Using RSK Nodes

Public Nodes

RSK is currently provides two public nodes for testing purposes:

Testnet

https://public-node.testnet.rsk.co

Mainnet

https://public-node.rsk.co

Versioning

Current and previous versions are accessible through these routes:

/: version 1.0.2 (deprecated)
/1.0.2, /1.0.2/: version 1.0.2
/1.1.0, /1.1.0/: version 1.1.0 (current)

The use of / will be removed in future releases.

Supported RPC methods

These nodes support the following JSON RPC methods:

Method
`net_version`
`net_listening`
`net_peerCount`
`eth_protocolVersion`
`eth_hashrate`
`eth_mining`
`eth_call`
`eth_estimateGas`
`eth_gasPrice`
`eth_blockNumber`
`eth_getBalance`
`eth_getBlockByHash`
`eth_getBlockByNumber`
`eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash`
`eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber`
`eth_getCode`
`eth_getStorageAt`
`eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex`
`eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex`
`eth_getTransactionByHash`
`eth_getTransactionCount`
`eth_getTransactionReceipt`
`eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex`
`eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex`
`eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash`
`eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber`
`eth_sendRawTransaction`

Note: request headers must include "Content-Type: application/json"

Example using `cURL`

Here’s an example request using cURL to get the Mainnet block number:

curl https://public-node.rsk.co/1.1.0/ \
    -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'