ExtrinsicCount
Storage Plain v101 → currentTotal extrinsics count for the current block .
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The Big Picture
Available during block execution. Cleared after block is finalized.
Use Cases
- Monitor block fullness
- Calculate extrinsic indices
From Chain Metadata
Total extrinsics count for the current block.
Purpose & Usage
Purpose
Track how many transactions are in the current block.
Common Query Patterns
- Single value query during block execution
Stored Value
value (u32)
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 ExtrinsicCount storage (no keys - plain value)
const result = await api.query.System.ExtrinsicCount.getValue();
console.log("ExtrinsicCount:", result);Runtime Info
- Pallet
- System
- Storage Kind
- Plain
- First Version
- v101
- Current Version
- v411