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# Blocks and Events

## Overview

Block Actions expose canonical chain history and new block notifications. Event and Filter Actions
query logs, subscribe to matching events, and consume node-managed filters for applications that
need incremental updates.

:::code-group
```ts twoslash [example.ts]
import { client } from './viem.config'

const block = await client.block.get({ blockTag: 'finalized' })
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
// [!include ~/snippets/docs/public.config.ts:setup]
```
:::

<Cards>
  <Card icon="lucide:box" title="Read & Inspect Blocks" description="Read blocks, receipts, and transaction counts at a selected height." to="/docs/guides/blocks-events/read" />

  <Card icon="lucide:radio" title="Watch & Simulate Blocks" description="Observe new blocks or simulate calls against future block state." to="/docs/guides/blocks-events/watch-simulate" />

  <Card icon="lucide:scroll-text" title="Query Logs" description="Query raw or typed event logs over a block range." to="/docs/guides/blocks-events/logs" />

  <Card icon="lucide:filter" title="Use Filters" description="Create filters, consume changes, and uninstall them when finished." to="/docs/guides/blocks-events/filters" />
</Cards>