[3. Create a simple transaction] #cardano #stakepooloperations

3.1. Get protocol parameters

cardano-cli query protocol-parameters \
  --mainnet \
  --out-file protocol.json 

3.2. Get the transaction hash and index of the UTXO to spend

cardano-cli query utxo \
  --address $(cat payment.addr) \
  --mainnet

3.3. Draft the transaction

cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
--tx-in 4e3a6e7fdcb0d0efa17bf79c13aed2b4cb9baf37fb1aa2e39553d5bd720c5c99#4 \
--tx-out $(cat payment2.addr)+0 \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+0 \
--invalid-hereafter 0 \
--fee 0 \
--out-file tx.draft

3.4. Calculate the fee

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

# ex fee. 167965

3.5. Calculate the change to send back to payment.addr

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

expr 20000000 - 10000000 - 167965

# ex change. 9832035

3.6. Determine the TTL (time to Live) for the transaction

cardano-cli query tip --mainnet

####
{
    "blockNo": 16829,
    "headerHash": "3e6f59b10d605e7f59ba8383cb0ddcd42480ddcc0a85d41bad1e4648eb5465ad",
    "slotNo": 369200
}

####

# Calculate your TTL, for example: 369215 + 200 slots = 369400

3.7. Build the transaction

cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
--tx-in 4e3a6e7fdcb0d0efa17bf79c13aed2b4cb9baf37fb1aa2e39553d5bd720c5c99#4 \
--tx-out $(cat payment2.addr)+10000000 \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+9832035 \
--invalid-hereafter 369400 \
--fee 167965 \
--out-file tx.raw

3.8. Sign the transaction

cardano-cli transaction sign \
--tx-body-file tx.raw \
--signing-key-file payment.skey \
--mainnet \
--out-file tx.signed

3.9. Submit the transaction

cardano-cli transaction submit \
--tx-file tx.signed \
--mainnet

3.9.1 Check the balances

cardano-cli query utxo \
    --address $(cat payment.addr) \
    --mainnet
    
###
>                            TxHash                                 TxIx        Lovelace
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> b64ae44e1195b04663ab863b62337e626c65b0c9855a9fbb9ef4458f81a6f5ee     1         9832035
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cardano-cli query utxo \
    --address $(cat payment2.addr) \
    --mainnet
    
###
>                            TxHash                                 TxIx        Lovelace
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> b64ae44e1195b04663ab863b62337e626c65b0c9855a9fbb9ef4458f81a6f5ee     0         10000000
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