The address-send command in Mintlayer is used to send a specified amount of coins to a given address. The wallet automatically calculates the necessary transaction details. Additionally, users have the option to manually select the UTXOs (Unspent Transaction Outputs) to be used in the transaction.
address-send <ADDRESS> <AMOUNT> [UTXOS]...
<ADDRESS>: The address where the coins will be sent.<AMOUNT>: The amount of coins to be sent, specified in decimal format.[UTXOS]...: Optional. Specific UTXOs to spend, provided as additional arguments and separated by spaces. A UTXO can be identified either from a transaction output (formatted as tx(<transaction_id>,<output_index>)) or a block reward output (formatted as block(<block_id>,<output_index>)).-h, --help: Displays help information about the address-send command.Sending Coins to an Address:
address-send tmt1qxf395dtedem6j83ph46ljju2ktkd52fjcwppvr5 50
This command sends 50 coins to the address tmt1qxf395dtedem6j83ph46ljju2ktkd52fjcwppvr5. The wallet automatically selects the best UTXOs to use for this transaction.
Upon successful submission, the wallet will display:
The transaction was submitted successfully
Sending Coins Using Specific UTXOs:
address-send tmt1qx8lr7fp7mehn6vgt5vuqytpy5c97fds6u89xhe5 100 tx(000000000000000000059fa50103b9683e51e5aba83b8a34c9b98ce67d66136c,1)
In this example, 100 coins are sent to tmt1qx8lr7fp7mehn6vgt5vuqytpy5c97fds6u89xhe5 using specific UTXOs from a transaction output.