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eth_blocknumber

Introduction

This API returns the latest block number of the blockchain. It consumes 10 CUs. In the dedicated edition, the throughput is 30,000 per second for 8 vCPUs and 32 GB memory and 60,000 per second for 16 vCPUs and 64 GB memory.

Parameter Description

This method does not accept any parameters.

Return Value

An integer value of the latest block number encoded as hexadecimal.

Request

curl https://your-http-endpoint/v1/<API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
Parent topic: Ethereum JSON-RPC APIs