Please note that this RPC method is available to all users on the Build plan and higher. If you are using the Free plan, you will need to upgrade to utilize this method. See our pricing for more information.

Parameters

blockNumber

string

REQUIRED

The block number as a string in hexadecimal format or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators. safe and finalized are only supported on Ethereum and Gnosis

Returns

array

array

The block traces, which have the following fields (all return types are hexadecimal unless otherwise noted)

action

object

The ParityTrace action object containing call details

from

string

The address of the sender

callType

string

The type of method such as call, staticcall, delegatecall

gas

string

The gas provided by the sender, encoded as hexadecimal

input

string

The input data sent along with the transaction

to

string

The address of the receiver

value

string

The integer of the value sent with this transaction, encoded as hexadecimal

blockHash

string

The hash of the block where this transaction was in

blockNumber

integer

The block number where this transaction was in

result

object

The ParityTrace result object containing execution outcome

gasUsed

string

The amount of gas used by this specific transaction

output

string

The return value of the contract call, empty if no RETURN executed

subtraces

integer

The number of subtraces (internal calls) made by the transaction

traceAddress

array

The list of addresses where the call executed, including parent addresses and call order

transactionHash

string

The hash of the transaction

transactionPosition

integer

The transaction index position within the block

type

string

The type of the trace, such as call or create

error

string

The error message, if any

Request

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_block",
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  "params": [
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    "0x246f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_block",
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  "params": [
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    "0x246f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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async function main() {
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    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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    const response = await provider.send("trace_block", [
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    "0x246f"
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]);
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    console.log(response);
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}
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main();

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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async function main() {
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    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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    const response = await provider.send("trace_block", [
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    "0x246f"
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]);
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    console.log(response);
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}
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main();

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'))
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response = w3.provider.make_request("trace_block", ["0x246f"])
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print(response)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'))
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response = w3.provider.make_request("trace_block", ["0x246f"])
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print(response)

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import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
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async function main() {
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    const client = createPublicClient({
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        transport: http('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/')
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    })
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    const result = await client.request({
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        method: 'trace_block',
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        params: [
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          "0x246f"
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        ]
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    })
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    console.log(result)
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}
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main()

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import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
2

3
async function main() {
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    const client = createPublicClient({
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        transport: http('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/')
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    })
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    const result = await client.request({
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        method: 'trace_block',
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        params: [
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          "0x246f"
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        ]
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    })
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    console.log(result)
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}
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main()

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
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const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'trace_block',
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  [
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  "0x246f"
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],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
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)
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console.log(result)

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
4

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const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'trace_block',
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  [
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  "0x246f"
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],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
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)
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console.log(result)

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import asyncio
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from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

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async def main():
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    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
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    result = await qn.rpc.call(
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        "trace_block",
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        [
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            "0x246f"
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        ],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
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asyncio.run(main())

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import asyncio
2
from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

4
async def main():
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    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
6
    result = await qn.rpc.call(
7
        "trace_block",
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        [
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            "0x246f"
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        ],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
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asyncio.run(main())

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require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
6
  method: "trace_block",
7
  params: [
8
    "0x246f"
9
  ],
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  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
11
)
12

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puts result

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require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
6
  method: "trace_block",
7
  params: [
8
    "0x246f"
9
  ],
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  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
11
)
12

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puts result

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
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    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "trace_block",
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            Some(serde_json::json!([
11
    "0x246f"
12
])),
13
            None,
14
            Some("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
15
        )
16
        .await?;
17

18
    println!("{result}");
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    Ok(())
20
}

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
6
    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "trace_block",
10
            Some(serde_json::json!([
11
    "0x246f"
12
])),
13
            None,
14
            Some("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
15
        )
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        .await?;
17

18
    println!("{result}");
19
    Ok(())
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}

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const body = {
2
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
3
    method: 'trace_block',
4
    params: ["0x246f"],
5
    id: 1
6
}
7

8
async function main() {
9
    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/', {
10
        method: 'POST',
11
        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
12
        body: JSON.stringify(body)
13
    })
14
    const data = await response.json()
15
    console.log(data)
16
}
17

18
main()

1
const body = {
2
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
3
    method: 'trace_block',
4
    params: ["0x246f"],
5
    id: 1
6
}
7

8
async function main() {
9
    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/', {
10
        method: 'POST',
11
        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
12
        body: JSON.stringify(body)
13
    })
14
    const data = await response.json()
15
    console.log(data)
16
}
17

18
main()

1
import requests
2
import json
3

4
url = "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
5

6
payload = json.dumps({
7
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
8
  "method": "trace_block",
9
  "params": [
10
    "0x246f"
11
  ],
12
  "id": 1
13
})
14
headers = {
15
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
16
}
17

18
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
19

20
print(response.text)

1
import requests
2
import json
3

4
url = "https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
5

6
payload = json.dumps({
7
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
8
  "method": "trace_block",
9
  "params": [
10
    "0x246f"
11
  ],
12
  "id": 1
13
})
14
headers = {
15
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
16
}
17

18
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
19

20
print(response.text)

1
require "uri"
2
require "json"
3
require "net/http"
4

5
uri = URI("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
6

7
payload = {
8
  jsonrpc: "2.0",
9
  id: 1,
10
  method: "trace_block",
11
  params: ["0x246f"]
12
}
13

14
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
15
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
16
request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
17

18
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
19
  http.request(request)
20
end
21

22
puts response.body

1
require "uri"
2
require "json"
3
require "net/http"
4

5
uri = URI("https://docs-demo.arc-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
6

7
payload = {
8
  jsonrpc: "2.0",
9
  id: 1,
10
  method: "trace_block",
11
  params: ["0x246f"]
12
}
13

14
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
15
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
16
request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
17

18
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
19
  http.request(request)
20
end
21

22
puts response.body

Response

1
{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "id": 1,
4
  "result": [
5
    {
6
      "action": {
7
        "from": "0xdeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddead0001",
8
        "callType": "call",
9
        "gas": "0xee8b0",
10
        "input": "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",
11
        "to": "0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000015",
12
        "value": "0x0"
13
      },
14
      "blockHash": "0x69e2ae442adf3bef34165fac8f3602b8cf9d5973fb883804f119286ce96f6eb8",
15
      "blockNumber": 9009586,
16
      "result": {
17
        "gasUsed": "0xa07d",
18
        "output": "0x"
19
      },
20
      "subtraces": 1,
21
      "traceAddress": [],
22
      "transactionHash": "0xbaa27fa540f50254c7200cacfb5c725174f96ae3198b653853e1353a9bdc03b2",
23
      "transactionPosition": 0,
24
      "type": "call"
25
    }
26
  ]
27
}

1
{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "id": 1,
4
  "result": [
5
    {
6
      "action": {
7
        "from": "0xdeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddeaddead0001",
8
        "callType": "call",
9
        "gas": "0xee8b0",
10
        "input": "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",
11
        "to": "0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000015",
12
        "value": "0x0"
13
      },
14
      "blockHash": "0x69e2ae442adf3bef34165fac8f3602b8cf9d5973fb883804f119286ce96f6eb8",
15
      "blockNumber": 9009586,
16
      "result": {
17
        "gasUsed": "0xa07d",
18
        "output": "0x"
19
      },
20
      "subtraces": 1,
21
      "traceAddress": [],
22
      "transactionHash": "0xbaa27fa540f50254c7200cacfb5c725174f96ae3198b653853e1353a9bdc03b2",
23
      "transactionPosition": 0,
24
      "type": "call"
25
    }
26
  ]
27
}

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