# Getting the details of a block

Retrieve the details of a block given its hash to lookup.

**Path Parameter**

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description                        |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `hash`    | string | Yes      | A hash string of a block to lookup |

**Response - `200 OK, application/json`**

| Parameter    | Type   | Description                                                |
| ------------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `hash`       | string | Hash representation of the block                           |
| `amount`     | string | Amount of Hycon in the block (sum of transactions)         |
| `difficulty` | string | Mining difficulty of block                                 |
| `fee`        | string | Total fees accumulated from transactions in the block      |
| `length`     | number | Number of transactions in the block                        |
| `volume`     | string | Amount of Hycon in the block (sum of transactions)         |
| `stateRoot`  | string | Hash of the world state at that block                      |
| `merkleRoot` | string | Merkle hash of all transactions in the block               |
| `txs`        | list   | List of transactions in the block                          |
| `height`     | number | Height of the block                                        |
| `timestamp`  | number | Timestamp when the block was added                         |
| `prevBlock`  | string | Previous block hash                                        |
| `nonce`      | string | Value assigned by the miner that constitutes proof of work |
| `miner`      | string | Wallet address of the miner                                |
| `resultHash` | string | Value assigned by the miner that constitutes proof of work |

**Response Error Table**

| Status | Error       | Message                   |
| ------ | ----------- | ------------------------- |
| 404    | `NOT_FOUND` | the block cannot be found |

GET/api/v1/block/{hash}

**Example request**

```
$ curl -X GET http://localhost:2442/api/v1/block/EL5DXFLKx8Y5YayvJQjqAsb3RvFRV4twUo8ZnNzQsnar \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8'
```

**Response (Success)**

```
{
    "hash": "EL5DXFLKx8Y5YayvJQjqAsb3RvFRV4twUo8ZnNzQsnar",
    "amount": "976.721369496",
    "difficulty": "1.4581169978347811e-9",
    "fee": "0.00003",
    "length": 30,
    "volume": "976.721399496",
    "stateRoot": "GXs3WPMAKaRTB6mx98jPqnmPhnVge86DUN4KaWX5ovNk",
    "merkleRoot": "4e25MRTztFcWYZwB4F7JwA8bfv8nokWQannJdTW6oGim",
    "txs": [
        {
            "hash": "BDaTKkKihPJi3nzB5wmKBMfvdz1oum64FjCVinFkkYJb",
            "amount": "0.137988774",
            "fee": "0.000001",
            "from": "H23fF8ktBWYwK7aHFbPSW52LtoHcbDvmT",
            "to": "H28ohpNTCZgviHTV8ftRQvQKBRVpbC5cr",
            "estimated": "0.137989774",
            "receiveTime": 1541402086473,
            "nonce": 1888209
        },
        ...
    ],
    "height": 317714,
    "timeStamp": 1541402086473,
    "prevBlock": "55FeLzZohwsp7kUyxGBRcHQJAVqRLsar6CQmZvK9ZdpM",
    "nonce": "000016147ffffffc",
    "miner": "H23fF8ktBWYwK7aHFbPSW52LtoHcbDvmT",
    "resultHash": "000000019fd96c80c8fbfd04ee0b339989bc8421da243c59b3979865f8fa4025"
}
```


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