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# Block Components from Etherscan 



**Etherscan** is a blockchain explorer and analytics platform specifically designed for the *Ethereum* blockchain. It provides users with the ability to explore and analyze the Ethereum blockchain by offering information about transactions, addresses, smart contracts, and other related data.

:dart: We will examine the components of a block from etherscan.io in this article. *Grab a popcorn and enjoy the read!* 😎


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* **Block Height**: This Indicates the lenght of the blockchain. Increases after an addition of a new block





*  **Status**: The finality status of the block. This switches between two status which are finalized and unfinalized. Finalized means



 
*  **Timestamp**: The date and time a block was created or produced


 
* **Proposed On**: The slot and epoch this block is proposed on


 
*  **Transactions**: The number of transactions in a block
 
 


* **Withdrawal**: Number of beacon withdrawals in a block 



*  **Fee Recipient**: Address recieving fees from the transactions in the block


*  **Block Reward**: For every transaction the block producer is rewarded some  amount o ether on top of the paid fees in the  block




*  **Total Difficulty**: The total difficulty of the chain until this block
 


*  **Block Size**: The block size is determined by the block's gas limit




* **Gas Used**: The total gas used in the block and it's percentage of gas filled in the block



*  **Gas Limit**: Total gas limit provided by all the transactions in the block



*  **Base Fee Per Gas**: Post-London Upgrade this represent the minimum gas used 



*  **Burnt Fee**: Post-Londong Upgrade, this reprent the part of tx fee that is burnt. Calculated by baseUseFee * gasUsed


*  **Extra Data**: This is any data that can be included by the block producer




*  **Hash**: The hash of the block header of the current block



*  **Parent Hash**: The hash of the block this block was generated from.



*  **StateRoot**: The state of the block trie
  


*  **WithdrawalsRoot**: Block header withdrawal root



* **Nounce**: Block nounce is a value used during mining to demonstrate proof of work the block.





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