Transactions
Your node doesn't have to be running at the same time as the sender to send or receive a transaction.
Send a transaction
Interactive mode
Send a transaction by running the following command using your default account:
ironfish accounts:pay
ironfish accounts:pay200.00000001ab518b8c908d7157eaebdf8159c5813894074d3136826daba4a485598de1b86a597af2821f8400bbfe70c1
You are about to send:
$IRON 20 to ab518b8c908d7157eaebdf8159c5813894074d3136826daba4a485598de1b86a597af2821f8400bbfe70c1 from the account IronFishGenesisAccount
* This action is NOT reversible *
YCreating the transaction:
Sending 20 to ab518b8c908d7157eaebdf8159c5813894074d3136826daba4a485598de1b86a597af2821f8400bbfe70c1 from MyNewAccount
Transaction Hash: e032e78268a1097288503e18510e48d140292ff5ce91d0914ae00f733ad8d166
Transaction Fee: 0.00000001
Find the transaction on https://explorer.ironfish.network/transaction/ee32e78268a1097288503e18510e48d140292ff5ce91d0914ae00f733ad8d166
If you want to send a transaction from a different account, you can use the `-f` flag.
E.g.
ironfish accounts:pay -f MyOtherAccount
Noninteractive mode
Run ironfish accounts:pay --help
to see the different options available.
E.g. To send 2 coins from the account Savings
ironfish accounts:pay -a 2 -o 0.00000001 -t 997c...7fc52ed -f Savings
Receive a transaction
To receive a transaction, you just need to communicate the public key of your account to the sender. If you don't know your public key, run the following command:
ironfish accounts:address
E.g. To get the public key of a different account on your node
ironfish accounts:address Savings
Balance
You can check your balance at any time by running the following command:
ironfish accounts:balance
Next steps
You can now track your transaction on the network, or start mining $IRON.