Engine API objects

The following objects are parameters for or returned by the Engine API methods.

Execution payload object

Parameter for engine_newPayloadV1. Returned by engine_getPayloadV1.

Key	Type	Value
parentHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Hash of the parent block.
feeRecipient	Data, 20 Bytes	Beneficiary of the fee.
stateRoot	Data, 32 Bytes	Root of the final state trie for the block.
receiptsRoot	Data, 32 Bytes	Root of the receipts trie for the block.
logsBloom	Data, 256 Bytes	Bloom filter for light clients to quickly retrieve related logs.
prevRandao	Data, 32 Bytes	Difficulty for this block.
blockNumber	Quantity, 64 Bits	Block number of block containing this transaction.
gasLimit	Quantity, 64 Bits	Maximum gas allowed in this block.
gasUsed	Quantity, 64 Bits	Total gas used by all transactions in this block.
timestamp	Quantity, 64 Bits	Unix timestamp (milliseconds) for block assembly.
extraData	Data, 0 to 32 Bytes	Extra data field for this block.
baseFeePerGas	Quantity, 256 Bits	The block's base fee per gas. This field is empty for blocks created before EIP-1559.
blockHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Hash of the execution block.
transactions	Array	Array of transaction objects, each object is a list representing TransactionType, TransactionPayload, or LegacyTransaction as defined in EIP-2718.

Fork choice state object

Parameter for engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1.

Key	Type	Value
headBlockHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Block hash of the head of the canonical chain.
safeBlockHash	Data, 32 Bytes	"Safe" block hash of the canonical chain under certain synchrony and honesty assumptions. This value MUST be either equal to or an ancestor of headBlockHash.
finalizedBlockHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Block hash of the most recent finalized block.

Payload attributes object

Parameter for engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1.

Key	Type	Value
timestamp	Quantity, 64 Bits	Value for the timestamp field of the new payload.
prevRandao	Data, 32 Bytes	Value for the prevRandao field of the new payload.
suggestedFeeRecipient	Data, 20 Bytes	Suggested value for the feeRecipient field of the new payload.

Payload status object

Returned by engine_newPayloadV1 and engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1.

Key	Type	Value
status	Enumeration	Either "VALID", "INVALID", "SYNCING", "ACCEPTED", "INVALID_BLOCK_HASH", or "INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK".
latestValidHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Hash of the most recent valid block in the branch defined by payload and its ancestors.
validationError	String	Message providing additional details on the validation error if the payload is classified as INVALID, INVALID_BLOCK_HASH or INVALID_TERMINAL_BLOCK.

Transition configuration object

Parameter for and returned by engine_exchangeTransitionConfigurationV1.

Key	Type	Value
terminalTotalDifficulty	Quantity, 256 Bits	Maps on the TERMINAL_TOTAL_DIFFICULTY parameter of EIP-3675.
terminalBlockHash	Data, 32 Bytes	Maps on the TERMINAL_BLOCK_HASH parameter of EIP-3675.
terminalBlockNumber	Quantity, 64 Bits	Maps on the TERMINAL_BLOCK_NUMBER parameter of EIP-3675.