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

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

blockhash

string

The hash of the latest block

Request

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curl -X GET "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json"

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curl -X GET "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json"

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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash', {
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        method: 'GET',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json'}
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash', {
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        method: 'GET',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json'}
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash"
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
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  'Accept': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
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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/r/blockhash"
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
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  'Accept': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
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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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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash")
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request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request["Accept"] = "application/json"
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockhash")
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request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request["Accept"] = "application/json"
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

Response

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"000000000000000000021b43157e14e71e8bb95cb9348e0fa00132fa1d1d1b78"

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"000000000000000000021b43157e14e71e8bb95cb9348e0fa00132fa1d1d1b78"

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