github.com/badrootd/celestia-core@v0.0.0-20240305091328-aa4207a4b25d/docs/core/block-structure.md (about)

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     5  # Block Structure
     6  
     7  The CometBFT consensus engine records all agreements by a
     8  supermajority of nodes into a blockchain, which is replicated among all
     9  nodes. This blockchain is accessible via various RPC endpoints, mainly
    10  `/block?height=` to get the full block, as well as
    11  `/blockchain?minHeight=_&maxHeight=_` to get a list of headers. But what
    12  exactly is stored in these blocks?
    13  
    14  The [specification](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/blob/v0.34.x/spec/core/data_structures.md) contains a detailed description of each component - that's the best place to get started.
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    16  To dig deeper, check out the [types package documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/cometbft/cometbft/types).