> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.validationcloud.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# getLatestLedger

For finding out the current latest known ledger of this node. This is a subset of the ledger info from Horizon.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/rpc/api-reference/methods/getLatestLedger)

## **Parameters**

`None`

## Returns

`id` (string) Hash of the latest ledger as a hex-encoded string

`protocolVersion` (number) Stellar Core protocol version associated with the latest ledger

`sequence` (number) Sequence number of the latest ledger

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 8675309,
  "result": {
    "id": "2a00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "protocolVersion": 20,
    "sequence": 666
  }
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 8675309,
    "method": "getLatestLedger"
    }'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://testnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 8675309,
    "method": "getLatestLedger"
    }'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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