getnetworksolps - Zcash

Example code for the getnetworksolps JSON-RPC method. Сomplete guide on how to use the getnetworksolps JSON-RPC method in GetBlock.io Web3 documentation.

This method returns an estimate of the network's Equihash solutions per second over a window of recent blocks. This is Zcash's equivalent of Bitcoin's getnetworkhashps — Zcash's Equihash algorithm is measured in solutions/second (sol/s) rather than hashes/second.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
blocks	integer	No	Number of blocks to average over. Default 120. Use -1 for the full averaging window since the last difficulty adjustment
height	integer	No	Block height at which to estimate. Default -1 (current tip)

Request

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getnetworksolps",
    "params": [
        120,
        -1
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

Axios

example.js

const axios = require('axios');

const response = await axios.post('https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/', {
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'getnetworksolps',
    params: [
        120,
        -1
    ],
    id: 'getblock.io'
}, {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
});

console.log(response.data.result);

Request

example.py

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
    json={
        'jsonrpc': '2.0',
        'method': 'getnetworksolps',
        'params': [
        120,
        -1
    ],
        'id': 'getblock.io'
    }
)

print(response.json())

Rust

example.rs

use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::{json, Value};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();
    
    let response = client
        .post("https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&json!({
            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
            "method": "getnetworksolps",
            "params": [
        120,
        -1
    ],
            "id": "getblock.io"
        }))
        .send()
        .await?
        .json::<Value>()
        .await?;
    
    println!("Result: {}", response["result"]);
    Ok(())
}

Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": 20929098466
}

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
result	integer	Estimated network Equihash solutions per second

Use Cases

• Network Hashrate Charts: Feed historical networksolps values into visualization dashboards

• Mining Profitability Calculators: Combined with block reward and difficulty to project expected earnings

• Congestion vs Capacity Analysis: Compare hashrate trends to network activity to understand security margins

Error Handling

Error Code	Message	Description
-32602	Invalid params	Blocks or height parameter is malformed
-32603	Internal error	Node failed to compute the estimate