Method: Bitcoin::Client#latest_remote_block_height

Defined in:
lib/bc.rb

#latest_remote_block_height ⇒ Object

This returns the height of the last processed block according to blockexplorer.com. Be cautious—this information is provided by a third party! This method may raise exceptions of numerous different types.



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# File 'lib/bc.rb', line 677

def latest_remote_block_height
	con = Net::HTTP.new('blockexplorer.com', 443)
	con.use_ssl = true

	con.get((testnet? ? '/testnet' : '') + '/q/getblockcount').body.to_i
end