eth_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of a given address.

Parameters

• address: [Required] 20 bytes. A string representing the address to check for balance.

• block parameter: A string representing a block number, block hash, or one of the string tags latest, earliest, pending, safe, or finalized. See the default block parameter.

Returns

A hexadecimal of the current balance (in wei) for the account at the given address.

Example

curl

Request

curl https://rpc.testnet.tryradi.us/<YOUR-RPC-ENDPOINT> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
    "0x9ac562D0B256D178155B878a54AdF1FFA13356fF",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1
}
'

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1bc16d674ec80000",
  "id": 1
}

cast

Request

cast balance 0x9ac562D0B256D178155B878a54AdF1FFA13356fF \
  --rpc-url https://rpc.testnet.tryradi.us/<YOUR-RPC-ENDPOINT> \
  --block latest

Response

2000000000000000000