BlockHash

Storage Map v210 → v411

Maps Ethereum block numbers to their hashes.

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Queried by: developers

The Big Picture

Allows contracts to access historical block hashes (limited history, typically 256 blocks).

Use Cases

  • Access historical block hashes
  • Implement BLOCKHASH opcode

Purpose & Usage

Purpose

Historical block hash lookup for EVM opcode BLOCKHASH.

Common Query Patterns

  • Query hash by block number

Query Keys

#NameTypeDescription
1
blockNumber block
raw: key1
[u64; 4] [4] key1 ([u64; 4])

Stored Value

value (H256)

Code Examples

import { createClient, Binary } from "polkadot-api";
import { getWsProvider } from "polkadot-api/ws";
import { sub } from "@polkadot-api/descriptors"; // generated by: npx papi add sub -w wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443

const client = createClient(getWsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443"));
const api = client.getTypedApi(sub);

// Query BlockHash storage
const key1 = [0n, 0n, 0n, 0n] as [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];

const result = await api.query.Ethereum.BlockHash.getValue(key1);
console.log("BlockHash:", result);

Version History

v210 block 4,345,556 Added
v213–v215 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v216 block 4,510,996 Internal re-bind
v235–v237 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v238 block 4,936,550 Internal re-bind
v278–v289 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v290 block 5,947,548 Internal re-bind
v307–v314 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v315 block 6,414,634 Internal re-bind
v316–v319 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v320 block 6,523,566 Internal re-bind
v327–v333 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v334 block 6,811,690 Internal re-bind
v353–v360 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v361 block 7,063,679 Internal re-bind
v394–v400 · runtime versions skipped on chain (never deployed)
v401 block 8,036,576 Internal re-bind Current

Runtime Info

Pallet
Ethereum
Storage Kind
Map
First Version
v210
Current Version
v411