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updatedAt: 2026-03-05T10:56:24.000Z
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  projectIndex: https://docs.tatum.io/llms.txt
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# decoderawtransaction

BCH RPC

### How to use it

```typescript
// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, BitcoinCash, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<BitcoinCash>({ network: Network.BITCOIN_CASH })

const result = await tatum.rpc.decodeRawTransaction(
  '02000000013412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab0000000000fdffffff0140420f00000000001976a91462e907b15cbf27d5425399ebf6f0fb50ebb88f1888ac00000000',
)

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs
```

### Overview

The `decoderawtransaction` RPC method decodes a serialized (hex-encoded) raw transaction and displays its information in a human-readable format. This method is useful for inspecting raw transactions before broadcasting them to the network or for debugging purposes.

### Parameters

* `hex_string`: (string, required) The serialized raw transaction in hex format.

### Return Object

An object containing the decoded raw transaction information:

* `txid`: (string) The transaction ID.
* `hash`: (string) The transaction hash.
* `version`: (numeric) The transaction version.
* `size`: (numeric) The transaction size in bytes.
* `vsize`: (numeric) The virtual transaction size in bytes.
* `weight`: (numeric) The transaction weight.
* `locktime`: (numeric) The lock time for the transaction.
* `vin`: (array) An array of objects, each representing an input of the transaction.
  * `txid`: (string) The transaction ID of the previous transaction output to spend.
  * `vout`: (numeric) The index of the output to spend from the previous transaction.
  * `scriptSig`: (object) The script used to redeem the previous transaction output.
    * `asm`: (string) The assembly representation of the script.
    * `hex`: (string) The hex-encoded script.
  * `sequence`: (numeric) The sequence number.
* `vout`: (array) An array of objects, each representing an output of the transaction.
  * `value`: (numeric) The amount sent to the output.
  * `n`: (numeric) The index of the output.
  * `scriptPubKey`: (object) The script used to lock the output.
    * `asm`: (string) The assembly representation of the script.
    * `hex`: (string) The hex-encoded script.
    * `reqSigs`: (numeric) The required number of signatures.
    * `type`: (string) The type of the script (e.g., 'pubkeyhash').
    * `addresses`: (array) An array of addresses associated with the output.

### JSON Examples

Request example:

\{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "decoderawtransaction",
  "params": [
    "02000000013412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab3412cdab0000000000fdffffff0140420f00000000001976a91462e907b15cbf27d5425399ebf6f0fb50ebb88f1888ac00000000"
  ],
  "id": 1
}
```

\{% endcode %}

Response example:

\{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```json
{
  "result": {
    "txid": "9f5f5e6d36b6a284f52626be505175e43900009e7aa1b88fce74fcd30f0dc258",
    "hash": "9f5f5e6d36b6a284f52626be505175e43900009e7aa1b88fce74fcd30f0dc258",
    "version": 2,
    "size": 85,
    "vsize": 85,
    "weight": 340,
    "locktime": 0,
    "vin": [
      {
        "txid": "abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234",
        "vout": 0,
        "scriptSig": {
          "asm": "",
          "hex": ""
        },
        "sequence": 4294967293
      }
    ],
    "vout": [
      {
        "value": 0.01,
        "n": 0,
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 62e907b15cbf27d5425399ebf6f0fb50ebb88f18 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa)#632p52jr",
          "hex": "76a91462e907b15cbf27d5425399ebf6f0fb50ebb88f1888ac",
          "address": "1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "error": null,
  "id": 1
}
```

\{% endcode %}

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