# Get latest block number

Get the most recent block number for a specified blockchain.

## Method

GET

## Base URL

`https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2`

## Path

`/latestBlockNumber/:chain`

## Path Params

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|------|------|----------|-------------|----------|
| chain | string (eth, 0x1, sepolia, 0xaa36a7, polygon, 0x89, bsc, 0x38, bsc testnet, 0x61, avalanche, 0xa86a, fantom, 0xfa, cronos, 0x19, arbitrum, 0xa4b1, chiliz, 0x15b38, chiliz testnet, 0x15b32, gnosis, 0x64, gnosis testnet, 0x27d8, base, 0x2105, base sepolia, 0x14a34, optimism, 0xa, polygon amoy, 0x13882, linea, 0xe708, moonbeam, 0x504, moonriver, 0x505, moonbase, 0x507, linea sepolia, 0xe705, flow, 0x2eb, flow-testnet, 0x221, ronin, 0x7e4, ronin-testnet, 0x31769, lisk, 0x46f, lisk-sepolia, 0x106a, pulse, 0x171, sei-testnet, 0x530, sei, 0x531, monad, 0x8f) | Yes | The chain to query | \`eth\` |

## Example (curl)

```bash
curl -X GET "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/latestBlockNumber/eth" \
  -H "accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY"
```
