Blocks

Blocks are the building blocks of blockchains and rollups. A block contains transactions which contains instructions which will alter the state of the solana blockchain incrementally. Transactions within a block can only be executed one after the other, not in parallel. Instructions within a transaction can only be executed one after the other, not in parallel. Learn more in the official Solana documentation here.

Table Columns

Column Name Description Type Example Column Name

slot The time of the slot and also block. Within the time window of a slot a block may or may not be proposed and voted upon. Only non-empty slots are indexed. number 276304227

height The number of blocks beneath the current block. The first block after the genesis block has height one. height < slot as some each slot as at most 1 block.
blocks < 81032053 have no block height number 255661589

timestamp The time when the slot was included on the blockchain.
blocks < 39824214 have no block timestamp timestamp_ntz 2024-07-08 02:16:54.000

hash Unique identifier for that slot. (base58) varchar 36KR3aiVEZYSJDb8wgWBWpXbYykuz3BJagFRMhFijKxA

parent_slot

Slot number of the non-empty slot preceding this slot

number

276304226

Table Columns

Column Name Description Sample Value Column Name

block_timestamp The time when the block was included on the blockchain. 2022-09-15 13:51:47

block_number The length of the chain, in blocks. 15539508

block_hash Unique identifier for that block. 0x25680259dfb40b4ee724ae22fda01a34e6d598c5f2fc25b6d871cb56c488de70

parent_hash

Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block.

0x46707e33e9dca09ec95f0fc8b996e3bbce3ad3e02ea270939207bab1f809066f

Table Columns

Column Name	Description	Sample Value
block_timestamp	The time when the block was included on the blockchain.	`2022-09-15 13:51:47`
block_number	The length of the chain, in blocks.	`15539508`
block_hash	Unique identifier for that block.	`0x25680259dfb40b4ee724ae22fda01a34e6d598c5f2fc25b6d871cb56c488de70`
parent_hash	Unique identifier of the block preceding this block, also known as the parent block.	`0x46707e33e9dca09ec95f0fc8b996e3bbce3ad3e02ea270939207bab1f809066f`
gas_limit	Gas limit of the current block.	`30000000`
gas_used	Total gas used in the block.	`6999860`
miner	Proof of Stake Address receiving fees from transactions in this block Proof of Work Address of the miner that mined this block.	`0x388c818ca8b9251b393131c08a736a67ccb19297`
transaction_count	Number of transactions included in this block.	`95`
nonce	Proof of Stake Unused post Merge. The value will always be `0x0000000000000000` Proof of Work Used to demonstrate proof of work during mining	`0x090c1db284e8b101`
difficulty	The effort required to mine this block. Proof of Stake Always `0`	`11594723311525902`
total_difficulty	Total difficulty of the chain until this block.	`58750003716598352816469`
size	The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the `gas_limit`.	`23628`
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.	`10966453825`

gas_limit Gas limit of the current block. 30000000

gas_used Total gas used in the block. 6999860

miner Proof of Stake
Address receiving fees from transactions in this block

Proof of Work
Address of the miner that mined this block. 0x388c818ca8b9251b393131c08a736a67ccb19297

transaction_count Number of transactions included in this block. 95

nonce Proof of Stake
Unused post Merge. The value will always be 0x0000000000000000

Proof of Work
Used to demonstrate proof of work during mining 0x090c1db284e8b101

difficulty The effort required to mine this block.

Proof of Stake
Always 0 11594723311525902

total_difficulty Total difficulty of the chain until this block. 58750003716598352816469

size The size of the block, in bytes, as determined by the gas_limit. 23628

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. 10966453825

previous_block_hash Unique identifier of the non-empty slot preceding this slot varchar 2ymHtgWXKxVf5BVVdt34onGrkUm7oDCHTMBBzkJt1rsV

transaction_count Number of transactions in the block number 875

nonvoting_transaction_count Number of nonvoting transactions in the block number 441

reward_count Number of rewards in the block number 1

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