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TIL: block.number on an Arbitrum chain returns an L1 block number

not the block number of the Arb chain

WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA

holy shit kill me

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Wait... really? Can you send a block explorer link?

Explorers probably work around this. There is a way to get Arb block number as I now know (BUT ITS NOT block.number)

see

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Explorers probably work around this. There is a way to get Arb block number as I now know (BUT ITS NOT block.number)

see https://docs.arbitrum.io/build-decentralized-apps/arbitrum-vs-ethereum/block-numbers-and-time#ethereum-block-numbers-within-arbitrum