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debug_getBadBlocks RPC Method

Returns a list of the last bad blocks that the client has seen on the network.

Updated on
Feb 23, 2026

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

hash

The hash of the transaction

block

A block object, or null when no block was found

baseFeePerGas

The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as hexadecimal

difficulty

The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as hexadecimal

extraData

The extra data field of this block

gasLimit

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as hexadecimal

gasUsed

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

hash

The block hash of the requested block. Null if pending

logsBloom

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

miner

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

mixHash

A string of a 256-bit hash encoded as hexadecimal

nonce

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

number

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

parentHash

The hash of the parent block

receiptsRoot

The root of the receipts trie of the block

sha3Uncles

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

size

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

stateRoot

The root of the final state trie of the block

timestamp

The unix timestamp for when the block was collated

transactions

An array of transaction objects with the following fields:

blockHash

The hash of the block where this log was in. Null when it's a pending log

blockNumber

The block number where this log was in. Null when it's a pending log

from

The address of the sender

gas

The gas provided by the sender, encoded as hexadecimal

gasPrice

The gas price provided by the sender in wei, encoded as hexadecimal

maxFeePerGas

The maximum fee per gas set in the transaction

maxPriorityFeePerGas

The maximum priority gas fee set in the transaction

hash

The hash of the transaction

input

The data sent along with the transaction

nonce

The number of transactions made by the sender before this one encoded as hexadecimal

to

The address of the receiver. Null when it's a contract creation transaction

transactionIndex

The integer of the transaction's index position that the log was created from. Null when it's a pending log

value

The value transferred in wei encoded as hexadecimal

type

The transaction type

accessList

A list of addresses and storage keys that the transaction plans to access

chainId

The chain id of the transaction, if any

v

The standardized V field of the signature

r

The R field of the signature

s

The S field of the signature

transactionsRoot

The root of the transaction trie of the block

uncles

An array of uncle hashes

rlp

The RLP encoded header

Request
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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}
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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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}
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