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Last updated on January 1, 1970
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Method get_block_header undefined ()
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get_block_header
Returns block header requested either by its hash or height-or-depthvalue.Can be used with either hash or height_or_depth parameters.
Parameters
hash
- string
Optional.
Hash of a block to get.
height_or_depth
- int32
Optional.
Height or depth of a block to get. -1 get the last block.
Request
curl --location --request POST 'https://bcn.getblock.io/mainnet/'
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR-API-KEY'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data-raw '{"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "get_block_header",
"params": {"height_or_depth": -1},
"id": "getblock.io"}'
Response
{
"id": "getblock.io",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"block_header": {
"already_generated_coins": 18444686308329240679,
"already_generated_key_outputs": 63518445,
"already_generated_transactions": 6665322,
"base_reward": 7849781914,
"binary_nonce": "a8c06108",
"block_capacity_vote": 100000,
"block_capacity_vote_median": 100000,
"block_size": 624,
"cumulative_difficulty": 30676358330795090,
"difficulty": 10361588328,
"effective_size_median": 0,
"hash": "5099fb0b04b83d4f9862109608349d7a25938e6aa00b509366848589fe69917a",
"height": 2403323,
"major_version": 4,
"minor_version": 7,
"nonce": 140624040,
"previous_block_hash": "bb98a8b435741b08a2d77700fc8c08a38d019f00bda4ccf96bee73965bac59ec",
"reward": 7849781914,
"size_median": 0,
"timestamp": 1631799662,
"timestamp_median": 1631795442,
"transactions_fee": 0,
"transactions_size": 269
},
"depth": -1,
"orphan_status": false
}
}
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