eth_getBlockByNumber

Returns information about a block given the block’s number.

Parameters

• QUANTITY|TAG - Integer block number or one of “earliest”, “latest” or “pending”
• Boolean - If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions

Returns

• Object - An object of type Block defined as:
• number: QUANTITY - The block number or null when pending
• hash: DATA, 32 Bytes - Hash of the block or null when pending
• parentHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - Hash of the parent block
• nonce: DATA, 8 bytes - Hash of the proof of work or null when pending
• sha3Uncles: DATA, 32 Bytes - SHA3 of the uncles data in the block
• logsBloom: DATA, 256 Bytes - The bloom filter for the block’s logs or null when pending
• transactionsRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - The root of the transaction trie of the block
• stateRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - The root of the final state trie of the block
• receiptsRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - The root of the receipts trie of the block
• miner: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given
• difficulty: QUANTITY - Integer of the difficulty for this block
• totalDifficulty: QUANTITY - Integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block
• extraData: DATA - The extra data field of this block
• size: QUANTITY - Integer the size of this block in bytes
• gasLimit: QUANTITY - The maximum gas allowed in this block
• gasUsed: QUANTITY - The total used gas by all transactions in this block
• timestamp: QUANTITY - The unix timestamp for when the block was collated
• transactions: ARRAY - Array of transaction objects, or 32 Bytes transaction hashes depending on the last given parameter
• uncles: ARRAY - Array of uncle hashes