# eth\_blockNumber

Returns the number of most recent block.

This method will use `20` [Compute Units](../../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

```bash
// Result
{
  "id":83,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x4b7" // 1207
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}
```bash
curl https://mainnet.ethereum.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'

```
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}
```bash
curl https://sepolia.ethereum.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'

```
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

