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Beacon

The Beacon method group contains methods for interacting with the random beacon (DRAND)

BeaconGetEntry

BeaconGetEntry returns the beacon entry for the given Filecoin epoch. If the entry has not yet been produced, the call will block until the entry becomes available
Perms: read
Inputs:
[
10101
]
Response:
{
"Round": 42,
"Data": "Ynl0ZSBhcnJheQ=="
}
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