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bor_getAuthor
Polygon API method bor_getAuthor returns the address of the validator that produced (signed) a given block on the Bor consensus layer.
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Parameters

  • block — the block number in hexadecimal (for example, 0x561294b), or a block hash.

Response

  • result — the address of the validator that authored the block.

Use case

bor_getAuthor is used by explorers and analytics tools to attribute each block to the validator that produced it on Polygon.

Body

application/json
jsonrpc
string
default:2.0
required
method
string
default:bor_getAuthor
required
id
integer
default:1
required
params
string[]
required

Response

200 - application/json

Result

jsonrpc
string
id
integer
result
string
Last modified on July 15, 2026