---
title: "eth_blockNumber"
description: "Returns the latest block number on Base — the most recent block the node has imported, encoded as a hexadecimal string."
source: https://basehub.org/api-reference/eth/eth_blocknumber/
---
Returns the number of the most recently mined block.

## Parameters

None.

## Returns

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `result` | string | The current block number as a hexadecimal string. |

## Example

### Request

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}
```

### Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x158a0e9"
}
```