query-blocks

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Query Ethereum blocks, transactions, receipts, balances, and nonces using Nethereum (.NET). Use this skill whenever the user asks about getting block data, reading transactions, checking balances, fetching receipts, getting nonces, querying on-chain state, decoding event logs from receipts, detecting contracts, or reading ERC20 token balances with C# or .NET.

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Query Blocks and Transactions

NuGet: Nethereum.Web3

All operations here are read-only — no private key needed.

Connect

using Nethereum.Web3;

var web3 = new Web3("https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR_KEY");

Account Balance

var balance = await web3.Eth.GetBalance.SendRequestAsync("0xaddress...");
var etherAmount = Nethereum.Util.UnitConversion.Convert.FromWei(balance.Value);

Balance at Specific Block

using Nethereum.RPC.Eth.DTOs;

var balance = await web3.Eth.GetBalance.SendRequestAsync(
    "0xaddress...",
    new BlockParameter(new HexBigInteger(15000000)));

BlockParameter also accepts BlockParameter.CreateLatest(), CreatePending(), CreateEarliest().

Block Number

var blockNumber = await web3.Eth.Blocks.GetBlockNumber.SendRequestAsync();

Block with Transactions

using Nethereum.Hex.HexTypes;

var block = await web3.Eth.Blocks.GetBlockWithTransactionsByNumber
    .SendRequestAsync(new HexBigInteger(blockNumber));
// block.Number, block.Timestamp, block.Transactions[]
// block.BaseFee (present on EIP-1559 blocks)

For tx hashes only (lighter): GetBlockWithTransactionsHashesByNumber.

Block by Hash

var block = await web3.Eth.Blocks.GetBlockWithTransactionsByHash
    .SendRequestAsync("0xabc123...");

Transaction by Hash

Returns the transaction as submitted (before execution):

var tx = await web3.Eth.Transactions.GetTransactionByHash
    .SendRequestAsync("0xtxhash...");
// tx.From, tx.To, tx.Value, tx.GasPrice
// tx.MaxFeePerGas, tx.MaxPriorityFeePerGas (EIP-1559)
// tx.Type (0x0 = legacy, 0x2 = EIP-1559)

Transaction Receipt

Available after mining. Shows success/failure, gas used, and events:

var receipt = await web3.Eth.Transactions.GetTransactionReceipt
    .SendRequestAsync("0xtxhash...");
// receipt.Status (1 = success, 0 = revert)
// receipt.GasUsed, receipt.EffectiveGasPrice
// receipt.Logs, receipt.BlockNumber

Both GetTransactionByHash and GetTransactionReceipt return null for unconfirmed transactions.

Transaction Count (Nonce)

var nonce = await web3.Eth.Transactions.GetTransactionCount
    .SendRequestAsync("0xaddress...");

Contract Detection

var code = await web3.Eth.GetCode.SendRequestAsync("0xaddress...");
// Returns "0x" for EOAs, bytecode for contracts
var isContract = code != null && code != "0x";

Decode Events from Receipt

using Nethereum.Contracts;
using Nethereum.Contracts.Standards.ERC20.ContractDefinition;

var receipt = await web3.Eth.Transactions.GetTransactionReceipt
    .SendRequestAsync("0x654288d8...");

var events = receipt.DecodeAllEvents<TransferEventDTO>();
Console.WriteLine(quot;From: {events[0].Event.From}");
Console.WriteLine(quot;To: {events[0].Event.To}");
Console.WriteLine(quot;Value: {events[0].Event.Value}");

DecodeAllEvents<T>() scans all logs and returns only those matching the event signature.

ERC20 Balance via Typed Service

var tokenBalance = await web3.Eth.ERC20
    .GetContractService("0x9f8f72aa9304c8b593d555f12ef6589cc3a579a2")
    .BalanceOfQueryAsync("0x8ee7d9235e01e6b42345120b5d270bdb763624c7");
Console.WriteLine(Web3.Convert.FromWei(tokenBalance, 18));

Check If Transaction Succeeded

var receipt = await web3.Eth.Transactions.GetTransactionReceipt
    .SendRequestAsync(txHash);

if (receipt == null)
    Console.WriteLine("Transaction not yet mined");
else if (receipt.Status.Value == 1)
    Console.WriteLine("Success");
else
    Console.WriteLine("Reverted");

Calculate Transaction Cost in ETH

var costWei = receipt.GasUsed.Value * receipt.EffectiveGasPrice.Value;
var costEth = Nethereum.Util.UnitConversion.Convert.FromWei(costWei);