eth_createAccessList on Arbitrum

Measured 2026-10-11 by our weekly probe, which calls eth_createAccessList through the same Arbitrum endpoint customers use.

What eth_createAccessList does

Simulates a transaction and returns the EIP-2930 access list of addresses and storage keys it touches, plus the gas it would use with that list attached.

eth_createAccessList on Arbitrum: what we measured

• Default Arbitrum routing keeps state for roughly the last 1,000,000 blocks (about 3.4 days of Arbitrum history). Simulating against a block older than that needs historical state. Add &archive=1 to send the request to archive upstreams (paid plans).

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/arbitrum?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_createAccessList","params":[{"from":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","to":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","data":"0x"},"latest"]}'

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({ transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/arbitrum?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });

// Any JSON-RPC method, typed loosely: eth_createAccessList on Arbitrum
const result = await client.request({
  method: "eth_createAccessList",
  params: [{"from":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","to":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","data":"0x"},"latest"],
});

Other methods on Arbitrum

• eth_blockNumberSupported
• eth_chainIdSupported
• eth_getBalanceSupported
• eth_getBlockByNumberSupported
• eth_getTransactionByHashSupported
• eth_getTransactionReceiptSupported
• eth_callSupported
• eth_estimateGasSupported
• eth_gasPriceSupported
• eth_maxPriorityFeePerGasSupported
• eth_sendRawTransactionSupported
• eth_getTransactionCountSupported
• eth_getCodeSupported
• eth_subscribeSupported
• eth_getLogsSupported
• eth_getBlockReceiptsSupported
• eth_feeHistorySupported
• eth_getProofSupported
• debug_traceCallSupported
• trace_blockSupported
• trace_transactionNot available

eth_createAccessList on other chains

Support differs by chain; the full measured table is on the eth_createAccessList reference.

• Ethereum
• Base
• Optimism
• Polygon
• BNB Smart Chain
• Avalanche
• Sonic
• Linea
• Scroll
• zkSync Era
• Blast
• Mantle
• Gnosis
• Celo
• Berachain
• Monad
• Unichain
• Kaia
• PulseChain
• World Chain
• Ronin
• Abstract
• ApeChain
• MegaETH
• Fantom
• Lisk
• Hemi
• X Layer
• BOB
• Plasma
• Fraxtal
• Zora
• Story
• Soneium
• Sei
• Hyperliquid
• Taiko
• Morph
• Ink
• Katana
• Ethereum Classic
• opBNB
• Mode
• Flare
• Core
• Chiliz
• Telos EVM
• Tempo
• Cronos
• Manta Pacific
• Shibarium
• Boba Network
• Arbitrum Nova
• Immutable zkEVM

Frequently asked questions