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# Historical data methods

Solana JSON-RPC methods for blocks, transactions and signatures, including getBlock, getTransaction, getSignaturesForAddress and getTransactionsForAddress.

## Blocks and slots

| Method                                                                                    | What it returns                                                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`getBlock`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblock.md)                             | A confirmed block for a slot, with its metadata and transactions. |
| [`getBlocks`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblocks.md)                           | The confirmed block slots in an inclusive range.                  |
| [`getBlocksWithLimit`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblockswithlimit.md)         | Up to a limit of confirmed block slots from a start slot.         |
| [`getBlockTime`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblocktime.md)                     | The estimated production time of a block.                         |
| [`getBlockHeight`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblockheight.md)                 | The block height at the requested commitment.                     |
| [`getBlockProduction`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblockproduction.md)         | Block-production counts per validator identity.                   |
| [`getBlockCommitment`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getblockcommitment.md)         | The stake-weighted commitment recorded for a slot.                |
| [`getFirstAvailableBlock`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getfirstavailableblock.md) | The lowest confirmed block slot still available.                  |

## Transactions and signatures

| Method                                                                                          | What it returns                                                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`getTransaction`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/gettransaction.md)                       | A confirmed transaction by signature, or null if not found.                                          |
| [`getTransactionCount`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/gettransactioncount.md)             | The total transactions the cluster has processed.                                                    |
| [`getSignaturesForAddress`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getsignaturesforaddress.md)     | The confirmed signatures that reference an address.                                                  |
| [`getSignatureStatuses`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getsignaturestatuses.md)           | The current status of each supplied signature.                                                       |
| [`getTransactionsForAddress`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/gettransactionsforaddress.md) | An address's full history in one call, with server-side filters and pagination (a Triton extension). |

## Performance samples

| Method                                                                                              | What it returns                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| [`getRecentPerformanceSamples`](/solana/rpc-methods/historical-data/getrecentperformancesamples.md) | Recent 60-second network performance samples. |

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