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getGenesis

Ethereum RPC

Overview

The getGenesis endpoint allows you to retrieve critical information about the genesis state of the Ethereum Beacon Chain.

Example use cases:

  1. Network Monitoring: Network administrators and developers use this data to monitor and analyze the Ethereum 2.0 network's health and progress.
  2. Validator Setup: Validators joining the Ethereum Beacon Chain network need the genesis information to initialize their nodes correctly.

Parameters

The getGenesis endpoint does not require any additional parameters. You can simply make a GET request to the endpoint to retrieve the genesis information.

Returns

  • data (object): The object with the following values:
    • genesis_time (string): The genesis_time configured for the beacon node, which is the unix time in seconds at which the Eth2.0 chain began
    • genesis_validators_root (string): The genesis validator root
    • genesis_fork_version (string): A fork version number

Request Example

// Import necessary libraries and modules
import { TatumSDK, Ethereum, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

// Initialize the Tatum SDK with Ethereum-specific parameters
const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Ethereum>({ network: Network.ETHEREUM })

// Retrieve the Ethereum Beacon Chain genesis information
const response = await tatum.rpc.beacon.v1.getGenesis()

// Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs
await tatum.destroy()