eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

POST

https://rpc.plume.org/YOUR_API_KEY

Returns the number of uncles in a block matching the given block number. Post-Merge note: Ethereum no longer produces uncle blocks since the Merge (September 2022). This method will always return 0 on Conduit chains and is retained for backwards compatibility only.

⚡ Compute Units: 10 CU

Returns the number of uncles in a block matching the given block number. Post-Merge note: Ethereum no longer produces uncle blocks since the Merge (September 2022). This method will always return 0 on Conduit chains and is retained for backwards compatibility only. ⚡ Compute Units: [10 CU](https://docs.conduit.xyz/rpc-nodes/information/compute-units)

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

blockIdentifierenum or stringRequired

Block number, or one of "latest", "earliest", "pending", "finalized", "safe"

Response

The number of uncles in the block (hex-encoded), or null if the block is unknown.

$	curl -X POST https://rpc.plume.org/YOUR_API_KEY \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
>	"method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
>	"params": [
>	"latest"
>	],
>	"id": 1
>	}'