# eth\_getTransactionCount

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

This method will use `30` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactioncount)

## **Parameters**

1. `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address.
2. `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer block number, or the string `"latest"`, `"earliest"` or `"pending"`, see the [default block parameter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#default-block-parameter)

```bash
params: [
  "0x102cB4Da51a9936ba2297be8C930B4Ca658586DA",
  "latest", // state at the latest block
]
```

## Returns

`QUANTITY` - String hex value representing integer of the number of transactions sent from this address.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": "0x17320", // 95,008
	"id": 1
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.conflux.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0x102cB4Da51a9936ba2297be8C930B4Ca658586DA","latest"],"id":1}'

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.conflux.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0x8d86Bc475bEDCB08179c5e6a4d494EbD3b44Ea8B","latest"],"id":1}'

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}