getblock RPC Method

Parameters

blockhash

string

REQUIRED

The hash of the block

verbosity

numeric

default = 1, 0 for hex-encoded data, 1 for a JSON object, and 2 for JSON object with transaction data

Returns

(for verbosity = 0)

hex

A string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for block hash

(for verbosity = 1)

hex

The block hash

confirmations

The number of confirmations, or -1 if the block is not on the main chain

size

The size of the block

strippedsize

The block size excluding witness data

weight

The block weight as defined in BIP 141

height

The block height or index

version

The block version

versionHex

The block version formatted in hexadecimal

merkleroot

The merkle root

An array with transaction ids

hex

The transaction id

time

The block time expressed in UNIX epoch time

mediantime

The median block time expressed in UNIX epoch time

nonce

number that miners adjust in order to find a block hash that meets the network's specified difficulty target

bits

The value of the nBits field in the block header

difficulty

The estimated amount of work done to find this block relative to the estimated amount of work done to find block 0

chainwork

Expected number of hashes required to produce the current chain

nTx

The number of transactions in the block

previousblockhash

The hash of the previous block

nextblockhash

The hash of the next block

error

The error message, if any

(for verbosity = 2)

It returns the same output as of verbosity=1 and in addition to that, it also returns the information about each transaction in the 'tx' array

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"method": "getblock", "params": ["00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"]}'
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getblock RPC Method

Returns information about the block.

Parameters

Returns