Blocking someone ends the conversation. It doesn’t end your part in what happened.

Blocking is a real tool and sometimes the right one. What it cannot do is settle anything. The other person’s version of events keeps existing, and so does whatever you said or did before the button, which stays yours whether or not you ever hear about it again. Silence can protect your peace without resolving the thing.

If you blocked someone recently, separate two questions: do you want them back in your day, and is there anything you owe regardless. The answers can be no and yes at the same time. If something is owed, a short message can close it without reopening the whole friendship.