⚒️Blocks

How does Matmo handle transactions?

Matmo is a transactionally versioned database. As transactions are executed, the resulting state of each transaction is stored individually, thus allowing more fine-grained data access.

Blocks are still the fundamental unit in #matmo. Transactions are batched and executed together in a block. Furthermore, proofs in storage are block-level granular. The number of transactions within a block depends on network activity and a configurable maximum block size limit.

Block Properties

The following are the block properties returned when you use the getBlock method from the API using any of our SDK.

Parameter	Description
hash	The hash of the block. null if pending
parentHash	It refers to the hash of the parent block inamto.
number	The number of the current block. null if pending.
timestamp	The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated.
nonce	It's the most recent transaction based on the account's counter, which maintains track of how many transactions it does. null if pending.
difficulty	The current block difficulty returns 2500000000000000.
gasLimit	The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as a hexadecimal, always returns 2^64-1.
gasUsed	The actual amount of gas used in this block.
transactions	An array of transaction objects - please see interface TransactionResponse for exact shape
baseFeePerGas	The MI445-like baseFee for this block.