Definition
The number of blocks identified at the chain tip.
Dictionary
Block Count at Tip
block_count_at_tip
KRI
Block Attributes
Sum
Count of tips
1b
Methodology
Counts the number of unique block hashes at the tip of the chain and returns that number. More than one block count at the tip of the chain indiciates a fork in the chain.
Available Assets
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH)
Sample Query
Definition
The number of blocks mined by the same miner in the past 6 blocks.
Dictionary
Name
MetricID
Category
Sub-category
Type
Unit
Interval
Block Count by Same Miner
block_count_by_same_miner_6b
KRI
Block Attributes
Sum
Coun of Blocks
1b
Methodology
The 6 blocks from the tip of the blockchain (including the most recent block) are assessed. Coin Metric employs a proprietary entity clustering methodology in order to identify major mining pools & miners. The coinbase output field used by miners to self-identify is also used to help assess miner identities.
Available Assets
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH)*.
* Historical data covering the pre-merge timeframe only (up to 9/15/2022). With the merge ETH switched from Proof of Work and miners to Proof of Stake and validators meaning the network no longer has any miners as of the merge date.
Sample Query
Definition
The count of blocks that have been mined by unknown miners 6 blocks from the tip of the blockchain.
Dictionary
Blocks by unknown miner
block_count_by_unknown_miners_6b
KRI
Mining Pools
Sum
Count of blocks
1 block
Methodology
The 6 blocks from the tip of the blockchain (including the most recent block) are assessed. Coin Metric employs a proprietary entity clustering methodology in order to identify major mining pools & miners. The coinbase output field used by miners to self-identify is also used to help assess miner identities.
Available Assets (v1)
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH)*.
* Historical data covering the pre-merge timeframe only (up to 9/15/2022). With the merge ETH switched from Proof of Work and miners to Proof of Stake and validators meaning the network no longer has any miners as of the merge date.
Sample Query
Definition
The number of blocks without SegWit transactions in the past 6 blocks.
Dictionary
Non segwit blocks
block_count_without_segwit_6b
KRI
Block Attributes
Sum
Number of blocks
1 block
Methodology
The 6 blocks from the tip of the blockchain (including the most recent block) are assessed, and the number of blocks without SegWit transactions is counted.
Available Assets
Bitcoin (BTC)
Sample Query
Blocks metrics can be accessed using these endpoints:
timeseries/asset-metrics
and by passing in the metric ID's block_count* in the metrics parameter.
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curl --compressed "https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?metrics=block_count_at_tip&assets=btc&frequency=1b&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>"import requests
response = requests.get('https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?metrics=block_count_at_tip&assets=btc&frequency=1b&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>').json()
print(response)from coinmetrics.api_client import CoinMetricsClient
api_key = "<API_KEY>"
client = CoinMetricsClient(api_key)
print(
client.get_asset_metrics(
metrics="block_count_at_tip",
assets="btc",
).to_dataframe()
)