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

Path Parameters

blockheight

integer

REQUIRED

The block height to get information for.

Returns

average_fee

integer

Average transaction fee in satoshis

average_fee_rate

integer

Average fee rate in sat/vB

bits

integer

Difficulty target in compact format

chainwork

string

Total cumulative chain work in hex

confirmations

integer

Number of confirmations

difficulty

float

Block mining difficulty

hash

string

The block hash

feerate_percentiles

array

Array of fee rate percentiles [10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th] in sat/vB

height

integer

Block height

max_fee

integer

Maximum transaction fee in satoshis

max_fee_rate

integer

Maximum fee rate in sat/vB

max_tx_size

integer

Maximum transaction size in bytes

median_fee

integer

Median transaction fee in satoshis

median_time

integer

Median time of the last 11 blocks

merkle_root

string

Merkle root of the block

min_fee

integer

Minimum transaction fee in satoshis

min_fee_rate

integer

Minimum fee rate in sat/vB

next_block

string

Hash of the next block

nonce

integer

Block nonce

previous_block

string

Hash of the previous block

subsidy

integer

Block subsidy in satoshis

target

string

Difficulty target in hex

timestamp

integer

Unix timestamp of the block

total_fee

integer

Total fees in the block in satoshis

total_size

integer

Total size of all transactions in bytes

total_weight

integer

Total weight of all transactions

transaction_count

integer

Number of transactions in the block

version

integer

Block version number

Request

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curl -X GET "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/r/blockinfo/800000" \
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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/blockinfo/800000" \
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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/blockinfo/800000', {
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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/blockinfo/800000', {
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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/blockinfo/800000"
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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/blockinfo/800000"
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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/blockinfo/800000")
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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/blockinfo/800000")
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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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{
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  "average_fee": 3679,
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  "average_fee_rate": 13,
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  "bits": 386218132,
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  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000004fc85ab3390629e495bf13d5",
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  "confirmations": 154080,
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  "difficulty": 53911173001054.59,
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  "hash": "00000000000000000002a7c4c1e48d76c5a37902165a270156b7a8d72728a054",
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  "feerate_percentiles": [
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    5,
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    5,
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    6,
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    7,
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    27
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  ],
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  "height": 800000,
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  "max_fee": 2438467,
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  "max_fee_rate": 1109,
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  "max_tx_size": 65736,
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  "median_fee": 924,
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  "median_time": 1690165851,
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  "merkle_root": "91f01a00530c8c83617190048ea8b0814d506cf24dfdbcf8893f8f0cab7f0855",
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  "min_fee": 559,
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  "min_fee_rate": 4,
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  "next_block": "00000000000000000000e26b239cf19ec7ace5edd9694d51a3f6933247720947",
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  "nonce": 106861918,
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  "previous_block": "000000000000000000012117ad9f72c1c0e42227c2d042dca23e6b96bd9fbb55",
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  "subsidy": 625000000,
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  "target": "0000000000000000000538940000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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  "timestamp": 1690168629,
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  "total_fee": 13687680,
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  "total_size": 1634261,
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  "total_weight": 3991889,
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  "transaction_count": 3721,
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  "version": 874340352
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}

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{
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  "average_fee": 3679,
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  "average_fee_rate": 13,
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  "bits": 386218132,
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  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000004fc85ab3390629e495bf13d5",
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  "confirmations": 154080,
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  "difficulty": 53911173001054.59,
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  "hash": "00000000000000000002a7c4c1e48d76c5a37902165a270156b7a8d72728a054",
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  "feerate_percentiles": [
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    5,
11
    5,
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    6,
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    7,
14
    27
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  ],
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  "height": 800000,
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  "max_fee": 2438467,
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  "max_fee_rate": 1109,
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  "max_tx_size": 65736,
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  "median_fee": 924,
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  "median_time": 1690165851,
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  "merkle_root": "91f01a00530c8c83617190048ea8b0814d506cf24dfdbcf8893f8f0cab7f0855",
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  "min_fee": 559,
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  "min_fee_rate": 4,
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  "next_block": "00000000000000000000e26b239cf19ec7ace5edd9694d51a3f6933247720947",
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  "nonce": 106861918,
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  "previous_block": "000000000000000000012117ad9f72c1c0e42227c2d042dca23e6b96bd9fbb55",
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  "subsidy": 625000000,
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  "target": "0000000000000000000538940000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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  "timestamp": 1690168629,
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  "total_fee": 13687680,
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  "total_size": 1634261,
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  "total_weight": 3991889,
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  "transaction_count": 3721,
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  "version": 874340352
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}

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