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# Get block

Returns information about block with transactions, subject to paging.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

***

## **Reference:** [**Here**](https://github.com/trezor/blockbook/blob/master/docs/api.md#get-block)

```bash
GET /api/v2/block/<block height|block hash>
```

## **Parameters**

**`block height OR block hash`**- string, required.

Example: `742583`(block height) OR `00000000000000000008fd16cf3e1f586a6a5d471eb8d821069a89445367172e` (block hash)

## Returns

```bash
{
	"page": 1,
	"totalPages": 4,
	"itemsOnPage": 1000,
	"hash": "00000000000000000008fd16cf3e1f586a6a5d471eb8d821069a89445367172e",
	"previousBlockHash": "00000000000000000000416906580230894d4fa770bd8c2f2378193e1eab15e2",
	"nextBlockHash": "000000000000000000021959f9adfebb0a22d40d9f6a71dcdf8b5ae5346da66b",
	"height": 742583,
	"confirmations": 100020,
	"size": 1500692,
	"time": 1656354995,
	"version": 1073733632,
	"merkleRoot": "f2bd3ff7f5d05ff62369663ebcc70dd619e09f359b1925f738bf33e565dfcfb8",
	"nonce": "86610451",
	"bits": "170984cc",
	"difficulty": "29570168636357.99",
	"txCount": 3019,
	"txs": [
		{
			"txid": "9d266c2e2970131b1524e8294ce8889e31bdbc4f0d82b1aa70e00f04f7028d10",
			"vin": [
				{
					"n": 0,
					"isAddress": false,
					"value": "0"
				}
			],
			"vout": [
				{
					"value": "644690627",
					"n": 0,
					"spent": true,
					"spentTxId": "b243bc9855a848298927d219033a1e2eb2a7c6b91c6b9d6e58caa2cfcbe20693",
					"spentHeight": 742707,
					"addresses": [
						"18cBEMRxXHqzWWCxZNtU91F5sbUNKhL5PX"
					],
					"isAddress": true
				},
				{
					"value": "0",
					"n": 1,
					"addresses": [
						"OP_RETURN 52534b424c4f434b3ae1864c27c7f297fc6f08524fe9a7cd58be2f4196d836c1625ca37d2e004387fa"
					],
					"isAddress": false
				},
				{
					"value": "0",
					"n": 2,
					"addresses": [
						"OP_RETURN aa21a9ed8fb5f728f588a7ecf0c6d424a32acb3873d144fee06064ab51d79175e069e8d7"
					],
					"isAddress": false
				}
			],
			"blockHash": "00000000000000000008fd16cf3e1f586a6a5d471eb8d821069a89445367172e",
			"blockHeight": 742583,
			"confirmations": 100020,
			"blockTime": 1656354995,
			"vsize": 290,
			"value": "644690627",
			"valueIn": "0",
			"fees": "0"
		},
		......
		{
			"txid": "503cea081212543c076011c3f8ef637e91f90feeda2a6b0fb82c755e8798aff6",
			"vin": [
				{
					"txid": "fee39d871253fa08bc7d05917d72d98a0ea44c561b9823404b06bc933f2f8df6",
					"n": 0,
					"addresses": [
						"bc1qj5gl9dyw4snz98tgk5c3tclphugeq25adu3nur"
					],
					"isAddress": true,
					"value": "4882485"
				}
			],
			"vout": [
				{
					"value": "2445386",
					"n": 0,
					"spent": true,
					"spentTxId": "fd513b31412d714999a59502d7bd327df867e3506fc3a3345c7a1f57019f4e48",
					"spentHeight": 742915,
					"addresses": [
						"bc1qr4km2nj8un005gk7lpppsnv5mu04nxrxfwvzny"
					],
					"isAddress": true
				},
				{
					"value": "2434582",
					"n": 1,
					"spent": true,
					"spentTxId": "0bbff2f3781662ff29ec8710fd5b29efe152aa21e00c1a96f69e2275659aefb3",
					"spentHeight": 742743,
					"addresses": [
						"bc1qj5gl9dyw4snz98tgk5c3tclphugeq25adu3nur"
					],
					"isAddress": true
				}
			],
			"blockHash": "00000000000000000008fd16cf3e1f586a6a5d471eb8d821069a89445367172e",
			"blockHeight": 742583,
			"confirmations": 100020,
			"blockTime": 1656354995,
			"vsize": 141,
			"value": "4879968",
			"valueIn": "4882485",
			"fees": "2517"
		}
	]
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/api/v2/block/<block_height|block_hash> \
 -X GET \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/api/v2/block/<block_height|block_hash> \
 -X GET \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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