/eth/v1/beacon/genesis

Retrieve details of the chain's genesis

Retrieve details of the chain's genesis which can be used to identify chain.

Example Request and Result for /v1/beacon/genesis

In this section, we provide an illustrative example of a request made to retrieve details contents using the /v1/beacon/genesis endpoint. Additionally, we present the resulting response containing information about the chain's genesis.

Parameters

• none

The example in this section uses a non-existing project id.

Make sure you replace it with your Ethereum Holesky Beacon endpoint when issuing the API calls.

Don't have a project id? Here's a straightforward guide on how to obtain one!

Retrieve details of the chain's genesis

GET https://eth-holesky-beacon.blastapi.io/<project-id>/eth/v1/beacon/genesis

200: OK Expand for a detailed response example

{
  "data": {
    "genesis_time": "1695902400",
    "genesis_validators_root": "0x9143aa7c615a7f7115e2b6aac319c03529df8242ae705fba9df39b79c59fa8b1",
    "genesis_fork_version": "0x01017000"
  }
}

Curl Request example

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://eth-holesky-beacon.blastapi.io/<project-id>/eth/v1/beacon/genesis' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'