DOCUMENTATION

import DisplayOptions from "../../reference/common/display-optionsx"; import RpcUrlOption from "../../reference/common/rpc-url-optionx"; import CommonOptions from "./common-optionsx";

cast block

NAME

cast-block - Get information about a block.

SYNOPSIS

cast block [options] [block]

DESCRIPTION

Get information about a block.

The specified block can be a block number, or any of the tags: earliest, finalized, safe, latest or pending. Default to latest.

OPTIONS

-f field
--field field
     If specified, only get the given field of the block.

<DisplayOptions />

RPC Options

<RpcUrlOption /> <CommonOptions />

EXAMPLES

  1. Get the latest block:

    cast block

  2. Get the finalized block:

    cast block finalized

  3. Get the hash of the latest block:

    cast block latest -f hash

SEE ALSO

cast, cast basefee, cast age