# Begin-Block

Each abci begin block call, the historical info will get stored and pruned according to the `HistoricalEntries` parameter.

### Historical Info Tracking <a href="#historical-info-tracking" id="historical-info-tracking"></a>

If the `HistoricalEntries` parameter is 0, then the `BeginBlock` performs a no-op.

Otherwise, the latest historical info is stored under the key `historicalInfoKey|height`, while any entries older than `height - HistoricalEntries` is deleted. In most cases, this results in a single entry being pruned per block.&#x20;

However, if the parameter `HistoricalEntries` has changed to a lower value there will be multiple entries in the store that must be pruned.


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