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. | 2023-11-14 12:48:56+00:00 |
number | The length of the chain, in blocks. | 791098 |
hash | Unique identifier for that block. | 0xcc9327b2b8c735a6b309a1c6f59ac0e5465b787456b61ee018d4a1199ff66c71 |
parent_hash | Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block. | 0x7b9038dddbb0aeae9a9a38c655fbc6a8b8c905d08a4fba329d43507aa7018990 |
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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 |
transactions_root | The root of the transaction trie of the block. | 0x2181122a3a767441f3892595adef458c98ff27beefb3c347a63e668c54705b71 |
state_root | The root of the final state trie of the block. | 0x18fb8cc99acebe99504904d9895425a2a612f4b1fa0ce285a29a36d370ef529b |
receipts_root | The root of the receipts trie of the block. | 0x516b97bcde6080ac661ebc09397cec2995cb7d1ad215732e7fbdf2a66694b2f2 |
miner | The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given | 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. | 2 |
total_difficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. | 1582197 |
size | The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. | 6237 |
extra_data | The “extra data” field of this block. | 0xd883050003846765746888676f312e31392e31856c696e7578000000000000004c376554347b5e066e195ab5733d8b0d8b49fc6ce12de34c1290874cadaf4a911f74397163cf17753f23b1fd633e3d8f519e711862d740022142924a1a1f21a200 |
gas_limit | Gas limit of the current block. | 10000000 |
gas_used | Total gas used in the block. | 1428419 |
transaction_count | Number of transactions included in this block. | 12 |
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. | 0 |
_updated_at | Timestamp of the entry update. | 2023-11-14 13:16:46.597000+00:00 |
_created_at | Timestamp of the entry creation. | 2023-11-14 13:16:46.597000+00:00 |
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