# net\_peerCount

Returns number of peers currently connected to the client.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/billing).

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## **Parameters**

`None`

## **Returns**

QUANTITY - integer of the number of connected peers.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"id": 64,
	"result": "0x8"
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.tron.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":64}'

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}