Ethereum consensus layer status
Ethereum consensus layer status: head slot and epoch, justified and finalized epochs, finality lag with a health flag, and beacon node sync state.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-21
1 of 1checks answered this week
1283 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/explorer/ethereum/consensus
| Category | Market data |
|---|---|
| Provider host | saylorinnovations.com |
| Networks | eip155:137, eip155:42161, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 1283 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"chain": {
"description": "the chain this describes",
"type": "string"
},
"epochs_since_finality": {
"description": "head epoch minus finalized epoch",
"type": "number"
},
"execution_client_offline": {
"description": "true when its execution client is offline",
"type": "boolean"
},
"finalized_epoch": {
"description": "latest finalized epoch",
"type": "number"
},
"head_epoch": {
"description": "epoch of the head slot",
"type": "number"
},
"head_proposer_index": {
"description": "validator that proposed the head block",
"type": "number"
},
"head_root": {
"description": "block root of the head",
"type": "string"
},
"head_slot": {
"description": "latest slot",
"type": "number"
},
"is_finalizing_normally": {
"description": "true when finality lags the head by 3 epochs or less",
"type": "boolean"
},
"is_syncing": {
"description": "true when the beacon node is syncing",
"type": "boolean"
},
"justified_epoch": {
"description": "latest justified epoch",
"type": "number"
},
"note": {
"description": "plain-language reading of the result, including units",
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"description": "where the data was read from",
"type": "string"
},
"sync_distance": {
"description": "slots behind the network head",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"chain",
"head_slot",
"head_epoch",
"finalized_epoch",
"epochs_since_finality",
"is_finalizing_normally",
"note",
"source"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "json",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}