transaction

Phonetic: /trænˈzækʃən/

Part of Speech: noun

Category: To be determined

Data committed to the Ethereum Blockchain signed by an originating account, targeting a specific address. The transaction contains metadata such as the gas limit for that transaction.

Definition source: Consensys Software Inc., A Blockchain Glossary for Beginners

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One or more instructions signed by a client using one or more keypairs and executed atomically with only two possible outcomes: success or failure.

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