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First Transaction

In this guide, you will learn how to transfer ALPH or other tokens and check the status of the transaction.

Prerequisites:

Transfer ALPH​

Here is an example of how to transfer ALPH from one address to another using Typescript SDK. You can execute the code by:

git clone [email protected]:alephium/ralph-example.git
cd ralph-example/your-firsts
npm install
npx ts-node src/transfer-alph.ts

The code transfers 10 ALPH from the sender to the recipient and print out the balance of the recipient before and after the transfer:

import { ONE_ALPH, waitForTxConfirmation } from '@alephium/web3'
import { getSigner } from '@alephium/web3-test'

async function transferAlph() {
  web3.setCurrentNodeProvider('http://127.0.0.1:22973', undefined, fetch)
  const nodeProvider = web3.getCurrentNodeProvider()

  const [sender, receiver] = await getSigners(2)
  const { balance: receiverBalanceBefore } = await nodeProvider.addresses.getAddressesAddressBalance(receiver.address)

  // Transfer ALPH from sender to receiver
  await sender.signAndSubmitTransferTx({
    signerAddress: sender.address,
    destinations: [{ address: receiver.address, attoAlphAmount: 10n * ONE_ALPH }]
  })

  const { balance: receiverBalanceAfter } = await nodeProvider.addresses.getAddressesAddressBalance(receiver.address)

  console.log(`receiver balance before: ${receiverBalanceBefore}, after: ${receiverBalanceAfter}`)
}

transferAlph()

Transfer Tokens​

Here is an example of how to transfer a token from one address to another using Typescript SDK. You can execute the code by:

git clone [email protected]:alephium/ralph-example.git
cd ralph-example/your-firsts
npm install
npx ts-node src/transfer-token.ts

Transferring tokens is as straightforward as transferring ALPH: in the signAndSubmitTransferTx function, we can also specify the token to be transferred and its amount:

// Transfer token from sender to receiver
await sender.signAndSubmitTransferTx({
  signerAddress: sender.address,
  destinations: [
    { address: receiver.address, attoAlphAmount: DUST_AMOUNT, tokens: [{ id: tokenId, amount: 10n }] }
  ]
})

In fact, we have the flexibility to send multiple tokens to multiple recipients within the same transaction!