babylond tx

Comprehensive transaction system for interacting with the Babylon blockchain.

Overview

The babylond tx command provides access to all transaction functionality on the Babylon blockchain. Transactions are used to modify blockchain state, including transferring tokens, staking, governance participation, Bitcoin staking operations, and smart contract interactions.

Transaction Workflow

All transactions follow a common pattern:

1. Generate → Create an unsigned transaction
2. Sign → Add cryptographic signatures
3. Broadcast → Submit to the network

# Generate unsigned transaction
babylond tx bank send [from] [to] [amount] --generate-only > tx.json

# Sign the transaction
babylond tx sign tx.json --from [key-name] > signed-tx.json

# Broadcast to network
babylond tx broadcast signed-tx.json

Usage

babylond tx [module] [command] [flags]

Command Categories

Core Transaction Operations

Essential commands for transaction management:

Command	Description
broadcast	Broadcast signed transactions to the network
encode	Encode transactions to protobuf format
decode	Decode binary transaction strings
sign	Sign unsigned transactions
multi-sign	Create multisig signatures
simulate	Test transaction execution and gas usage
validate-signatures	Verify transaction signatures

Financial Operations

Basic token and financial operations:

Module	Commands	Description
bank	send, multi-send	Transfer tokens between accounts
distribution	withdraw-rewards, fund-community-pool	Staking rewards and community funding
feegrant	grant, revoke	Fee allowances for other accounts
vesting	create-vesting-account	Time-locked token accounts

Governance & Authorization

Network governance and delegation:

Module	Commands	Description
gov	submit-proposal, vote, deposit	Network governance participation
authz	grant, revoke, exec	Authorization delegation

Staking & Validation

Babylon's epoched staking system:

Module	Commands	Description
epoching	delegate, unbond, redelegate	Epoch-based staking operations
checkpointing	create-validator	Validator registration
slashing	unjail	Validator penalty management

Examples

Create validator

cd $HOME
# Create validator.json file
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(babylond comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
    \"amount\": \"1000000ubbn\",
    \"moniker\": \"test\",
    \"identity\": \"\",
    \"website\": \"\",
    \"security\": \"\",
    \"details\": \"I love blockchain ❤️\",
    \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
    \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
    \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
    \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
# Create a validator using the JSON configuration
babylond tx staking create-validator validator.json \
    --from $WALLET \
    --chain-id bbn-1 \
	--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5

Bitcoin Integration (Babylon-Specific)

Bitcoin staking and integration features:

Module	Commands	Description
btcstaking	create-btc-delegation, create-finality-provider	Bitcoin staking operations
btccheckpoint	insert-proofs	Bitcoin checkpoint submissions
btclightclient	insert-headers	Bitcoin block header management
btcstkconsumer	register-consumer	Consumer chain registration

Finality & Incentives

Babylon's finality and reward systems:

Module	Commands	Description
finality	add-finality-sig, commit-pubrand-list	Finality provider operations
incentive	withdraw-reward, set-withdraw-addr	Reward distribution
monitor	Various monitoring operations	Network monitoring transactions
zoneconcierge	Cross-zone operations	Inter-zone communication

Cross-Chain (IBC)

Inter-Blockchain Communication:

Module	Commands	Description
ibc	channel, client	Core IBC operations
ibc-transfer	transfer	Token transfers via IBC
ibc-fee	pay-packet-fee	IBC relayer incentivization
ibc-wasm	store-code, migrate-contract	IBC WASM contracts

Smart Contracts

WASM smart contract operations:

Module	Commands	Description
wasm	store, instantiate, execute, migrate	Smart contract lifecycle

Network Management

System-level operations:

Module	Commands	Description
circuit	authorize, disable, reset	Circuit breaker management
crisis	invariant-broken	Emergency system checks
upgrade	software-upgrade	Network upgrades
consensus	Consensus parameter changes	Consensus modifications

Common Flag Reference

Transaction Flags

Flag	Type	Description	Default
--chain-id	string	Network chain ID
--from	string	Signing account name or address
--fees	string	Transaction fees (e.g., 10ubbn)
--gas	string	Gas limit (auto for estimation)	200000
--gas-prices	string	Gas prices (e.g., 0.1ubbn)
--note	string	Transaction memo/note

Signing Flags

Flag	Type	Description	Default
--keyring-backend	string	Keyring backend (os|file|test)	"os"
--sign-mode	string	Signature mode (direct|amino-json)
--offline	boolean	Offline signing mode	false
--generate-only	boolean	Generate unsigned transaction	false

Broadcasting Flags

Flag	Type	Description	Default
--broadcast-mode	string	Broadcasting mode (sync|async)	"sync"
--node	string	RPC endpoint	"tcp://localhost:26657"
--yes	boolean	Skip confirmation prompts	false