# eth\_getTransactionCount

Returns the number of transactions *sent* from an address.

**Parameters**

1. `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address.
2. `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer block number, or the string `"latest"`, `"earliest"` or `"pending"`, see the default block parameter

```js
params: [
  "0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
  "latest", // state at the latest block
]
```

**Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the number of transactions send from this address.

**Example**

```js
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1","latest"],"id":1}'
// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}
```
