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 |
|---|---|---|
timestamp | The unix timestamp for when the block was collated. | 2020-11-02 12:26:49 |
number | The length of the chain, in blocks. | 1,882,507 |
hash | Unique identifier of a transaction. | 0x16aa301c8f8b32c6bb91b254ca7939d1e44a35f8acdb45ad3e1a62195e2e47d7 |
parent_hash | Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block. | 0x7f90b8d20da5bbe6aac4329da6b243b8b2cc1d60b7a775a8df58a3878bcf4c96 |
nonce | 0x0000000000000000 | |
sha3_uncles | An array of uncle hashes. | 0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347 |
logs_bloom | The bloom filter for the logs of the block. | 0x002000020000001000100800800004000000000004000000000000000000010000000000800001000000000811008000098010000000000008000010002000004480208002000000019000080000002020d00000124000100004000080000400000000200202000000000000008008000000000002080400040000100000000000008604000000000080000000000001000404010000000800000040000000000210400000000000200000000102000000804800000002000000084000000000200000020800000200000000800210002000000000000010000001120000a0000010800000200000011000000010100000002000400200401000000000000000 |
transactions_root | The root of the transaction trie of the block. | 0xb247596ab04d445adee2ffea9af58181f2e1ad07497ed6036f9a7a923a3d712a |
state_root | The root of the final state trie of the block. | 0x7f80351bb8de6006011f85920e09fe24e5fe5c4dd26d8c16109778aba431f15f |
receipts_root | The root of the receipts trie of the block. | 0x6f406e3bf3e3c82416405965da34d392b52075b658b1b99eae916ea38035647b |
miner | The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given | 0x4430b3230294d12c6ab2aac5c2cd68e80b16b581 |
difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. | 2 |
total_difficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. | 3,764,492 |
size | The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. | 1,818 |
extra_data | The “extra data” field of this block. | 0xd883010002846765746888676f312e31332e34856c696e75780000000000000007f8ddd4deb9c77b9bcb9ea5b67f7eae2f06a9677ba23f5b445ee9e85a04df1c2bd517d8e0a657c888b47ad6e1c4b4641fff5beb53bb69e2690460e0bf5fbf7301 |
gas_limit | Gas limit of the current block. | 30,000,000 |
gas_used | Total gas used in the block. | 517,647 |
transaction_count | Number of transactions included in this block. | 5 |
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. | |
_created_at | Timestamp of the entry creation. | |
_updated_at | Timestamp of the entry update. |
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