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Returns the current block height the node has processed.
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getBlockHeight returns the number of confirmed blocks beneath the current bank. Unlike slot number, block height does not count skipped slots, so it advances by one for every produced block.
A blockhash's lastValidBlockHeight, compared against this value, indicates whether that blockhash, and any transaction built on it, is still usable.
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Free5/s
Operator50/s
Blade Runner200/s
Nexus500/s
Parameters
params is a JSON array, with values in this order: config.
1configobject
Optional configuration.
Show propertiesProperties
commitmentstringdefault: "finalized"
Bank state to read the block height from.
Allowed values:
finalizedconfirmedprocessedminContextSlotinteger
Minimum slot the node must have processed before answering.
Result
resultinteger
Current block height. A plain integer, not wrapped in a context/value envelope.
Notes
- Block height and slot number diverge over time because skipped slots do not advance block height, so the two are not interchangeable.
- Once
getBlockHeightexceeds a transaction'slastValidBlockHeight(fromgetLatestBlockhash), that blockhash can no longer be used.