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# eth_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of given address

### Body

<ParamField body="id" type="number" placeholder="1">
  Serves as a unique identifier for the request
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="jsonrpc" type="string" placeholder="2.0">
  Indicates the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="method" type="string" placeholder="eth_getBalance">
  Represents the name of the remote procedure or method to be called
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="params" type="array">
  Contains the list of parameters passed to the remote method

  <ParamField body="address" type="string">
    A string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField body="block" type="string">
    A hexadecimal block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending" or the hash (32 bytes) of a block
  </ParamField>
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="number">
  Returns unique identifier for the request
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="jsonrpc" type="string">
  Returns the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="balance" type="string">
  Hexadecimal of the current balance
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Example Request theme={null}
  curl  'https://rpc1.aries.axiomesh.io' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "eth_getBalance",
      "params": ["0x2299E9B1a4e08b5d67017E19d75d3a24bb1074Df","latest"],
      "id": 1
  }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "result": "0x0"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>