Accessing Ethereum blockchain using Web3.js

This project is meant to teach the participants about the structure of the Ethereum blockchain, how by the help of APIs like Infura and Web3.js, they can connect directly to the Ethereum blockchain using a JSON RPC API, which acts as a mediator between Web2 and Web3.

Project structure

There are mainly 2 folders: /scripts & /frontend. The /scripts folder has 2 Javascript files: etherscan.js (used to fetch data from the Ethereum blockchain and writing a JSON file to store that data) and script.js (that renders JSON in the HTML page). The /frontend folder has 1 HTML file, where a file input is required to render JSON data.

Tasks for the participants

Task 1: Get blockchain data from block number 69420 (store JSON response in data1.json)

Task 2: Get balance of the richest ETH account (store JSON response in data2.json)

To know who it is, visit: https://tokenview.com/en/learn/eth-top-rich-address

Task 3: Get the transaction count of the latest ETH block (store JSON response in data3.json)

Task 4: Get the current gas price (store JSON response in data4.json)

Also add a timestamp key in data4.json with its value as the current timestamp (use JS built-in functions to get current timestamp