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Get state finality checkpoints

Returns finality checkpoints for state with given 'stateId'. In case finality is not yet achieved, checkpoint should return epoch 0 and ZERO_HASH as root.

get/eth/v1/beacon/states/{state_id}/finality_checkpoints

Request

  • Base URL: http://public-mainnet-node.ethereum.org
  • URL: http://public-mainnet-node.ethereum.org/eth/v1/beacon/states/{state_id}/finality_checkpoints
  • Auth: none declared

Path parameters

state_idstring required

State identifier. Can be one of: "head" (canonical head in node's view), "genesis", "finalized", "justified", <slot>, <hex encoded stateRoot with 0x prefix>.

Response

Success

execution_optimisticboolean

True if the response references an unverified execution payload. Optimistic information may be invalidated at a later time. If the field is not present, assume the False value.

finalizedboolean

True if the response references the finalized history of the chain, as determined by fork choice. If the field is not present, additional calls are necessary to compare the epoch of the requested information with the finalized checkpoint.

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "previous_justified": {
      "epoch": "1",
      "root": "0xcf8e0d4e9587369b2301d0790347320302cc0943d5a1884560367e8208d920f2"
    },
    "current_justified": {
      "epoch": "1",
      "root": "0xcf8e0d4e9587369b2301d0790347320302cc0943d5a1884560367e8208d920f2"
    },
    "finalized": {
      "epoch": "1",
      "root": "0xcf8e0d4e9587369b2301d0790347320302cc0943d5a1884560367e8208d920f2"
    }
  }
}

Changes

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