eth_blockNumber
curl --request POST \
--url https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/ \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_blockNumber",
"params": []
}
'import requests
url = "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/"
payload = {
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_blockNumber",
"params": []
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({id: 1, jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'eth_blockNumber', params: []})
};
fetch('https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'id' => 1,
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'method' => 'eth_blockNumber',
'params' => [
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x3480a61"
}Arc node API
eth_blockNumber | Arc
Arc API method that returns the latest block number of the blockchain. Arc developers can call eth_blockNumber via Chainstack.
POST
/
eth_blockNumber
curl --request POST \
--url https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/ \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_blockNumber",
"params": []
}
'import requests
url = "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/"
payload = {
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_blockNumber",
"params": []
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({id: 1, jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'eth_blockNumber', params: []})
};
fetch('https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'id' => 1,
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'method' => 'eth_blockNumber',
'params' => [
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://arc-testnet.core.chainstack.com/6caa7fd90475ac9214f7521dd460fa7c/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\n \"params\": []\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x3480a61"
}Arc API method that returns the latest block number of the blockchain. A block number is a hexadecimal number representing the block’s position in the blockchain.
Arc produces blocks approximately every 0.5 seconds with sub-second finality using Simplex Consensus.
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Parameters
none
Response
result— the integer value of the node’s latest block number encoded as hexadecimal.
eth_blockNumber code examples
const ethers = require('ethers');
const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(NODE_URL);
const eth_getBlockNumber = async () => {
const block_Number = await provider.getBlockNumber();
console.log(block_Number);
};
eth_getBlockNumber();
from web3 import Web3
node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL"
web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))
print(web3.eth.block_number)
curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_blockNumber", "params": [], "id": 1}'
Use case
Arc has sub-second block times (~0.5 seconds), making it ideal for applications that need to track real-time payment status. A DApp can use the current block number to determine when a payment transaction has been finalized.Last modified on August 3, 2026
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