Category: cardano

#Get protocol parameters

cardano-cli shelley query protocol-parameters \
--testnet-magic 1097911063 \
--allegra-era \
--out-file protocol.json

#Get the transaction hash and index of the UTXO to spend

cardano-cli shelley query utxo \
  --address $(cat payment.addr) \
  --testnet-magic 1097911063 \
  --allegra-era

Output:

#Draft the transaction

cardano-cli shelley transaction build-raw \
--tx-in 03ed78363f5d715302d84bbc79cfcdd7a7e92eaa1511a8ed87e45b2b07c5713e#0 \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+0 \
--ttl 0 \
--fee 0 \
--out-file tx.draft

TxId = transaction hash
TxIx = transaction index
tx-out = TxOut+Lovelace
TxOut = hex encoded address
Lovelace = Amount of ADA*1000000

#Calculate the fee

cardano-cli shelley transaction calculate-min-fee \
--tx-body-file tx.draft \
--tx-in-count 1 \
--tx-out-count 2 \
--witness-count 1 \
--byron-witness-count 0 \
--testnet-magic 1097911063 \
--protocol-params-file protocol.json

Output:
175621

#Calculate the change to send back to payment.addr

expr <UTXO BALANCE> - <AMOUNT TO SEND> - <TRANSACTION FEE>

//Exmaple
expr 497628430 - 497452809 - 175621

#Determine the TTL (time to Live) for the transaction

– TTL = slotNo + N slots
– N = Amount of slots you want to add to give the transaction a window to be included in a block

currentSlot=$(cardano-cli query tip --testnet-magic 1097911063 | jq -r '.slotNo')
echo Current Slot: $currentSlot

updated_currentSlot=$(($currentSlot+1000))
echo Updated Slot: $updated_currentSlot

#Build the transaction

cardano-cli shelley transaction build-raw \
--tx-in 03ed78363f5d715302d84bbc79cfcdd7a7e92eaa1511a8ed87e45b2b07c5713e#0 \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+497452809 \
--ttl 14689800 \
--fee 175621 \
--out-file tx.raw

#Build transaction2

cardano-cli shelley transaction build-raw \
--tx-in 03ed78363f5d715302d84bbc79cfcdd7a7e92eaa1511a8ed87e45b2b07c5713e#0 \
--tx-out $(cat payment2.addr)+100000000 \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+397454217 \
--ttl 14689800 \
--fee 175621 \
--out-file tx.raw

-payment.addr = FROM address
-payment2.addr = TO address

#Sign the transaction

cardano-cli shelley transaction sign \
--tx-body-file tx.raw \
--signing-key-file payment.skey \
--signing-key-file node.skey \
--testnet-magic 1097911063  \
--out-file tx.signed

#Submit the transaction

cardano-cli shelley transaction submit \
--tx-file tx.signed \
--testnet-magic 1097911063

#Check the balances

cardano-cli shelley query utxo \
    --address $(cat payment.addr) \
    --testnet-magic 1097911063 \
    --allegra-era

References :
https://docs.cardano.org/projects/cardano-node/en/1.18.0/reference/transactions.html

https://docs.cardano.org/projects/cardano-node/en/latest/stake-pool-operations/simple_transaction.html