Transaction

This section describes the structure of a transaction

Overview

A transaction is used to effect a change in the state of the blockchain state. We use transactions to authorize and initiate the movement of value from one account to another. They are also use to cause the execution of arbitrary behaviours in smart contracts.

Structure

Field	Type	Description
type	HexNumber	The type of transaction (0x1 = Balance or 0x2 = Allocation)
fee	String	The amount of fee to be paid.
from	String	The address of the creator.
to	String	The address of the recipient or beneficiary.
value	String	The amount of ELL to be sent to the recipient.
nonce	HexNumber	The number of transactions created by the sender.
senderPubKey	String	The public key of the sender. Used to verify the transaction signature.
hash	String	The hash of the transaction
timestamp	HexNumber	The unix time of creation.
sig	HexByte	The signature of the transaction.

Example:

{
    "fee": "0",
    "from": "eNGGuhVSrXWWFYmVQBid9hFhiNLAfvPwzS",
    "hash": "0xf91be74146afb8717834f70969d02edff4316508dc62ec8716104968391fc492",
    "nonce": "0x0",
    "senderPubKey": "497a8Z5sTvCgFZYyQQ8Uh3tgm726uPBzM4v3fNpcygevyCcTJf6",
    "sig": "0xe579837d73b45af9cc9e381cfe7009106c5ea6c65a22356a61103e9724b92bbb8a7243a4765d28d9e2aa89d34df585efc08c07fff9eb4a649f60f03f3310890e",
    "timestamp": "0x5bcc82b7",
    "to": "eGzzf1HtQL7M9Eh792iGHTvb6fsnnPipad",
    "type": "0x2",
    "value": "100"
}