erigon_getHeaderByHash RPC Method

Parameters

blockHash

string

REQUIRED

The hash of the block

Returns

result

object

The result object which contains the following fields:

parentHash

string

The hash of the parent block

sha3Uncles

string

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

miner

string

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

stateRoot

string

The root of the final state trie of the block

transactionsRoot

string

The root of the transaction trie of the block

receiptsRoot

string

The root of the receipts trie of the block

logsBloom

array

The bloom filter for the logs of the block. Null when it's a pending block

difficulty

string

The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as hexadecimal

number

string

The block number of the requested block, encoded as hexadecimal. Null when it's a pending block

gasLimit

string

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as hexadecimal

gasUsed

string

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

timestamp

string

The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated

extraData

string

The extra data field of this block

mixHash

string

A string of a 256-bit hash encoded as hexadecimal

nonce

string

The hash of the generated proof-of-work. Null when it's a pending block

AuRaStep

integer

Indicates the step in the Aura consensus process

AuRaSeal

string

The seal data for the Aura consensus, if applicable

baseFeePerGas

string

The base fee per gas unit, relevant in EIP-1559 transactions, which can be null if not applicable

withdrawalsRoot

string

The root hash of the withdrawals trie

blobGasUsed

string

The amount of gas used for blobs

excessBlobGas

string

The excess gas used for blobs beyond the block's gas limit

parentBeaconBlockRoot

string

The root of the parent beacon block

Verkle

boolean

Indicates if Verkle trees are used, a more efficient form of Merkle trees

VerkleProof

string

The proof data for Verkle trees

VerkleKeyVals

string

The key-value pairs for Verkle trees

hash

string

The hash of the block header

Request

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curl --location 'https://docs-demo.bsc.quiknode.pro/' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data '{
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    "method": "erigon_getHeaderByHash",
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    "params": [
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        "0xabe2cf5d5add5141d1c28e097db7d2bd6a0aef7592f5e9dd3d8ba0bab8f34c3a"
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    ],
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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erigon_getHeaderByHash RPC Method

Fetches the header of a block by its hash.

Parameters

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