Payments and Assets

To send payments and work with assets using the Stellar CLI, follow these steps:

1. Set your preferred network. For this guide, we will use testnet. A list of available networks can be found here

stellar network use testnet

2. Fund the accounts:

stellar keys generate alice

stellar keys fund alice

stellar keys generate bob

stellar keys fund bob

3. Obtain the stellar asset contract ID:

stellar contract id asset --asset native

4. Get Bob's public key:

stellar keys address bob

5. Send 100 XLM from Alice to Bob:

stellar keys use alice

stellar contract invoke --id <ASSET_CONTRACT_ID> -- transfer --to bob --from alice --amount 100

6. Check account balance:

stellar contract invoke --id <ASSET_CONTRACT_ID> -- balance --id bob

For more information on the functions available to the stellar asset contract, see the token interface code.