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# Accounts
This document describes the in-built accounts system of Ethermint. {synopsis}
## Pre-requisite Readings
- [Cosmos SDK Accounts](https://docs.cosmos.network/master/basics/accounts.html) {prereq}
- [Ethereum Accounts](https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/#ethereum-accounts) {prereq}
## Ethermint Accounts
Ethermint defines its own custom `Account` type that uses Ethereum's ECDSA secp256k1 curve for keys. This
satisfies the [EIP84](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/84) for full [BIP44](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki) paths.
The root HD path for Ethermint-based accounts is `m/44'/60'/0'/0`.
+++ https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/blob/main/types/account.pb.go#L28-L33
## Addresses and Public Keys
There are 3 main types of `Addresses`/`PubKeys` available by default on Ethermint:
- Addresses and Keys for **accounts**, which identify users (e.g. the sender of a `message`). They are derived using the **`eth_secp256k1`** curve.
- Addresses and Keys for **validator operators**, which identify the operators of validators. They are derived using the **`eth_secp256k1`** curve.
- Addresses and Keys for **consensus nodes**, which identify the validator nodes participating in consensus. They are derived using the **`ed25519`** curve.
| | Address bech32 Prefix | Pubkey bech32 Prefix | Curve | Address byte length | Pubkey byte length |
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| Accounts | `eth` | `ethpub` | `eth_secp256k1` | `20` | `33` (compressed) |
| Validator Operator | `ethvaloper` | `ethvaloperpub` | `eth_secp256k1` | `20` | `33` (compressed) |
| Consensus Nodes | `ethvalcons` | `ethvalconspub` | `ed25519` | `20` | `32` |
## Address formats for clients
`EthAccount`s can be represented in both [Bech32](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bech32) and hex format for Ethereum's Web3 tooling compatibility.
The Bech32 format is the default format for Cosmos-SDK queries and transactions through CLI and REST
clients. The hex format on the other hand, is the Ethereum `common.Address` representation of a
Cosmos `sdk.AccAddress`.
- Address (Bech32): `eth1crwhac03z2pcgu88jfnqnwu66xlthlz2rhljah`
- Address ([EIP55](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-55) Hex): `0xc0dd7ee1f112838470e7926609bb9ad1bebbfc4a`
- Compressed Public Key (Bech32): `ethpub1pfqnmk6pqnwwuw0h9hj58t2hyzwvqc3truhhp5tl5hfucezcfy2rs8470nkyzju2vmk645fzmw2wveaqcqek767kwa0es9rmxe9nmmjq84cpny3fvj6tpg`
You can query an account address using the Cosmos CLI or REST clients:
```bash
# NOTE: the --output (-o) flag will define the output format in JSON or YAML (text)
ethermintd q auth account $(ethermintd keys show <MYKEY> -a) -o text
|
address: eth1f8rqrfwut7ngkxwth0gt99h0lxnxsp09ngvzwl
eth_address: 0x49c601A5DC5FA68b19CBbbd0b296eFF9a66805e5
coins:
- denom: aphoton
amount: "1000000000000000000"
- denom: stake
amount: "999999999900000000"
public_key: ethpub1pfqnmkepqw45vpsn6dzvm7k22zrghx0nfewjdfacy7wyycv5evfk57kyhwr8cqj5r4x
account_number: 0
sequence: 1
code_hash: c5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470
```
``` bash
# GET /auth/accounts/{address}
curl -X GET "<NODE_IP>/auth/accounts/eth1f8rqrfwut7ngkxwth0gt99h0lxnxsp09ngvzwl" -H "accept: application/json"
```
::: tip
The Cosmos SDK Keyring output (i.e `ethermintd keys`) only supports addresses and public keys in Bech32 format.
:::
To retrieve the Ethereum hex address using Web3, use the JSON-RPC [`eth_accounts`](./json_rpc.md#eth-accounts) endpoint:
```bash
# query against a local node
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:26664
```
## Next {hide}
Learn about Ethermint [transactions](./transactions.md) {hide}