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.
Learn more in the official Ethereum documentation here.
Sample Query
Querying the latest blocks produced.
Table Columns
Column Name | Description | Example |
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timestamp | The unix timestamp for when the block was collated. | 2023-02-03 00:22:47 |
number | The length of the chain, in blocks. | 16,544,661 |
hash | Unique identifier for that block. | 0xf20ff90876535215fbde9560b00dd6d77764d29bdbbee095c1c1b6c217bf522a |
parent_hash | Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block. | 0xfc540fac4c549a6bdfde197a765cf5d68add9977bf6750768fc2995550ffbd47 |
nonce | Proof of Stake: Unused post Merge. The value will always be 0x0000000000000000 Proof of Work: Used to demonstrate proof of work during mining | 0x0000000000000000 |
sha3_uncles | An array of uncle hashes. | 0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347 |
logs_bloom | The bloom filter for the logs of the block. | 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 |
transactions_root | The root of the transaction trie of the block. | 0xb43e9b2212372bd1feb6dc60c131881510640b586b3b5ef7b8aee6774234b3cd |
state_root | The root of the final state trie of the block. | 0xb5a7292fde6a9d72a1d9fec001bf047dab432624c1a3a22823969f5f8b5c3ea3 |
receipts_root | The root of the receipts trie of the block. | 0x6881e7138efb56dd174af14f250d168e003507ca627b850b5ea05384559712af |
miner | Proof of Stake Address receiving fees from transactions in this block Proof of Work Address of the miner that mined this block. | 0x95222290dd7278aa3ddd389cc1e1d165cc4bafe5 |
difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. | 0 |
total_difficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. | 5.88E+22 |
size | The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. | 71,052 |
extra_data | The “extra data” field of this block. | 0x6265617665726275696c642e6f7267 |
gas_limit | Gas limit of the current block. | 30,000,000 |
gas_used | Total gas used in the block. | 13,800,371 |
transaction_count | Number of transactions included in this block. | 162 |
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. | 25,733,653,331 |
Other Advanced Fields
sha3_uncles
logs_bloom
transactions_root
state_root
receipts_root
extra_data
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