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eth_chainId RPC Method

Returns the current network/chain ID, used to sign replay-protected transaction introduced in EIP-155.

Updated on
May 21, 2026

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

chain ID
string

It returns a hexadecimal value in string format which represents an integer of the chain ID

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x1"
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x1"
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}
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