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.
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. | 2023-05-23 08:39:55 |
number | The length of the chain, in blocks. | 43,044,656 |
hash | Unique identifier for that block. | 0x834752830be11792d03be9d409bffc2bca4d07cb0bb5f60426a4cc4aa63deac9 |
parent_hash | Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block. | 0xf45c440b624e96308f648fb3a186fa290c1748ecd7ea6bcdf41c80a5710b42c0 |
nonce | The hash of the generated proof-of-work. | 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. | 0xcb9f91a7241a1bbc750d9f6ea45682b401f410f27cf69baffee1f1e7ca100010 |
state_root | The root of the final state trie of the block. | 0xaf3a7dde1645703889e19b27409c91629ded7ff00ee3bf3f95d8522bb24d2b44 |
receipts_root | The root of the receipts trie of the block. | 0x1e3ab584bed8ba3b56b6ff2cae1af7170bd63288511c0640be4b252121292b8b |
miner | Proof of Stake Address receiving fees from transactions in this block Proof of Work Address of the miner that mined this block. | 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. | 20 |
total_difficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. | 724,569,020 |
size | The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. | 61,994 |
extra_data | The “extra data” field of this block. | 0xd682030983626f7288676f312e31392e37856c696e7578000000000000000000fb59020fa1004dabf997036d843ce18b6c38b70d540aa4ba049be51eac979934070221112949f1e942ebb5777ec5f730b11d2be18a2e7735d38ec46a45258d5701 |
gas_limit | Gas limit of the current block. | 30,000,000 |
gas_used | Total gas used in the block. | 14,725,982 |
transaction_count | Number of transactions included in this block. | 80 |
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. | 128,478,756,142 |
Other Advanced Fields
sha3_uncles
logs_bloom
transactions_root
state_root
receipts_root
extra_data
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