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eth_getBalance


Returns the balance, in Wei, of a given account.

Balances are maintained in Wei in Zilliqa 2. Because 1 wei = 10^6 ZIL, this value will be 1_000_000 times larger than that given by GetBalance.

Parameters

Address

The address of the account to query as a hex value.

Block ID

A block identifier, as specified by https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1898.

Example Request

curl -d '{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
  "0xcb57ec3f064a16cadb36c7c712f4c9fa62b77415", "latest"
]}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://api.zq2-prototestnet.zilliqa.com/"

Example response

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x10f0cf064dd59200000","id":"1"}

Arguments

Parameter Type Required Description
id string Required "1"
jsonrpc string Required "2.0"
method string Required "DSBlockListing"
params array Requred [ address, block_number ]