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# eth_blockNumber

Returns the number of most recent block.

This method will use `20` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_blocknumber)

## **Parameters**

`None`

## Returns

`INTEGER` - Value of the current block number the client is on

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "id":83,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x4b7" // 1207
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.berachain.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://bepolia.berachain.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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