Blockchain API
What is the Block API?​
The Blockchain API enables Web3 developers to quickly get data on specific blocks across multiple blockchains, in order to help them build and scale their dapps efficiently.
Block API Features​
The Blockchain API provides the following functionality out of the box to power the dapps you are building:
- fetching the contents of a block given the block hash
- fetching the closest block given the date
Plus so much more!
Popular use cases​
The Blockchain API is extremely flexible, meaning it can support a wide range of use cases, including:
- Block Explorer
- Transaction Monitoring
- Log Explorers
- Wallet Activity
Supported chains​
The Blockchain API supports multiple EVM chains:
| Chain Name | Chain Id (HEX) | Chain Id (INT) |
|---|---|---|
| eth | 0x1 | 1 |
| goerli | 0x5 | 5 |
| sepolia | 0xaa36a7 | 11155111 |
| polygon | 0x89 | 137 |
| mumbai | 0x13881 | 80001 |
| bsc | 0x38 | 56 |
| bsc testnet | 0x61 | 97 |
| avalanche | 0xa86a | 43114 |
| fantom | 0xfa | 250 |
| cronos | 0x19 | 25 |
| palm | 0x2a15c308d | 11297108109 |
| arbitrum | 0xa4b1 | 42161 |