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  4. # Block Structure
  5. The Tendermint consensus engine records all agreements by a
  6. supermajority of nodes into a blockchain, which is replicated among all
  7. nodes. This blockchain is accessible via various RPC endpoints, mainly
  8. `/block?height=` to get the full block, as well as
  9. `/blockchain?minHeight=_&maxHeight=_` to get a list of headers. But what
  10. exactly is stored in these blocks?
  11. The [specification](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/blob/8dd2ed4c6fe12459edeb9b783bdaaaeb590ec15c/spec/core/data_structures.md) contains a detailed description of each component - that's the best place to get started.
  12. To dig deeper, check out the [types package documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types).