<p>E.g. for debugging purposes, for miners, for parties who work directly with Bitcoin protocol.</p>

<p>"I see only block X on my local bitcoind, but the latest on blockchain.info is Y".</p>

<p>Application developers are less interested about blocks.</p>

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2014-09-24T20:00:11.847Z
And miners need to know so they can pick what to work on?
tim peterson
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2014-09-25T05:57:10.903Z
You get the same information from raw bitcoin network. It is just in more readable format.
Mikko Ohtamaa
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2014-09-25T18:41:59.210Z
Mikko, what kind of information specifically do miners need in a more readable format?
tim peterson
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2014-09-25T19:50:31.207Z
I think the last block would be most useful information to check if their bitcoind is still following the network correctly.
Mikko Ohtamaa
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2014-09-24T09:05:49.673Z
2014-09-24T09:05:49.673Z
Mikko Ohtamaa
<p>I understand having APIs around addresses and transactions, but I'm less clear why I need to know what's happening with a Block(s). This is to confirm one's transactions? Might someone provide some context?</p>

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Why do Bitcoin API services offer Block details?
tim peterson
# Why do Bitcoin API services offer Block details?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-23)

I understand having APIs around addresses and transactions, but I'm less clear why I need to know what's happening with a Block(s). This is to confirm one's transactions? Might someone provide some context?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-24. Score: 1

E.g. for debugging purposes, for miners, for parties who work directly with Bitcoin protocol.

"I see only block X on my local bitcoind, but the latest on blockchain.info is Y".

Application developers are less interested about blocks.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: And miners need to know so they can pick what to work on?  
> **username_1**: You get the same information from raw bitcoin network. It is just in more readable format.  
> **username_0**: Mikko, what kind of information specifically do miners need in a more readable format?  
> **username_1**: I think the last block would be most useful information to check if their bitcoind is still following the network correctly.  

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