Get a Block by Number or Hash

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Compute Unit Value

determined by block size (bytes) determined by block size (bytes)

Truncation Info

For responses that have big numbers (such as in transfer amounts from blockchain transactions), truncation might be applied from Javascript’s native JSON parser.

To avoid this behavior, we recommend using a library such as json-bigint or lossless-json

Supported Protocols & Networks

Protocol	Network	Path Parameter	Get Block By
Algorand	Mainnet	`algorand/mainnet`	block number
Avalanche	Mainnet-c	`avalanche/mainnet-c`	block number or hash
Testnet-c	`avalanche/testnet-c`
Bitcoin	Mainnet	`bitcoin/mainnet`	block number or hash
Testnet	`bitcoin/testnet`
Testnet4	`bitcoin/testnet4`
Bitcoincash	Mainnet	`bitcoincash/mainnet`	block number or hash
Testnet	`bitcoincash/testnet`
Dogecoin	Mainnet	`dogecoin/mainnet`	block number or hash
Testnet	`dogecoin/testnet`
Ethereum	Mainnet	`ethereum/mainnet`	block number or hash
Sepolia	`ethereum/sepolia`
Hoodi	`ethereum/hoodi`
Litecoin	Mainnet	`litecoin/mainnet`	block number or hash
Testnet	`litecoin/testnet`
Near	Mainnet	`near/mainnet`	block number or hash
Optimism	Mainnet	`optimism/mainnet`	block number or hash
Polkadot	Mainnet	`polkadot/mainnet`	block number or hash
Westend	`polkadot/westend`
Polygon	Mainnet	`polygon/mainnet`	block number or hash
Amoy	`polygon/amoy`
Solana	Mainnet	`solana/mainnet`	block number
Testnet	`solana/testnet`
Devnet	`solana/devnet`
Stellar	Mainnet	`stellar/mainnet`	block number
Testnet	`stellar/testnet`
Tron	Mainnet	`tron/mainnet`	block number or hash
Nile	`tron/nile`
XRP	Mainnet	`xrp/mainnet`	block number or hash
Testnet	`xrp/testnet`

protocol

string

required

Defaults to bitcoin

Protocol handle, one of:

algorand, avalanche, bitcoin, bitcoincash, dogecoin, ethereum, litecoin, near, optimism, polkadot, polygon, solana, stellar, tezos, xrp.

network

string

required

Defaults to mainnet

Which network to target. Available networks can be found in the list of supported protocols or with /{protocol}.

block_identifier

string

required

Defaults to 0000000000000000000590fc0f3eba193a278534220b2b37e9849e1a770ca959

The block identifier, hash or number.

``200 Block

``400 Invalid Block Identifier

``401 Invalid or expired token

``404 Not Found

``429 Rate limit exceeded

``500 An internal server error happened

``503 The resource you are trying to access is currently unavailable

Base URL

https://svc.blockdaemon.com/universal/v1/{protocol}/{network}/block/{block_identifier}


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curl --request GET \

--url https://svc.blockdaemon.com/universal/v1/bitcoin/mainnet/block/0000000000000000000590fc0f3eba193a278534220b2b37e9849e1a770ca959 \

--header 'X-API-Key: ••••' \

--header 'accept: application/json'

```200400401404429500503