txsend

txsend -- Command to sign and send transaction from txprepare

SYNOPSIS

txsend txid

DESCRIPTION

The txsend RPC command signs and broadcasts a transaction created by txprepare RPC command.

  • txid (txid): The transaction id of the transaction created by txprepare rpc command.

RETURN VALUE

On success, an object is returned, containing:

  • psbt (string): The completed PSBT representing the signed transaction.
  • tx (hex): The fully signed transaction.
  • txid (txid): The transaction id of tx.

ERRORS

On failure, an error is reported (from bitcoind), and the inputs from the transaction are unreserved.

  • -1: Catchall nonspecific error.

AUTHOR

Rusty Russell [email protected] is mainly responsible.

SEE ALSO

lightning-txprepare(7), lightning-txdiscard(7)

RESOURCES

Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

EXAMPLES

Example 1:

Request:

lightning-cli txsend "d1c668cb0775412a7e8e0f717a8a4e1ddef227660f05be3bd1ad2e32a1eed59d"
{
  "id": "example:txsend#1",
  "method": "txsend",
  "params": [
    "d1c668cb0775412a7e8e0f717a8a4e1ddef227660f05be3bd1ad2e32a1eed59d"
  ]
}

Response:

{
  "tx": "020000000001011a62fcc004efd39a7b3fe4f8fe2eef26ab47414f06e05e7eec20e8109376078e0000000000fdffffff0200000001000000002200201d4295c323464224aa43b09847532c8402dffac4307e1d62ecf295a33a7014a741839800000000002251204d4b0d45bb0423c6a49e6535413e1ee2e503fcf7b707f16f53d6e885ed9ead6f02473044022067ea4e7033d56eec9f177d96655701919da344684fea2c8c47d9437274646e4b022005cfb0ac9de385aa9236eff6abde028e7bd480022607dc3c84ea553f6e04d54a0121032eb8a8651eec993933e3cad50cc0469b0f90ac92e32f9e89473bd6f47b966dd6a0000000",
  "txid": "d1c668cb0775412a7e8e0f717a8a4e1ddef227660f05be3bd1ad2e32a1eed59d",
  "psbt": "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"
}

Example 2:

Request:

lightning-cli txsend -k "txid"="6ed82d33cddc93a293caccab0401d427df0619a998880c2bb51bd92865ec8dd3"
{
  "id": "example:txsend#2",
  "method": "txsend",
  "params": {
    "txid": "6ed82d33cddc93a293caccab0401d427df0619a998880c2bb51bd92865ec8dd3"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "tx": "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",
  "txid": "6ed82d33cddc93a293caccab0401d427df0619a998880c2bb51bd92865ec8dd3",
  "psbt": "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"
}

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