Deprecation Notice

This method will be deprecated on Amoy Testnet (July 1, 2026) and Mainnet (July 15, 2026) following Polygon Labs' sunset of Erigon.

Parameters

blockNumber

string

REQUIRED

The timestamp of the block or block number in hexadecimal format

transaction_detail_flag

boolean

REQUIRED

The method returns the full transaction objects when this value is true otherwise, it returns only the hashes of the transactions

Returns

result

object

A block object, or null when no block was found. The block object contains the following fields:

baseFeePerGas

string

(Optional) A string of the base fee encoded in hexadecimal format. Please note that this response field will not be included in a block requested before the EIP-1559 upgrade

difficulty

string

The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as a hexadecimal

extraData

string

The “extra data” field of this block

gasLimit

string

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

gasUsed

string

The total used gas by all transactions in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

hash

string

The block hash of the requested block. null if pending

logsBloom

string

The bloom filter for the logs of the block. null if pending

miner

string

The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given

mixHash

string

A string of a 256-bit hash encoded as a hexadecimal

nonce

string

The hash of the generated proof-of-work. null if pending

number

string

The block number of the requested block encoded as hexadecimal. null if pending

parentHash

string

The hash of the parent block

receiptsRoot

string

The root of the receipts trie of the block

sha3Uncles

string

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

size

string

The size of this block in bytes as an Integer value encoded as hexadecimal

stateRoot

string

The root of the final state trie of the block

timestamp

string

The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated

totalDifficulty

string

The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block encoded as a hexadecimal

transactions

array

An array of transaction objects - please see eth_getTransactionByHash for exact shape

transactionsRoot

string

The root of the transaction trie of the block

uncles

array

An array of uncle hashes

Request

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  "params": [
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    "0x55ba4224",
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    true
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  "params": [
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    "0x55ba4224",
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    true
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'erigon_getBlockByTimestamp',
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    params: ["0x55ba4224",true],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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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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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'erigon_getBlockByTimestamp',
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    params: ["0x55ba4224",true],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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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.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  "params": [
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    "0x55ba4224",
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    True
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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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.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  "params": [
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    "0x55ba4224",
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    True
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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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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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  params: ["0x55ba4224",true]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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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.matic.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "erigon_getBlockByTimestamp",
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  params: ["0x55ba4224",true]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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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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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": {
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    "difficulty": "0x1",
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    "extraData": "0x",
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    "gasLimit": "0x989680",
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    "gasUsed": "0x0",
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    "hash": "0xa9c28ce2141b56c474f1dc504bee9b01eb1bd7d1a507580d5519d4437a97de1b",
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    "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "miner": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "nonce": "0x0000000000000000",
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    "number": "0x0",
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    "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
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    "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
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    "size": "0x1fc",
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    "stateRoot": "0x654f28d19b44239d1012f27038f1f71b3d4465dc415a382fb2b7009cba1527c8",
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    "timestamp": "0x5ed20f84",
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    "transactions": [],
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    "transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
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    "uncles": []
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  }
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}

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{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": {
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    "difficulty": "0x1",
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    "extraData": "0x",
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    "gasLimit": "0x989680",
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    "gasUsed": "0x0",
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    "hash": "0xa9c28ce2141b56c474f1dc504bee9b01eb1bd7d1a507580d5519d4437a97de1b",
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    "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "miner": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "nonce": "0x0000000000000000",
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    "number": "0x0",
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    "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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    "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
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    "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
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    "size": "0x1fc",
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    "stateRoot": "0x654f28d19b44239d1012f27038f1f71b3d4465dc415a382fb2b7009cba1527c8",
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    "timestamp": "0x5ed20f84",
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    "transactions": [],
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    "transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
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    "uncles": []
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  }
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}

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