Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/4_0_Creating_Basic_Bitcoin_Transactions.md

Section Four: Creating Basic Bitcoin Transactions

This section describes how to send basic Bitcoin transactions from the command line, using only the bitcoin-cli interface.

Objectives for This Section

After working through this section, a developer will be able to:

• Decide How to Send Money Through Bitcoin
• Create a Raw Transaction
• Use Arithmetic to Calculate Fees

Supporting objectives include the ability to:

• Use Basic Methods to Send Money
• Use Shell Tools to Make Raw Transactions Simple
• Understand TXes
• Understand Transaction Fees
• Understand How Money Goes Through a Transaction
• Use Auto Fee Calculation Methods to Send Money

Table of Contents

• Interlude: Sending Coins the Easy Way
• Part Four: Sending a Raw Transaction to a P2PKH break out shell tools here
  • Interlude: Shell Variables
  • Interlude: Using JQ for Better Parsing then continue with real raw transaction
  • Interlude: Writing a Raw Transaction the Easy Way
• Part Five: Sending a Raw Transaction to an OP_RETURN