Please note that this method requires the Ordinals & Runes API enabled on your Quicknode endpoint.

Parameters

blockHeight

string

REQUIRED

The height of the block for which the hash is to be fetched

Returns

average_fee

integer

The average fee paid by transactions in the block

average_fee_rate

integer

The average fee rate, measured in satoshis per byte, of transactions in the block

bits

integer

The block difficulty bits

chainwork

string

The total cumulative work done in the chain, represented in hexadecimal

confirmations

integer

The number of confirmations of the block

difficulty

number

The block difficulty

hash

string

The hash of the block

height

integer

The block height

max_fee

integer

The maximum fee paid by a transaction in the block

max_fee_rate

integer

The maximum fee rate, measured in satoshis per byte, of transactions in the block

max_tx_size

integer

The maximum transaction size allowed in the block

median_fee

integer

The median fee paid by transactions in the block

median_time

integer

The median time of the block

merkle_root

string

The Merkle root of the block

min_fee

integer

The minimum fee paid by a transaction in the block

min_fee_rate

integer

The minimum fee rate, measured in satoshis per byte, of transactions in the block

next_block

string

The hash of the next block

nonce

integer

The nonce used to mine the block

previous_block

string

The hash of the previous block

subsidy

integer

The block subsidy

target

string

The block target

timestamp

integer

The timestamp of the block

total_fee

integer

The total fee paid by transactions in the block

total_size

integer

The total size of the block

total_weight

integer

The total weight of the block

transaction_count

integer

The number of transactions in the block

version

integer

The block version

Request

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curl --location  'https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data '{
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    "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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    "params": [
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        843263
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    ],
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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curl --location  'https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data '{
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    "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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    "params": [
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        843263
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    ],
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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const myHeaders = new Headers();
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myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
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const raw = JSON.stringify({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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});
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const requestOptions = {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: myHeaders,
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  body: raw,
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  redirect: "follow"
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};
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fetch("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
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  .then((response) => response.text())
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  .then((result) => console.log(result))
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  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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const myHeaders = new Headers();
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myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
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const raw = JSON.stringify({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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});
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const requestOptions = {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: myHeaders,
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  body: raw,
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  redirect: "follow"
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};
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fetch("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
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  .then((response) => response.text())
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  .then((result) => console.log(result))
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  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)
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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)
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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/")
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http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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response = http.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/")
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http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockInfo",
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  "params": [
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    843263
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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response = http.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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Response

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": {
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    "average_fee": 4224,
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    "average_fee_rate": 16,
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    "bits": 386097818,
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    "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000792afc9194d4373f17067780",
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    "confirmations": 50985,
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    "difficulty": 83148355189239.77,
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    "hash": "00000000000000000003086c5fc47fbb3a6bc009a6f67cb33fc8ade01d80f2ab",
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    "height": 843263,
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    "max_fee": 983011,
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    "max_fee_rate": 402,
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    "max_tx_size": 188180,
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    "median_fee": 1848,
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    "median_time": 1715587887,
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    "merkle_root": "694aee821f09f09d7d6922d8d4b63647fd2837d9cdc9946a0fb1643da5a7d7b6",
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    "min_fee": 893,
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    "min_fee_rate": 5,
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    "next_block": "0000000000000000000101209b4ab3570862dc3fac8633eb62938a541c55a2ff",
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    "nonce": 895835225,
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    "previous_block": "000000000000000000015f2dbc04ed10274690e78d9be02e509373097b4a12ca",
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    "subsidy": 312500000,
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    "target": "00000000000000000003629a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "timestamp": 1715592413,
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    "total_fee": 16735182,
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    "total_size": 1660529,
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    "total_weight": 3991667,
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    "transaction_count": 3962,
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    "version": 704643072
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  },
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": {
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    "average_fee": 4224,
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    "average_fee_rate": 16,
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    "bits": 386097818,
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    "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000792afc9194d4373f17067780",
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    "confirmations": 50985,
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    "difficulty": 83148355189239.77,
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    "hash": "00000000000000000003086c5fc47fbb3a6bc009a6f67cb33fc8ade01d80f2ab",
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    "height": 843263,
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    "max_fee": 983011,
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    "max_fee_rate": 402,
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    "max_tx_size": 188180,
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    "median_fee": 1848,
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    "median_time": 1715587887,
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    "merkle_root": "694aee821f09f09d7d6922d8d4b63647fd2837d9cdc9946a0fb1643da5a7d7b6",
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    "min_fee": 893,
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    "min_fee_rate": 5,
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    "next_block": "0000000000000000000101209b4ab3570862dc3fac8633eb62938a541c55a2ff",
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    "nonce": 895835225,
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    "previous_block": "000000000000000000015f2dbc04ed10274690e78d9be02e509373097b4a12ca",
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    "subsidy": 312500000,
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    "target": "00000000000000000003629a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "timestamp": 1715592413,
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    "total_fee": 16735182,
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    "total_size": 1660529,
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    "total_weight": 3991667,
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    "transaction_count": 3962,
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    "version": 704643072
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  },
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}

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