eth_blockNumber

Returns the number of most recent block.

Ethereum specification · All supported methods

Parameters

No parameters. Send an empty params array.

Return value

Direct’s reference block number as a hexadecimal quantity.

Example

Replace <gateway-url> with your gateway base URL and <service-url> with the chain’s service path, such as service/ethereum.

curl -X POST "<gateway-url>/<service-url>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}'

Illustrative response; values depend on the selected network and request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x2377"
}

Direct behavior

Returns Direct’s current reference block number. It is answered by the gateway’s reference-block logic rather than used as a test of upstream traffic. See Keeping data consistent.