Read a raw balance
Ask for Ada's balance:
const raw = await client.getBalance({ address: '0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111' })
console.log(raw)That enormous number is correct. Chains do not store decimals — a balance is an integer count of the smallest unit, and for AVAX that unit is wei, one quintillionth (10^-18) of an AVAX.
So 250.5 AVAX is stored as 250500000000000000000.
// Ada: 0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 // Cleo: 0x3333333333333333333333333333333333333333
Press Run, or hit the button above. Output lands here.
Goals
Print the raw balance
run the code to check this
Run the code to load this lesson’s chain.