eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

Returns the number of uncles in a block from a block matching the given block number.

❗️

Deprecated

Methods related to "uncle block" are no longer supported.

Parameters

  • QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter.
curl https://ethereum-mainnet-archive.allthatnode.com/8U3JLUhzIDg3GShvy9hkCCSYkLGc11kj \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id":1,
    "method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
    "params":[
         "0xe8"
    ]
}'

Note: An uncle doesn't contain individual transactions.

Returns

  • QUANTITY - integer of the number of uncles in this block.
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x1"}

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