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
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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