net_peerCount

net_peerCount JSON-RPC reference for MegaETH.

Summary

Returns the number of peers currently connected to the node.

The public MegaETH endpoint supports this method. The standard, node, and gateway layers below identify behavior that differs from a generic Ethereum endpoint.

Parameters

None.

Result

result Quantity

Number of connected peers.

Comparison with Ethereum Standard JSON-RPC

Ethereum Standard

net_peerCount is a legacy Ethereum client/network compatibility method rather than a current execution-API method. Implementations commonly expose it with the result shape above.

MegaETH Node Behavior

The inherited network method reports the node's current peer count; the value is inherently transient.

MegaETH Public Gateway

The gateway forwards this dynamic value without response caching in the simple read tier.

Errors

The | Scope | column distinguishes method failures from gateway policy errors.

No method-specific errors were observed.

Code	Scope	Message	When it happens
-32005	Transport/policy	Rate limit exceeded	The caller exceeds the public gateway's simple read budget.
-32099	Transport/policy	Payload too large	The request body exceeds the 128 KiB public endpoint limit.

See also Error Codes.

Examples

Endpoint: https://mainnet.megaeth.com/rpc

Capture date: July 24, 2026

Outcome: success

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "net_peerCount",
  "params": []
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x4"
}

Sources

• Spec: EIP-1474 for JSON-RPC framing and error conventions; this method is an extension or legacy compatibility method.
• Code: [email protected]:megaeth-labs/mega-reth.git @ ab60376631228edab3a6df180f295280bad26e93: crates/rpc/rpc/src/net.rs
• Code: [email protected]:megaeth-labs/mega-rpc.git @ 06aa35aa95d569c227cc25d2aa12834eb0458aa0: workers/src/spec/methods.ts
• Probe: MegaETH Mainnet public endpoint, July 24, 2026