📭 eth_accounts RPC Method (Base Chain)
⚠️
Deprecated: This method no longer returns any actual data — it always responds with an empty array []. Exposing wallet addresses publicly is a security risk, which is why most clients disable this method.
📄 Description
The eth_accounts method was originally used to list addresses managed by the client (e.g. from a local wallet or injected provider).
This allowed developers to easily access the user's wallet addresses to send transactions or messages. But for security reasons, this method is no longer supported on most networks and infrastructure providers — including Chainnodes.
🔧 Parameters
None.
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🔁 Returns
An array of account addresses owned by the client.
🛑 In practice, this array is always empty: [].
🛰️ Request
POST https://base-mainnet.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY💡 Example
- HTTPS POST Request with a JSON RPC call in the body
- Replace
YOUR-API-KEYwith the key from your CHAINNODES Dashboard (opens in a new tab) - Replace
mainnetwith your supported network (e.g.base-mainnet)
curl https://base-mainnet.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}'📦 Body
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": []
}