cast basefee

NAME

cast-basefee - Get the basefee of a block.

SYNOPSIS

cast basefee [options] block

DESCRIPTION

Get the basefee of a block.

OPTIONS

Query Options

-B block
--block block
    The block height you want to query at.

    Can be a block number, or any of the tags: earliest, latest or pending.

RPC Options

--rpc-url url
    The RPC endpoint. Accepts a URL or an existing alias in the [rpc_endpoints] table, like mainnet.     Environment: ETH_RPC_URL

Common Options

-h
--help
    Prints help information.

EXAMPLES

  1. Get the basefee of the latest block:

    cast basefee latest

  2. Get the basefee of the genesis block:

    cast basefee 1

SEE ALSO

cast, cast block, cast age