Block
by On-chain Block / Height in Onchain & crypto
Live block summary by number, hex, or tag (latest/earliest/pending/safe/finalized; default latest): number, hash, parent, timestamp (unix + ISO), transaction count, gas used/limit, base fee and miner. Reads live on-chain data with automatic endpoint fallback.
https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block- Price
- $0.001
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 563 ms
- 674 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
How to call it
POST https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block
Each call costs $0.001 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block
content-type: application/json
{
"block": "latest",
"chain": "base"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
block | string or integer | No | Block number (decimal or 0x hex) or a tag: latest, earliest, pending, safe, finalized. Default latest. |
chain | string | No | EVM chain to query. One of: ethereum, base, arbitrum, optimism, polygon. Default "ethereum". One of: ethereum, base, arbitrum, optimism, polygon. |
Example response
The listing has no example response.
Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.001.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"block":"latest","chain":"base"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"block":"latest","chain":"base"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.001 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.001" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.001 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchain.openverbs.com%2Fv1%2Fblock&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"block": "latest",
"chain": "base"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.001 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.001"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://chain.openverbs.com/v1/block",
json={
"block": "latest",
"chain": "base",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 575 ms | $0.001 |
| 7 h ago | Passed | 402 | 632 ms | $0.001 |
| 11 h ago | Passed | 402 | 573 ms | $0.001 |
| 15 h ago | Passed | 402 | 560 ms | $0.001 |
| 19 h ago | Passed | 402 | 504 ms | $0.001 |
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