# Fork Choice -- Safe Block

## Table of contents
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- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [`get_safe_beacon_block`](#get_safe_beacon_block)

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## Introduction

Under honest majority and certain network synchronicity assumptions
there exist a block that is safe from re-orgs. Normally this block is
pretty close to the head of canonical chain which makes it valuable
to expose a safe block to users.

This section describes an algorithm to find a safe block.

## `get_safe_beacon_block`

```python
def get_safe_beacon_block(store: Store) -> Root:
    # Use most recent justified block as a stopgap
    return store.justified_checkpoint.root
```
*Note*: Currently safe block algorithm simply returns `store.justified_checkpoint.root`
and is meant to be improved in the future.