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# Chain API
The Chain API subsystem is responsible for providing a single point of access to chain state data via a set of pre-determined queries.
## Protocol
Input: [`ChainApiMessage`](../../types/overseer-protocol.md#chain-api-message)
Output: None
## Functionality
On receipt of `ChainApiMessage`, answer the request and provide the response to the side-channel embedded within the request.
Currently, the following requests are supported:
* Block hash to number
* Block hash to header
* Finalized block number to hash
* Last finalized block number
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