Create Transactions

Overview

Every transaction on the Fireblocks platform is initiated using the Create a new transaction API call. Its default operation type is TRANSFER, however, other important operations are available as valid values for the operation body parameter.

The main available transaction operations are:

TRANSFER: transfer an asset from one source to one destination
CONTRACT_CALL: Directly invoke a smart contract
RAW: Sign arbitrary data using the Raw Signing API
MINT: Perform a mint operation (increase supply) on a supported token
BURN: Perform a burn operation (reduce supply) on a supported token
TYPED_MESSAGE: allows users to sign messages, but only using specific standard formats that prefix the message with a magic string, such as Ethereum personal messages, and (EIP712 typed structured data) type structured data

The API call serves all possible source and destination combinations including a one-time address destination (OTA), vault account, pre-whitelisted internal wallet, external wallet & contract wallet, Fireblocks Network connections and any connected exchange account and fiat account.

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Optional parameters for assets & operations
Although there are required parameters for the Create a new transaction API call, you can pass other optional body parameters depending on the asset or the required operation.
The endpoint also accepts the addition of the extraParameters object, used to describe additional details required for raw message signing, contract calls, and specific UTXO selections.
Learn how the extraParameters object works in transaction responses.

Your first transaction

Vault account to vault account transaction

To start, initiate a transaction from one Fireblocks vault account to another. Account-based assets allow single-destination transfers, and UTXO assets allow multi-destination transfers.

Single destination transfer (ETH)

The example transfers 0.001 amount of ETH from vault account ID 0 to vault account ID 1.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "ETH",
  amount: "0.001",
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "0",
  },
  destination: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  note: "Your first transaction!",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};

createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId){ 
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT,
            id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT,
            id: String(destId)
        },
        note: "Your first transaction!"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id):
   tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
       asset_id=asset_id,
       amount=amount,
       source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
       destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
       note="Your first transaction!"
   )
   print(tx_result)

create_transaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1")

Multiple-destination transfer

Transfer 0.001 BTC from the first vault account ("1"), by sending 0.0005 BTC to the second vault account (using id: "2") and 0.0005 BTC to the third vault account (id: "3") as destinations.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "BTC",
  amount: "0.001",
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  destinations: [
    {
      amount: "0.0005",
      destination: {
        type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
        id: "2",
      },
    },
    {
      amount: "0.0005",
      destination: {
        type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
        id: "3",
      },
    },
  ],
  note: "Your first multiple destination transaction!",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
            id: String(srcId)
        },
        destinations: [
            {amount: "0.0005", destination: {type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, id: "2"}},
            {amount: "0.0005", destination: {type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, id: "3"}}
        ],
        note: "Your first multiple destination transaction!"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("BTC", "0.001", "1");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destinations=[
            TransactionDestination("0.0005", DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, "2")),
            TransactionDestination("0.0005", DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, "3"))

        ],
        note="Your first multiple destination transaction!"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("BTC", "0.001", "1")

Vault account to one-time address transaction

Transfer 0.01 ETH between the vault account ("1") to a specific one-time blockchain address.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "ETH",
  amount: "0.001",
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  destination: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.OneTimeAddress,
    oneTimeAddress: {
      address: "0x13277a70e3F48EEAD9C8a8bab12EbEDbC3DB6446",
    },
  },
  note: "Your first OTA transaction!",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, address){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
            id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.ONE_TIME_ADDRESS,
            oneTimeAddress: {
                address: String(address)
            }
        },
        note: "Your first OTA transaction!"
    };
   const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
   console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("ETH", "0.001", "1", "0x13277a70e3F48EEAD9C8a8bab12EbEDbC3DB6446");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, address):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(ONE_TIME_ADDRESS, None, {"address": address}),
        note="Your first OTA transaction!"
    )
    print(tx_result)
	
create_transaction("ETH", "0.001", "1", "0x13277a70e3F48EEAD9C8a8bab12EbEDbC3DB6446")

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API idempotency for transactions
The best practice for creating transactions is to use the externalTxId parameter as seen in the Optional parameters section.

Contract Call Transaction

import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
import { 
  Fireblocks, 
  BasePath, 
  TransactionOperation,
  TransferPeerPathType 
} from "@fireblocks/ts-sdk";


// Initialize a Fireblocks API instance with local variables
const FIREBLOCKS_API_SECRET_PATH = "<PATH_TO_YOUR_SECRET>";
const fireblocks = new Fireblocks({
    apiKey: "<API_KEY>",
    basePath: BasePath.US,
    secretKey: readFileSync(FIREBLOCKS_API_SECRET_PATH, "utf8"),
});


(async() => {

  const contractAddress = "0x43506849D7C04F9138D1A2050bbF3A0c054402dd" // USDC contract address
  const contractCallData = "0x095ea7b3000000000000000000000000d09971d8ed6c6a5e57581e90d593ee5b94e348d4ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff" // calling the approve function with some example params
  
  try{

    const contractCallTransaction = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction({
      transactionRequest: {
        operation: TransactionOperation.ContractCall,
        assetId: "ETH",
        source: {
          type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
          id: "0"
        },
        destination: {
          type: TransferPeerPathType.OneTimeAddress,
          oneTimeAddress: {
            address: contractAddress
          }
        },
        amount: "0",
        extraParameters: {
          contractCallData
        }
      }
    }) 

    console.log(JSON.stringify(contractCallTransaction, null, 2))
  } catch(e){
    console.log(e)
  }
})();

Optional parameters

Some blockchains have different technicalities when building transactions, handled using optional parameters.

externalTxId

❗️
Important upcoming change
This parameter will become required for all transactions on March 1, 2026.

A critical practice to avoid processing multiple identical POST transaction requests more than once is to use the externalTxId parameter in the Create a new transaction API call.

The externalTxId value is an internal identifier of the transaction that you create and manage on your end.

This value is securely stored in the Fireblocks system, and additional transaction requests with the same externalTxId value are not processed on our system. The externalTxId is limited to a maximum of 255 characters.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "ETH",
  amount: "0.001",
  externalTxId: "UniqueIdentifier", // the unique identifier of the transaction outside of Fireblocks
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "0",
  },
  destination: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  note: "Your first transaction!",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId, externalTxId){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        externalTxId, // the unique identifier of the transaction outside of Fireblocks
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
         		id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
        		id: String(destId)
        },
        note: "Your first transaction identified by an external ID"
    };
		const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1", "uniqueTXid");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id, external_tx_id):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        external_tx_id=external_tx_id, # the unique identifier of the transaction outside of Fireblocks
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
        note="Your first transaction identified by an external ID"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1", "uniqueTXid")

treatAsGrossAmount

The value isfalse by default. If it is set to true, the network fee is deducted from the requested amount.

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Note
If you send the entire vault account balance without the treatAsGrossAmount field, then the transaction amount will be treated as a gross amount.

const transactionPayload = {
	assetId: "ETH",
	amount: "0.001",
	treatAsGrossAmount: true, // true or false (by default - false)
	source: {
		type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
		id: "0",
	},
	destination: {
		type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
		id: "1",
	},
	note: "Your first treat as gross transaction!"
}

const createTransaction = async (
	transactionPayload:TransactionRequest
):Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined > => {
	try {
		const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
			{
				transactionRequest:transactionPayload
			}
		);
		console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
		return transactionResponse.data;
	}
	catch(error){
		console.error(error);
	}
}
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId){
    let payload = {
       assetId,
       amount,
       treatAsGrossAmount: true, // true / false (by default)
       source: {
           type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT,
           id: String(srcId)
       },
       destination: {
           type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
           id: String(destId)
       },
       note: "Your first treat as gross transaction!"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        treat_as_gross_amount=True, # true / false (by default)
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
     note: "Your first treat as gross transaction!"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1")

fee

For UTXO-based assets, fee refers to the fee per byte in the asset's smallest unit (Satoshi, Latoshi, etc).

const transactionPayload = {
	assetId: "BTC",
	amount: "0.001",
	fee: "15", // Satoshi per Byte
	source: {
		type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
		id: "0",
	},
	destination: {
		type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
		id: "1",
	},
	note: "Your first high fee transaction!"
}

const createTransaction = async (
	transactionPayload:TransactionRequest
):Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined > => {
	try {
		const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
			{
				transactionRequest:transactionPayload
			}
		);
		console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
		return transactionResponse.data;
	}
	catch(error){
		console.error(error);
	}
}
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId, fee){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        fee, //Satoshi per Byte
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
         		id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
        		id: String(destId)
        },
        note: "Your first high fee transaction!"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("BTC", "0.001", "0", "1", "15");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id, fee):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        fee=fee, #Satoshi per Byte
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
        note="Your first high fee transaction!"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("ETH", "0.001", "0", "1", "15")

feeLevel

Defines the blockchain fee level that will be paid for the transaction (only for Ethereum, Solana, and UTXO-based blockchains). Set to MEDIUM by default. Valid values are LOW MEDIUM & HIGH.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "ETH",
  amount: "0.001",
  feeLevel: TransactionRequestFeeLevelEnum.High, // Low / Medium / High
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "0",
  },
  destination: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  note: "Your first high fee level transaction!",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId, feeLevel){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        feeLevel, // LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH  
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
         		id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
        		id: String(destId)
        },
        note: "Your first high fee level transaction!"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("BTC", "0.001", "0", "1", "HIGH");

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id, fee_level):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        fee_level=fee_level, # LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
        note="Your first high fee level transaction!"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("BTC", "0.001", "0", "1", "HIGH")

failOnLowFee

Set tofalse by default. If set to true, and the feeLevel (value: MEDIUM) is higher than the acceptable amount specified in the transaction, the transaction will fail, to avoid getting stuck with 0 confirmations.

const transactionPayload = {
  assetId: "ETH",
  amount: "0.001",
  failOnLowFee: true, // true / false (default - false)
  source: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "0",
  },
  destination: {
    type: TransferPeerPathType.VaultAccount,
    id: "1",
  },
  note: "Your first failOnLowFee transaction",
};

const createTransaction = async (
  transactionPayload: TransactionRequest,
): Promise<CreateTransactionResponse | undefined> => {
  try {
    const transactionResponse = await fireblocks.transactions.createTransaction(
      {
        transactionRequest: transactionPayload,
      },
    );
    console.log(JSON.stringify(transactionResponse.data, null, 2));
    return transactionResponse.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
createTransaction(transactionPayload);

async function createTransaction(assetId, amount, srcId, destId, failOnLowFee){
    let payload = {
        assetId,
        amount,
        failOnLowFee, // true / false (default)
        source: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
         		id: String(srcId)
        },
        destination: {
            type: PeerType.VAULT_ACCOUNT, 
        		id: String(destId)
        },
        note: "Your first failOnLowFee transaction"
    };
    const result = await fireblocks.createTransaction(payload);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
}
createTransaction("BTC", "0.001", "0", "1", true);

def create_transaction(asset_id, amount, src_id, dest_id, fail_on_low_fee):
    tx_result = fireblocks.create_transaction(
        asset_id=asset_id,
        amount=amount,
        fail_on_low_fee=fail_on_low_fee, # True / False (by default)
        source=TransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, src_id),
        destination=DestinationTransferPeerPath(VAULT_ACCOUNT, dest_id),
        note="Your first failOnLowFee transaction"
    )
    print(tx_result)

create_transaction("BTC", "0.001", "0", "1", True)

Create Transactions

Overview

📘
Optional parameters for assets & operations

Your first transaction

Vault account to vault account transaction

Single destination transfer (ETH)

Multiple-destination transfer

Vault account to one-time address transaction

📘
API idempotency for transactions

Contract Call Transaction

Optional parameters

externalTxId

❗️
Important upcoming change

treatAsGrossAmount

📘
Note

fee

feeLevel

failOnLowFee

Overview

📘Optional parameters for assets & operations

Your first transaction

Vault account to vault account transaction

Single destination transfer (ETH)

Multiple-destination transfer

Vault account to one-time address transaction

📘API idempotency for transactions

Contract Call Transaction

Optional parameters

externalTxId

❗️Important upcoming change

treatAsGrossAmount

📘Note

fee

feeLevel

failOnLowFee

📘
Optional parameters for assets & operations

📘
API idempotency for transactions

❗️
Important upcoming change

📘
Note