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  • Get Block And Uncle Rewards by BlockNo
  • Get Estimated Block Countdown Time by BlockNo
  • Get Block Number by Timestamp
  • Get Daily Average Block Size
  • Get Daily Block Count and Rewards
  • Get Daily Block Rewards
  • Get Daily Average Time for A Block to be Included in the Ethereum Blockchain
  • Get Daily Uncle Block Count and Rewards
  1. 🎯API Endpoints

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Get Block And Uncle Rewards by BlockNo

Returns the block reward and 'Uncle' block rewards.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=block
   &action=getblockreward
   &blockno=2165403
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

blockno

the integer block number to check block rewards for eg. 12697906

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":{
      "blockNumber":"2165403",
      "timeStamp":"1472533979",
      "blockMiner":"0x13a06d3dfe21e0db5c016c03ea7d2509f7f8d1e3",
      "blockReward":"5314181600000000000",
      "uncles":[
         {
            "miner":"0xbcdfc35b86bedf72f0cda046a3c16829a2ef41d1",
            "unclePosition":"0",
            "blockreward":"3750000000000000000"
         },
         {
            "miner":"0x0d0c9855c722ff0c78f21e43aa275a5b8ea60dce",
            "unclePosition":"1",
            "blockreward":"3750000000000000000"
         }
      ],
      "uncleInclusionReward":"312500000000000000"
   }
}

​​ ⏳ Tip : The timestamp field is denoted in Unix timestamp.

Get Estimated Block Countdown Time by BlockNo

Returns the estimated time remaining, in seconds, until a certain block is mined.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=block
   &action=getblockcountdown
   &blockno=16701588
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

blockno

the integer block number to estimate time remaining to be mined eg. 12697906

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":{
      "CurrentBlock":"12715477",
      "CountdownBlock":"16701588",
      "RemainingBlock":"3986111",
      "EstimateTimeInSec":"52616680.2"
   }
}

Get Block Number by Timestamp

Returns the block number that was mined at a certain timestamp.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=block
   &action=getblocknobytime
   &timestamp=1578638524
   &closest=before
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

timestamp

the integer representing the Unix timestamp in seconds.

closest

the closest available block to the provided timestamp, either before or after

⏳ Tip : Convert a regular date-time to a Unix timestamp.

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":"12712551"
}

Returns the daily average block size within a date range.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=stats
   &action=dailyavgblocksize
   &startdate=2019-02-01
   &enddate=2019-02-28
   &sort=asc
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

startdate

the starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-01

enddate

the ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-28

sort

the sorting preference, use asc to sort by ascending and desc to sort by descending

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-01",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1548979200",
         "blockSize_bytes":20373
      },
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-28",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1551312000",
         "blockSize_bytes":25117
      }
   ]
}

Returns the number of blocks mined daily and the amount of block rewards.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=stats
   &action=dailyblkcount
   &startdate=2019-02-01
   &enddate=2019-02-28
   &sort=asc
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken 

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

startdate

the starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-01

enddate

the ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-28

sort

the sorting preference, use asc to sort by ascending and desc to sort by descending

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-01",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1548979200",
         "blockCount":4848,
         "blockRewards_Eth":"14929.464690870590355682"
      },
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-28",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1551312000",
         "blockCount":4366,
         "blockRewards_Eth":"12808.485512162356907132"
      }
   ]
}

Returns the amount of block rewards distributed to miners daily.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=stats
   &action=dailyblockrewards
   &startdate=2019-02-01
   &enddate=2019-02-28
   &sort=asc
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken 

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

startdate

the starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-01

enddate

the ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-28

sort

the sorting preference, use asc to sort by ascending and desc to sort by descending

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-01",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1548979200",
         "blockRewards_Eth":"15300.65625"
      },
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-28",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1551312000",
         "blockRewards_Eth":"12954.84375"
      }
   ]
}

Returns the daily average of time needed for a block to be successfully mined.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=stats
   &action=dailyavgblocktime
   &startdate=2019-02-01
   &enddate=2019-02-28
   &sort=asc
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken 

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

startdate

the starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-01

enddate

the ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-28

sort

the sorting preference, use asc to sort by ascending and desc to sort by descending

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-01",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1548979200",
         "blockTime_sec":"17.67"
      },
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-28",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1551312000",
         "blockTime_sec":"19.61"
      }
   ]
}

Returns the number of 'Uncle' blocks mined daily and the amount of 'Uncle' block rewards.

https://api.etherscan.io/api
   ?module=stats
   &action=dailyuncleblkcount
   &startdate=2019-02-01
   &enddate=2019-02-28
   &sort=asc
   &apikey=YourApiKeyToken 

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Query Parameters

Parameter
Description

startdate

the starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-01

enddate

the ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format, eg. 2019-02-28

sort

the sorting preference, use asc to sort by ascending and desc to sort by descending

Sample Response

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-01",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1548979200",
         "uncleBlockCount":287,
         "uncleBlockRewards_Eth":"729.75"
      },
      {
         "UTCDate":"2019-02-28",
         "unixTimeStamp":"1551312000",
         "uncleBlockCount":288,
         "uncleBlockRewards_Eth":"691.5"
      }
   ]
}

Get Daily Average Block Size

Get Daily Block Count and Rewards

Get Daily Block Rewards

Get Daily Average Time for A Block to be Included in the Ethereum Blockchain

Get Daily Uncle Block Count and Rewards