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getblockheaderbyheight

Returns a block header by the given block height.

Request​

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 0,
    "method": "getblockheaderbyheight",
    "params": {
        "height": 1
    }
}

Response​

{
    "id": 0,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "block_header": {
            "- depth": 2114588,
            "difficulty": "1",
            "hash": "901214ab938219f5b33b547008607aee14d29950a34834a2e9973b96269bd0b0",
            "height": 1,
            "major_version": 0,
            "minor_version": 0,
            "nonce": 1532031558827332528,
            "orphan_status": false,
            "prev_hash": "cc608f59f8080e2fbfe3c8c80eb6e6a953d47cf2d6aebd345bada3a1cab99852",
            "reward": 1000000000000,
            "timestamp": 1557342384
        },
        "status": "OK"
    }
}

Response information​

  • depth - unsigned int; distance in blocks from the blockchain top.
  • difficulty - unsigned int; block difficulty.
  • hash - string; block identifier.
  • height - unsigned int; block height.
  • major_version - unsigned int; major version of a block.
  • minor_version - unsigned int; minor version of a block.
  • nonce - unsigned int; block nonce.
  • orphan_status - boolean.
  • prev_hash
  • reward - unsigned int; how much money this block has generated.
  • timestamp - unsigned int; block timestamp.