cast-block.md

cast block

NAME

cast-block - Get information about a block.

SYNOPSIS

cast block [options] [block]

DESCRIPTION

Get information about a block.

The specified block can be a block number, or any of the tags: earliest, finalized, safe, latest or pending. Default to latest.

OPTIONS

-f field
--field field
     If specified, only get the given field of the block.

{{#include ../common/display-options.md}}

RPC Options

{{#include ../common/rpc-url-option.md}}

{{#include common-options.md}}

EXAMPLES

1. Get the latest block:

   cast block

2. Get the finalized block:

   cast block finalized

3. Get the hash of the latest block:

   cast block latest -f hash

SEE ALSO

cast, cast basefee, cast age