From e93a448f5532f7ea6ee17569f830f5ffb69f3b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neeraj <neeraj.rtly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:02:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update README to check eth balance

---
 testnet-nitro-node.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/testnet-nitro-node.md b/testnet-nitro-node.md
index 74cb635..d4f6658 100644
--- a/testnet-nitro-node.md
+++ b/testnet-nitro-node.md
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
   export ASSET_ADDRESS_1=$(jq -r --arg chainId "$GETH_CHAIN_ID" '.[$chainId][0].contracts.TestToken.address' assets.json)
   export ASSET_ADDRESS_2=$(jq -r --arg chainId "$GETH_CHAIN_ID" '.[$chainId][0].contracts.TestToken2.address' assets.json)
 
+  # Check balance of eth account
+  curl -X POST $GETH_CHAIN_URL \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+    "method":"eth_getBalance",
+    "params":["'"$ACCOUNT_ADDRESS"'", "latest"],
+    "id":1
+  }'
+
   # Check balance of first asset address
   curl -X POST $GETH_CHAIN_URL \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -369,7 +379,7 @@ Perform payments using a virtual payment channel created with another Nitro node
   ```bash
   export BRIDGE_NITRO_ADDRESS=$(yq eval '.bridge_nitro_address' nitro-node-config.yml)
 
-  # Counterparty to create the payment channel with
+  # Obtain the Nitro address of the participant with whom you intend to conduct the payment
   export COUNTER_PARTY_ADDRESS=<counterparty-nitro-address>
 
   # Mirrored channel on L2