broadcast

Broadcasts a Bitcoin transaction.

Type

;(tx: NakamotoJS.Transaction) => Promise<string>

Parameters

`tx`

A NamamotoJS transaction object.

Return Value

If the broadcast is successful, it returns the transaction id. Otherwise, an error is thrown.

Example

import { Computer, Contract } from '@bitcoin-computer/lib'
import { chain, network, url } from '../../utils/index.js'

describe('broadcast', () => {
  it('Should broadcast a transaction', async () => {
    // A smart contract
    class C extends Contract {}

    // Create and fund client side wallet
    const computer = new Computer({ chain, network, url })
    await computer.faucet(1e8)

    // Build transaction
    const transition = { exp: `${C} new C()` }
    const { tx } = await computer.encode(transition)

    // Broadcast transaction
    await computer.broadcast(tx!)
  })
})

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