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eth_getTransactionCount RPC Method

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

Updated on
Aug 31, 2026

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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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"result": "0x2052f54",
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"id": 1
5
}
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"result": "0x2052f54",
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"id": 1
5
}
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