RPC method

eth_sendRawTransaction on Base

Supported on SwiftNodes

Everything below was measured on 2026-10-13 by calling eth_sendRawTransaction on Base through the same endpoint customers use, and is re-measured weekly.

What eth_sendRawTransaction does

Submits a signed transaction to the network and returns its hash. The node checks the signature, chain ID, nonce and balance first, and returns an error string instead of a hash when any check fails, which is the text your app has to handle.

Errors Base returns, word for word

We submitted three transactions that must fail, signed by a new, empty key (nothing was spent). These are the messages your app receives in those situations.

EIP-1559 transfer from an empty account	insufficient funds for gas * price + value: have 0 want 252000021001
Legacy transaction signed without a chain ID (pre-EIP-155)	error getting sender from raw transaction
Truncated bytes ("0x02f8")	failed to decode signed transaction

How to read them

"insufficient funds" means the balance cannot cover value + gas limit × max fee per gas. The have and want numbers are in wei, so you can show the shortfall exactly.

Base's nodes refuse transactions without a chain ID ("error getting sender from raw transaction"), so old signing code that omits it fails here.

Send the same signed bytes again only if you never got a hash back: a second submission of an accepted transaction returns an "already known" style error, not a second transaction, and a transaction with the same nonce but a higher fee replaces it.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/base?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_sendRawTransaction","params":["0x02f8..."]}'

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

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

try {
  const hash = await client.sendRawTransaction({ serializedTransaction: signed });
  const receipt = await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash });
} catch (e) {
  const msg = String(e?.details ?? e?.message);
  if (/insufficient funds/i.test(msg)) { /* ask the user to top up */ }
  else if (/nonce too low|already known/i.test(msg)) { /* already sent: look up by hash */ }
  else throw e;
}

Other methods on Base

eth_sendRawTransaction on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Base support eth_sendRawTransaction?

Yes. eth_sendRawTransaction answered on the SwiftNodes Base endpoint when our weekly probe called it through the customer path (2026-10-13).

Does Base accept transactions without a chain ID?

No. It answered "error getting sender from raw transaction".

Why does Base return "insufficient funds" from eth_sendRawTransaction?

The sender cannot pay value plus gas limit × maxFeePerGas. Fund the account, lower the value, or lower maxFeePerGas.

Base endpoints, live block height and WebSocket status are on the Base RPC page.

One key covers every chain we serve, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.