Bitcoin: How do I get Bitcoin Core’s estimated confirmation time for a given transaction?

Getting Bitcoin Core’s Estimated Confirmation Time for a Given Transaction

Bitcoin core, the popular open-source Bitcoin client, provides an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interface that allows you to interact with the Bitcoin Network. One of the most useful rpc commands is GetTransaction, which returns detailed information about a given transaction on the blockchain.

Estimated Confirmation Time

To Get Bitcoin Core’s estimated confirmation time for a given transaction, you can use the following RPC Command:

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Bitcoin-CLI GetTransaction

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Replace with the hexadecimal identifier of the transaction you want to check. The GetTransaction command will return a json object containing various details about the transaction, including its estimated confirmation time.

how it works

When you run gettransaction , Bitcoin core uses its internal algorithms and data structures to estimate the confirmation time for the help transaction. The estimated confirmation time is based on factors such as:

• Block Time (The Time Interval Between Blocks)

• Transaction Complexity

• Congestion Network

• Consensus Algorithm used by the Node (E.G., Lightning Network, SegWit)

Estimated Confirmation Time Format

The output of GetTransaction will include a confirmationtime field in the JSON response. This value represents the estimated time it takes for the transaction to be confirmed on the Bitcoin Network.

Example Output

For example, if you runBitcoin-Cli GetTransaction 1A39D9B76C94E4B2B35B7BA6F8F99AB0D5D28E3, and then Parse the Output, You Will See Something Like This:

{

“TXID”: “1A39D9B76C94E4B2B35B7BA6F8F99AB0D5D28E3”,

…

“ConfirmationTime”: 21000

}

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In this example, the estimated confirmation time for the transaction with the hexadecimal identifier 1A39D9B76C94E4B2B35B7BA6F99AB0D28E3 is 21,000 seconds (or approximately 56.67 minutes).

tips and variations

• To get more detailed information about a transaction, you can use the GetTransaction 'command with additional flags, such as -quietor-long.

• You can also use other RPC commands, such asGetBlockCountor Listtransactions, to retrieve related information.

• If you want to get a specific confirmation time for a particular block, you will need to runBitcoin-Cli getblocksbyhash and then filter the results usingGetTransaction.

By using `GetTransaction with Bitcoin Core’s RPC Interface, you can easily estimate the confirmation time for any given transaction on the Bitcoin Network.

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