---
title: "Returns a list of consensus blocks, sorted from most to least recent."
method: GET
path: "/consensus/blocks"
---

# Returns a list of consensus blocks, sorted from most to least recent.

`GET /consensus/blocks`

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer
- `from` integer
- `to` integer
- `after` string, date-time
- `before` string, date-time
- `hash` string
- `proposed_by` string — An Oasis-style (bech32) address.

## Response `200`

A JSON object containing a list of consensus blocks.

- BlockList — A list of consensus blocks.
  - `total_count` integer, required — The total number of records that match the query, i.e. the number of records the query would return with limit=infinity.
  - `is_total_count_clipped` boolean, required — Whether total_count is clipped for performance reasons.
  - `blocks` Block[], required
    - `height` integer, required — The block height.
    - `hash` string, required — The block header hash.
    - `timestamp` string, date-time, required — The second-granular consensus time.
    - `num_transactions` integer, required — Number of transactions in the block.
    - `gas_limit` string, bigint, required
    - `size_limit` string, bigint
    - `epoch` integer, required — The epoch number of the epoch in which the block was produced.
    - `state_root` string, required — The Merkle root of the state tree after applying the block.
    - `proposer` EntityInfo, required — Light-weight entity information, containing only its ID, address and registry metadata.
      - `entity_id` string — The ID of the entity owning the node; this corresponds to the entity's public key in base64.
      - `entity_address` string — Address of the entity owning the node, in Bech32 format (`oasis1...`).
      - `entity_metadata` string — Metadata about an entity, if available. See [the metadata registry](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/metadata-registry) for details. When available, it is an object with some subset of the following fields: - `v`: The version of the metadata structure (always present). - `serial`: The serial number of the metadata statement (always present). - `name`: The name of the entity. - `url`: The URL associated with the entity. - `email`: The email address associated with the entity. - `keybase`: Tne entity's keybase.io handle. - `twitter`: The twitter handle associated with the entity.
    - `signers` EntityInfo[] — A list of the entities that signed the block.
      - `entity_id` string — The ID of the entity owning the node; this corresponds to the entity's public key in base64.
      - `entity_address` string — Address of the entity owning the node, in Bech32 format (`oasis1...`).
      - `entity_metadata` string — Metadata about an entity, if available. See [the metadata registry](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/metadata-registry) for details. When available, it is an object with some subset of the following fields: - `v`: The version of the metadata structure (always present). - `serial`: The serial number of the metadata statement (always present). - `name`: The name of the entity. - `url`: The URL associated with the entity. - `email`: The email address associated with the entity. - `keybase`: Tne entity's keybase.io handle. - `twitter`: The twitter handle associated with the entity.

## Other responses

- `400` — A human-readable error message.
- `404` — An empty response indicating that the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — A human-readable error message.

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