How do I figure out the current number of blocks?
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You don't need to modify the bitcoin client at all - you can use JSON-RPC and call getblockcount.
answered May 31, 2013 at 16:52
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It's altcoin-dev, I need height to recalculate difficulty after fork. Commented May 31, 2013 at 17:57
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I don't understand your problem. There's no variable nHeight in ComputeMinWork. Commented Jun 2, 2013 at 18:29
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It's true. It's not possible, because, does not have position on blockchain yet. Thanks. Commented Jun 3, 2013 at 19:05
If you don't mind using someone else's server you can just use the response from a HTTP call to http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount
