eth/v1/beacon/blocks/{block_id}/attestations RPC method

Ethereum consensus layer Beacon Chain API call that returns attestations (opens new window) included in requested block.

Parameters:

• block_id — string — (required) the block identifier with:
  • head — the canonical head of the chain in the view of the node that you are sending the call to.
  • genesis — the genesis state of the chain.
  • justified — the slot in the current epoch that has received attestations (opens new window) from two thirds of the Ethereum validators.
  • finalized — the previously justified slot that is now in the epoch that is at least immediately previous to the current epoch.
  • slot — the slot number.
  • 0xblockRoot — the root hash of the Beacon Chain block (opens new window).

Returns:

• execution_optimistic — boolean — true if the response references an unverified execution payload. Optimistic information may be invalidated at a later time. If the field is not present, assume the false value.
  • data — array — objects — the Attestation (opens new window) object with:
    • aggregation_bits — string — attester aggregation bits.
    • signature — string — the BLS aggregate signature.
    • data — object — the AttestationData (opens new window) object with:
    • slot — string — the corresponding slot.
    • index — string — the index.
    • beacon_block_root — string — the LMD GHOST vote.
    • source — object — the Checkpoint (opens new window) object with:
      • epoch — string — the corresponding epoch.
      • root — string — the corresponding root.
    • target — object — the Checkpoint (opens new window) object with:
      • epoch — string — the corresponding epoch.
      • root — string — the corresponding root.

Example:

curl -X GET https://beacon-nd-123-456-789.p2pify.com/3c6e0b8a9c15224a8228b9a98ca1531d/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/head/root