revalidateblock

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revalidateblock "blockhash" ( timeout_ms ) Re-run external full validation for a block hash and rebuild the chain according to the result. Arguments: 1. blockhash (string, required) Block hash to revalidate 2. timeout_ms (numeric, optional, default=60000) Maximum time to wait for the validation result Result: { (json object) "blockhash" : "hex", (string) Validated block hash "validation_status" : "str", (string) Validation result: full_green|full_amber|full_red "chain_action" : "str" (string) Chain handling: accepted|invalidated_amber|invalidated_red } Examples: > bitcoin-cli revalidateblock "<blockhash>" > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "revalidateblock", "params": ["<blockhash>"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Signature

revalidateblock(blockhash: string, timeout_ms?: number) → any

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"revalidateblock","params":["\"<blockhash>\"",60000]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli revalidateblock "<blockhash>"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "revalidateblock", "params": ["<blockhash>"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "revalidateblock",
        "params": ["\"<blockhash>\"", 60000],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "revalidateblock",
    params: ["\"<blockhash>\"",60000],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Parameters

Name	Type	Req.	Description
blockhash	`string`	yes	Block hash to revalidate
timeout_ms	`number`	—	Maximum time to wait for the validation result

Result

Type: any

{ (json object) "blockhash" : "hex", (string) Validated block hash "validation_status" : "str", (string) Validation result: full_green|full_amber|full_red "chain_action" : "str" (string) Chain handling: accepted|invalidated_amber|invalidated_red }

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/rpc/custom.cpp:783

C++ symbol: revalidateblock

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"revalidateblock","params":["\"<blockhash>\"",60000]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli revalidateblock "<blockhash>"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "revalidateblock", "params": ["<blockhash>"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "revalidateblock",
        "params": ["\"<blockhash>\"", 60000],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "revalidateblock",
    params: ["\"<blockhash>\"",60000],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());