Blocks
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Blocks are the building blocks of blockchains. A block contains transactions which will alter the state of the blockchain incrementally. Transaction within a block can only be executed one after the other and utxo movement is sequential based on the order of inputs and outputs within transactions and blocks. Learn more in the official Bitcoin documentation here.
Query to fetch the latest blocks
| Column Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
timestamp
Timestamp of the block.
2023-05-18 02:56:03
number
Block number or block height.
790,250
hash
Block hash.
0000000000000000000222dfc9297b2bb90481bfa28fd04ac2e8a4dfdaab5a15
confirmations
The number of confirmations, or -1 if the block is not on the main chain. A confirmation indicates that a Bitcoin transaction has been added to a block on the blockchain.
2
version
The block version.
538,968,064
merkle_root
The root node of a Merkle tree, where leaves are transaction hashes.
93878cb1f1f39c03b22be799f520ed0203deb6b95db372962a60fb02e58f7ff5
median_time
The median block time expressed in UNIX epoch time.
1,684,374,147
nonce
The number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one.
e0e8d097
bits
The difficulty threshold specified in block header.
1705dd01
difficulty
The estimated amount of work done to find this block relative to the estimated amount of work done to find block 0.
48,005,534,313,578.80
chainwork
Expected number of hashes required to produce the current chain.
000000000000000000000000000000000000000048d25064eab6183fd989af8a
transaction_count
Total number of transactions in the block.
2,958
previous_blockhash
The block hash of the previous block.
000000000000000000026f3c94574a40692053865a537c480609f6a5c451009a
next_blockhash
The block hash of the next block, if applicable.
0000000000000000000085aae10b84ae22c3f41399a0aa6018351e803739455b
stripped_size
The block size excluding witness data.
804,075
size
Size of the block mined.
1,585,359
weight
3,997,584