Nimiq
blockchain

Get latest block

Returns the block at the head of the main chain. It has an option to include the transactions in the block, which defaults to false.

getLatestBlockpopular method

Parameters

includeBodybooleanrequired

Response fields

hashstring
sizenumber
batchnumber
epochnumber
networkstring
versionnumber
numbernumber
timestampnumber
parentHashstring
seedstring
extraDatanumber[]
stateHashstring
bodyHashstring
historyHashstring
transactionsany[]
typestring
equivocationProofsobject[]
interlinkstring[]
isElectionBlockboolean
justificationunknown
nextBatchInitialPunishedSetnumber[]
parentElectionHashstring
producerunknown
slotsany[]

Interactive playground

Try the method against a public RPC endpoint.

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