Get Address Funded By

Retrieves the address and transaction that first funded a specific EOA address, useful for tracing fund origins. Not available to contract addresses.

GET /v2/api

Get Address Funded By

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api

Response

{
  "status": "1",
  "message": "OK",
  "result": {
    "block": 53708500,
    "timeStamp": "1708349932",
    "fundingAddress": "0x6969174fd72466430a46e18234d0b530c9fd5f49",
    "fundingTxn": "0xbc0ca4a67eb1555920552246409626cd60df01314dd2bcdb99718b506d9c9946",
    "value": "1000000000000000"
  }
}

This is a PRO endpoint, available to the Standard Plan and above

This endpoint is throttled to 2 calls/second regardless of API Pro tier.

Query Parameters

apikey · string · default: "YourApiKeyToken"

Your Etherscan API key.

chainid · string · default: "1"

Chain ID to query, eg 1 for Ethereum, 137 for Polygon from our supported chains.

module · string · default: "account"

Set to account for this endpoint.

action · string · default: "fundedby"

Set to fundedby for this endpoint.

address · string · default: "0x4838B106FCe9647Bdf1E7877BF73cE8B0BAD5f97"

The address to query, like 0x4838B106FCe9647Bdf1E7877BF73cE8B0BAD5f97.

Response

{
  "status": "1",
  "message": "OK",
  "result": {
    "block": 53708500,
    "timeStamp": "1708349932",
    "fundingAddress": "0x6969174fd72466430a46e18234d0b530c9fd5f49",
    "fundingTxn": "0xbc0ca4a67eb1555920552246409626cd60df01314dd2bcdb99718b506d9c9946",
    "value": "1000000000000000"
  }
}