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POSTNetwork & ClusterAll plans
Returns the genesis hash that identifies which cluster the node belongs to.
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getGenesisHash returns the genesis hash of the cluster the node runs against, fixed for the cluster's lifetime.
It confirms whether a node is on mainnet-beta rather than devnet, testnet or a local/forked validator; client code typically checks it once at startup and caches it.
Plans & rate limitsAll plans
Free5/s
Operator50/s
Blade Runner200/s
Nexus500/s
Parameters
This method takes no parameters.
Result
resultstring
The base-58 encoded genesis hash of the cluster.
Notes
- Every constant-k mainnet-beta endpoint returns
5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdpKuc147dw2N9d; a different value indicates a cluster other than mainnet-beta.