diff --git a/blocknumber.sh b/blocknumber.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+BASEPATH="$(dirname "$0")"
+source $BASEPATH/.env
+
+blacklist=()
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    # Add each line to the array
+    blacklist+=("$line")
+done < "$BASEPATH/path-blacklist.txt"
+
+pathlist=$(cat $BASEPATH/$1.yml | grep -oP "(?<=stripprefix\.prefixes).*\"" | cut -d'=' -f2- | sed 's/.$//')
+
+for path in $pathlist; do
+    include=true
+    for word in "${blacklist[@]}"; do
+	if echo "$path" | grep -qE "$word"; then
+	    include=false
+	fi
+    done
+		
+    if $include; then
+	RPC_URL="https://$DOMAIN$path"
+	response_file=$(mktemp)
+
+	http_status_code=$(curl --ipv4 -m 1 -s -X POST -w "%{http_code}" -o "$response_file" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest", false],"id":1}' $RPC_URL)
+
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	    
+	    if [[ $http_status_code -eq 200 ]]; then
+		latest_block_number=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.number')
+		latest_block_number_decimal=$((16#${latest_block_number#0x}))
+
+		echo "$latest_block_number_decimal"
+		exit 0;
+	    fi
+	fi
+	break;
+    fi
+done
+
+exit 1;
+