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# Basecoin Basics
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Here we explain how to get started with a simple Basecoin blockchain,
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and how to send transactions between accounts using the `basecoin` tool.
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## Install
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Installing basecoin is simple:
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go get -u github.com/tendermint/basecoin/cmd/basecoin
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```
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If you have trouble, see the [installation guide](install.md).
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## Initialization
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To initialize a new Basecoin blockchain, run:
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```
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basecoin init
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```
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This will create the necessary files for a Basecoin blockchain with one validator and one account in `~/.basecoin`.
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For more options on setup, see the [guide to using the Basecoin tool](/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md).
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## Start
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Now we can start basecoin:
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```
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basecoin start
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```
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You should see blocks start streaming in!
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## Send transactions
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Now we are ready to send some transactions.
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If you take a look at the `genesis.json` file, you will see one account listed there.
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This account corresponds to the private key in `key.json`.
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We also included the private key for another account, in `key2.json`.
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Let's check the balance of these two accounts:
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basecoin account 0x1B1BE55F969F54064628A63B9559E7C21C925165
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basecoin account 0x1DA7C74F9C219229FD54CC9F7386D5A3839F0090
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```
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The first account is flush with cash, while the second account doesn't exist.
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Let's send funds from the first account to the second:
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```
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basecoin tx send --to 0x1DA7C74F9C219229FD54CC9F7386D5A3839F0090 --amount 10mycoin
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```
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By default, the CLI looks for a `key.json` to sign the transaction with.
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To specify a different key, we can use the `--from` flag.
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Now if we check the second account, it should have `10` 'mycoin' coins!
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basecoin account 0x1DA7C74F9C219229FD54CC9F7386D5A3839F0090
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```
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We can send some of these coins back like so:
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```
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basecoin tx send --to 0x1B1BE55F969F54064628A63B9559E7C21C925165 --from key2.json --amount 5mycoin
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```
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Note how we use the `--from` flag to select a different account to send from.
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If we try to send too much, we'll get an error:
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```
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basecoin tx send --to 0x1B1BE55F969F54064628A63B9559E7C21C925165 --from key2.json --amount 100mycoin
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```
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See `basecoin tx send --help` for additional details.
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## Plugins
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The `tx send` command creates and broadcasts a transaction of type `SendTx`,
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which is only useful for moving tokens around.
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Fortunately, Basecoin supports another transaction type, the `AppTx`,
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which can trigger code registered via a plugin system.
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In the [next tutorial](example-plugin.md),
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we demonstrate how to implement a plugin
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and extend the CLI to support new transaction types!
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But first, you may want to learn a bit more about [Basecoin's design](basecoin-design.md)
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