add "finalized" block tag

[davidmurdoch]

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[molichio]

this would be handy right now for some merge preparation testing ☺️

[davidmurdoch]

finalized and safe will be aliases for "latest"

[manav2401]

Hi, I would like to consume the "finalized" and "safe" tags for eth_blockByNumber api. Is there any way I can do so at this moment with ganache? Also, as a workaround, it would work for me even if returns the latest block when we're calling "finalized" or "safe". Thanks!

@davidmurdoch

[davidmurdoch]

@manav2401 you can't use them yet, but soon. We are actively working on it. See #3658 It will return "latest", for requests for "finalized"/"safe".

[manav2401]

@davidmurdoch Thanks a lot for the info. Yes, I was following that PR. Could you help me pointing to some steps/docs using which I can build ganache from source (in this case from your specific branch)?

[davidmurdoch]

Clone the repo, checkout the branch, run npm i, and then run npm start -- <you can put your options here>. Example one liner to do all that:
git clone https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache.git && cd ganache && git checkout merge-things && npm i && npm start -- --fork mainnet --totalAccounts 5.

Also see https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md

[MicaiahReid]

Closed by #3971