ones).

The example below is the real response captured from the Nile testnet curl above (0x3b = 59 peers):

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x3b"
}

Peer count fluctuates with network topology; subsequent requests may return different values.

Error responses

None.