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# getBalance

### getBalance

**REQUEST**

```
POST https://mainet.rpc.aarmascan.com
```

**HEADERS**

```
Content-Type: application/json
```

**REQUEST PARAMS**

* `ADDRESS` *\[required]* - a string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance
* `BLOCK PARAMETER` *\[required]* - an integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the [default block parameter](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#the-default-block-parameter)

**EXAMPLE**

```
Explain## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
curl https://mainet.rpc.aarmascan.com
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
wscat -c ws://mainet.rpc.aarmascan.com
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}
```

**RESPONSE**

**RESULT FIELDS**

* `BALANCE` - integer of the current balance in wei.

**BODY**

```
Explain{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x2fe84e3113d7b"
}
```