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eth_coinbase

Returns the witness address of the current node.

Parameters
None

Returns
DATA - The witness address of the node. (Note: Return the first address If more than one witness address is configured, return error if there is no valid address or the address did not generate any block, the error will be “etherbase must be explicitly specified” . )

Example

curl -X POST '47.95.206.44:50545/jsonrpc' --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_coinbase", "params": []}'

Result

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"error":{"code":-32000,"message":"etherbase must be explicitly specified","data":"{}"}}