Parameters

blockhash

string

REQUIRED

The hash of the block

verbose

boolean

true for a json object, false for the hex-encoded data

Returns

result

string | object

Hex-encoded header when verbose is false, or a JSON header object when verbose is true

hash

string

The block hash (same as provided)

confirmations

integer

The number of confirmations, or -1 if the block is not on the main chain

height

integer

The block height or index

version

integer

The block version

merkleroot

string

The merkle root

blockcommitments

string

The root of the Sapling commitment tree after applying this block

finalsaplingroot

string

The root of the Sapling note commitment tree after applying this block

time

integer

The block time expressed in UNIX epoch time

nonce

string

The nonce used in the Equihash proof-of-work solution

solution

string

The Equihash solution for the block

bits

string

The value of the nBits field in the block header

difficulty

number

The block difficulty

previousblockhash

string

The hash of the previous block

nextblockhash

string

The hash of the next block

Request

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.zec-mainnet.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": "getblockheader",
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  "params": [
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    "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
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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.zec-mainnet.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": "getblockheader",
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  "params": [
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    "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
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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: 'getblockheader',
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    params: ["0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",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.zec-mainnet.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: 'getblockheader',
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    params: ["0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",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.zec-mainnet.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.zec-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "getblockheader",
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  "params": [
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    "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
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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.zec-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "getblockheader",
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  "params": [
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    "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
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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.zec-mainnet.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: "getblockheader",
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  params: ["0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",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.zec-mainnet.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: "getblockheader",
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  params: ["0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",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",
3
  "id": 1,
4
  "result": {
5
    "hash": "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
6
    "confirmations": 3322689,
7
    "height": 1000,
8
    "version": 4,
9
    "merkleroot": "48a46e38901fe503b4d0733d28f601443e388c789d5bcecda11ae29e25a4c980",
10
    "blockcommitments": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
11
    "finalsaplingroot": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
12
    "time": 1477750705,
13
    "nonce": "0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005b2c70a9355a5",
14
    "solution": "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",
15
    "bits": "1d0fe28d",
16
    "difficulty": 33005.23692433602,
17
    "previousblockhash": "0000000aeb86e32aeb49ef9e40bfbd69585bd67ebd62d535e7e728ed2ba42064",
18
    "nextblockhash": "0000000b951a0034db4e50be48f34ee27333b4bf3f02068d26b983bc52bd605c"
19
  }
20
}

1
{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "id": 1,
4
  "result": {
5
    "hash": "0000000b70480327694608408728c65c1f1a300bfe705b01baca0f5504092e1b",
6
    "confirmations": 3322689,
7
    "height": 1000,
8
    "version": 4,
9
    "merkleroot": "48a46e38901fe503b4d0733d28f601443e388c789d5bcecda11ae29e25a4c980",
10
    "blockcommitments": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
11
    "finalsaplingroot": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
12
    "time": 1477750705,
13
    "nonce": "0200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005b2c70a9355a5",
14
    "solution": "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",
15
    "bits": "1d0fe28d",
16
    "difficulty": 33005.23692433602,
17
    "previousblockhash": "0000000aeb86e32aeb49ef9e40bfbd69585bd67ebd62d535e7e728ed2ba42064",
18
    "nextblockhash": "0000000b951a0034db4e50be48f34ee27333b4bf3f02068d26b983bc52bd605c"
19
  }
20
}

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