# Ethereum Transaction From Scratch In Rust
To use this crate first create Transaction struct
```rust
use ethereum_types::H160;
let tx = Transaction {
// Nonce of the transaction
nonce: 225,
// To Address
to: Some(
H160::from_str(&"70997970C51812dc3A010C7d01b50e0d17dc79C6")
.unwrap()
.to_fixed_bytes(),
),
// Value
value: 10000000000,
// Chain ID
chain_id: 988242,
// Rest is default
..Default::default()
};
```
You can also specify data if you want to call or deploy a smart contract:
```rust
use ethereum_types::H160;
let data = vec![0, 0, 0, 0];
let tx = Transaction {
// Nonce of the transaction
nonce: 225,
// To Address
to: Some(
H160::from_str(&"70997970C51812dc3A010C7d01b50e0d17dc79C6")
.unwrap()
.to_fixed_bytes(),
),
// Value
value: 10000000000,
// Chain ID
chain_id: 988242,
data,
// Rest is default
..Default::default()
}
```
After creating the struct you can just call the `sign` method with your private key:
```rust
use ethereum_types::H256;
// Add your private key
// This is a know private key from hardhat test accounts
let private_key =
H256::from_str("ac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80").unwrap();
// Sign the transaction
let tx_bytes = tx.sign(private_key.as_bytes());
```
If you want to send your signed transaction you will need to crate a json object from the signed bytes:
```rust
use web3::types::Bytes;
// Convert Vec<u8> to Bytes so it can be serialized
let tx_bytes = Bytes::from(tx_bytes);
// Convert it to JSON value
let signed_tx = serde_json::to_value(tx_bytes).unwrap();
```
You can find detailed example in [examples](https://github.com/Kuly14/eth-tx-from-scratch/tree/main/examples)
## Acknowledgments
Credit goes to [synlestidae](https://github.com/synlestidae) creator of [ethereum-tx-sign](https://github.com/synlestidae/ethereum-tx-sign). His crate helped me to understand how are ethereum transactions encoded and signed.
This crate is just simpler implementation of [ethereum-tx-sign](https://github.com/synlestidae/ethereum-tx-sign).
## Disclaimer
**This is untested, unaudited software don't use in production or with real crypto!!!**