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Blocks

Includes details of all blocks produced within the interval.

Fields

slot

The period of time for which each leader ingests transactions and produces a block.
Collectively, slots create a logical clock. Slots are ordered sequentially and non-overlapping, comprising roughly equal real-world time as per PoH.

block_time

Estimated production time of a block as Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch).

parent_slot

Slot of the block's parent.

transaction_count

Total number of transactions within the block.