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eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber RPC Method

Returns the number of transactions for the block matching the given block number.

Updated on
Jan 21, 2026

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

Returns

result

The number of transactions in a specific block represented in hexadecimal format

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x1"
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x1"
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}
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