geth console not displaying rinkeby eth balance

Asked May 07 '21 at 22:12

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I'm running geth 1.10.3 locally by running 'geth --rinkeby'.

I then run geth console with:

'geth --rinkeby attach ipc:\.\pipe\geth.ipc'

eth.coinbase is set to the account I am looking at.

When I run:

eth.getBalance(eth.coinbase);

web3.fromWei(eth.getBalance(eth.coinbase), 'ether')

...all that is returned is 0.

I have checked the address on rinkeby.etherscan.io, and it has the expected amount of eth. The latest synced block displayed by 'eth.syncing' is past the transaction block numbers in etherscan. I have imported the account into metamask and see the expected amount of eth.

When I check the address on etherscan.io, it does look like there is an account with 0 ether. Could I somehow be connecting the console to the main network instead of rinkeby?

asked May 07 '21 at 22:12

broadbear

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Hi there. Is have you completed syncing the chain data? – Richard Horrocks May 07 '21 at 22:15
eth.syncing returns:

eth.syncing

{ currentBlock: 8546004, highestBlock: 8546073, knownStates: 189089851, pulledStates: 189071242, startingBlock: 8543939 }

The block number of one of the eth transfer transactions are 8539512 and 8545761.
– broadbear May 07 '21 at 22:21
Ah, I'll check again after the sync is complete. – broadbear May 07 '21 at 22:24
Yes, it had to finish syncing. Eth now shows in geth console. – broadbear May 07 '21 at 23:26

geth console not displaying rinkeby eth balance

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