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eth-v1-beacon-genesis RPC Method

Retrieve details of the chain's genesis.

Updated on
Oct 4, 2023

eth-v1-beacon-genesis RPC Method

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

data
The object with the following values:
genesis_time
string
The genesis_time configured for the beacon node, which is the unix time in seconds at which the Eth2.0 chain began
genesis_validators_root
string
The genesis validator root
genesis_fork_version
string
A fork version number
Request
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curl -X GET \
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"https://docs-demo.xdai.quiknode.pro/eth/v1/beacon/genesis" \
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-H "accept: application/json"
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