eth_blockNumber

Returns the number of the most recently mined block.

Parameters

No parameters.

string

The current block number as a hexadecimal string.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x158a0e9"
}