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eth-v1-beacon-genesis

/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 getting details of the chain's genesis.

Parameters​

  • none
info

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.​

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

{
  "data": {
    "genesis_time": "1590832934",
    "genesis_validators_root": "0xcf8e0d4e9587369b2301d0790347320302cc0943d5a1884560367e8208d920f2",
    "genesis_fork_version": "0x00000000"
  }
}

Curl Request example​

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