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eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber RPC Method

Returns the number of uncles for the block matching the given block number.

Updated on
Nov 2, 2023

eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber RPC Method

Parameters

blockNumber
string
REQUIRED
The integer of a block number encoded in hexadecimal format starting with 0x

Returns

uncles
The integer value of the number of uncles in the block encoded as hexadecimal
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.optimism.quiknode.pro/ \
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-X POST \
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params":["0xc5043f"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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