Returns the current amount of Ether in circulation, ETH2 Staking rewards, EIP1559 burnt fees, and total withdrawn ETH from the beacon chain.
AI agents call stats__ethsupply2 to retrieve information from Etherscan MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves public blockchain statistics without modifying data, executing code, or causing financial transactions. It is purely informational (Read category). Severity is low because misuse presents minimal risk—an AI querying supply data cannot harm systems or users. Confidence is high as the description clearly indicates read-only data retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool returns current statistics on Ether supply, ETH2 staking rewards, burnt fees, and withdrawn ETH—all read-only queries with no side effects. The description uses 'Returns' indicating data retrieval only.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access stats__ethsupply2 gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Etherscan MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for stats__ethsupply2:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"stats__ethsupply2": {}
}
} stats__ethsupply2 is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns the current amount of Ether in circulation, ETH2 Staking rewards, EIP1559 burnt fees, and total withdrawn ETH from the beacon chain. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Etherscan MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Etherscan MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for stats__ethsupply2: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Etherscan MCP. Nothing to install.
stats__ethsupply2 is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the stats__ethsupply2 rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for stats__ethsupply2. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
stats__ethsupply2 is provided by the Etherscan MCP server (xiaok/etherscan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Etherscan MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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