// Copyright 2017 AMIS Technologies // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package common import ( "context" "crypto/ecdsa" "math/big" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" "github.com/jpmorganchase/istanbul-tools/client" ) var ( DefaultGasPrice int64 = 0 DefaultGasLimit int64 = 21000 // the gas of ether tx should be 21000 ) func SendEther(client client.Client, from *ecdsa.PrivateKey, to common.Address, amount *big.Int, nonce uint64) error { tx := types.NewTransaction(nonce, to, amount, uint64(DefaultGasLimit), big.NewInt(0).SetInt64(DefaultGasPrice), []byte{}) signedTx, err := types.SignTx(tx, types.HomesteadSigner{}, from) if err != nil { log.Error("Failed to sign transaction", "tx", tx, "err", err) return err } err = client.SendRawTransaction(context.Background(), signedTx) if err != nil { log.Error("Failed to send transaction", "tx", signedTx, "nonce", nonce, "err", err) return err } return nil }