curl --request POST \
--url https://base-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/2fc1de7f08c0465f6a28e3c355e0cb14 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBalance",
"id": 1,
"params": [
"0xF977814e90dA44bFA03b6295A0616a897441aceC",
"latest"
]
}'
{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": "<string>"
}
curl --request POST \
--url https://base-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/2fc1de7f08c0465f6a28e3c355e0cb14 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBalance",
"id": 1,
"params": [
"0xF977814e90dA44bFA03b6295A0616a897441aceC",
"latest"
]
}'
{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": "<string>"
}
eth_getBalance
retrieves the balance of an account at a given block. This method is essential for applications that need to display or utilize the current balance of an Ethereum address.
address
— the address to get the balance for.block
— the block number (in hexadecimal) or one of the strings "earliest"
, "latest"
, or "pending"
, indicating the state to consider. The default is "latest"
.result
— the balance of the account in Wei, as a hexadecimal string.eth_getBalance
method is essential for:
The balance of the account
The response is of type object
.
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