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eth_getTransactionCount RPC Method

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

Updated on
Apr 29, 2026

To use the eth_getTransactionCount method on the C-Chain, ensure that the end of your URL includes ext/bc/C/rpc.

Parameters

address
string
REQUIRED

The address from which the transaction count to be checked

blockNumber
string
REQUIRED

The block number as a string in hexadecimal format or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators

Returns

result
string

The integer of the number of transactions sent from an address encoded as hexadecimal

Request
Response
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
"id": 1,
4
"result": "0x26cb186"
5
}
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
"id": 1,
4
"result": "0x26cb186"
5
}
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