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# getblockcount

Returns the height of the most-work fully-validated chain. The genesis block has height 0.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## **Reference:** [**Here**](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/getblockcount.html)

## Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| n | numeric | The current block count |

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
   -X POST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{
  	"jsonrpc": "1.0",
  	"id": "curltest",
  	"method": "getblockcount",
  	"params": []
  }'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://testnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
   -X POST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{
  	"jsonrpc": "1.0",
  	"id": "curltest",
  	"method": "getblockcount",
  	"params": []
  }'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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