Blocks
Blocks are the building blocks of blockchains and rollups.
A block contains transactions which will alter the state of an EVM system incrementally. Transaction within a block can only be executed one after the other, not in parallel.
Table Columns
| Column Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
number | The length of the chain, in blocks. | 2847069 |
timestamp | The unix timestamp for when the block was collated. | 2023-08-19 22:18:05+00:00 |
hash | Unique identifier for that block. | 0x8accdf7bdc6d97a9a4d08e86e8e8b2a58bd727dae015c3fade88772ad7e32dac |
parent_hash | Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block. | 0x763bcd2fa439b2b675c0ced263cc2f729237bb4f725acca29a0a51c5b90979c8 |
nonce | Nonce value. | 0x0000000000000000 |
sha3_uncles | An array of uncle hashes. | 0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347 |
logs_bloom | The bloom filter for the logs of the block. | 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 |
state_root | The root of the final state trie of the block. | 0x2b07a6e74d09b1af8cae9baff50f1c47e68d1e2e8c24c0f78e4a9a58bafc567b |
receipts_root | The root of the receipts trie of the block. | 0x79974621b1b1a34d581977252ffb90eec5c9b5bf6fcb544bcc033e0f3522b642 |
miner | The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given | 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000011 |
difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. | 0 |
total_difficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. | 0 |
size | The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. | 5340 |
extra_data | The “extra data” field of this block. | 0x |
gas_limit | Gas limit of the current block. | 30000000 |
gas_used | Total gas used in the block. | 2474813 |
base_fee_per_gas | Post London Upgrade (EIP1559), this represents the minimum gas_used required for a transaction to be included in a block. Represented in wei. | 54 |
transaction_count | Number of transactions included in this block. | 19 |
transactions_root | The root of the transaction trie of the block. | 0xd2006072e6e517b5eb5eed4f2d2e9ecaf24f2f81b4da1eb3e10b013205154912 |
_created_at | Timestamp of the entry creation. | 2023-08-19 22:18:26.704000+00:00 |
_updated_at | Timestamp of the entry update. | 2023-08-19 22:18:26.704000+00:00 |
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