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eth_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of a given address.

Parameters​

None.

Returns​

  • address: [Required] A string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance.
  • block parameter: [Required] A hexadecimal block number, or one of the string tags latest, earliest, pending, safe, or finalized. See the default block parameter.

Example​

Replace https://dataseed-testnet.helioschain.network with your node rpc url.

Request curl​

curl https://dataseed-testnet.helioschain.network \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "eth_getBalance", "params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"], "id": 1}'

JSON Response​

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x7c2562030800"
}