title: How to query the Account Balance of Alice in a substrate node?
body: <p>Using the polkadot UI, I can see the account Balances of <code>Alice</code>, <code>Bob</code>, displayed in the Accounts tab.</p>
  <p>Using <code>Developer&gt; ChainState</code>, I can query the storage on (&quot;Balances&quot; &quot;TotalIssuance&quot;), but there seems to be no content in (&quot;Balances&quot;, &quot;Account&quot;, alice_account_id)
  I'm using substrate <code>branch = &quot;polkadot-v0.9.24&quot;</code></p>
  <p>Alternative, I can get the &quot;Balance&quot;, &quot;TotalIssuance&quot; using <code>polkadot.js.org/apps</code> connected locally via browser extension.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fLlBq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fLlBq.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>So, where is the total balance of accounts like Alice stored if not in (&quot;Balances&quot;, &quot;Account&quot;)?</p>