eth_getBlockByNumber
Returns block information by number.
Parameters:
QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "latest"
Boolean - If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.
Returns:
Object - A block object, or null when no block was found:
- number: QUANTITY - the block number. 
- hash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block. 
- parentHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the parent block. 
- nonce: DATA, 8 Bytes - hash of the generated proof-of-work. 
- sha3Uncles: DATA, 32 Bytes - SHA3 of the uncles data in the block. 
- logsBloom: DATA, 256 Bytes - the bloom filter for the logs of the block. 
- 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. 
Example:
// Request
curl  https://berachain-bartio.blockpi.network/v1/rpc/your-rpc-key -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest", true],"id":1}'
// Result
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {    }
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