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net_peerCount RPC Method

Returns number of peers currently connected to the client.

Updated on
Feb 24, 2026

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result
string

The integer of the number of connected peers, encoded in hexadecimal format

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x32"
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x32"
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}
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