Chain notebooks
Cardano: follow the inputs
Understand a wallet balance by reading the outputs behind it.
Overview
Learn how ADA and native tokens move through eUTXO transactions, prepare a Yoroi wallet, and check a proposed transfer before signing.
Learning outcomes
- Explain inputs, change and unspent outputs
- Separate wallet recovery from a device password
- Read ADA fees and native token identities
- Prepare an unsigned DeFi review
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Course syllabus
Your balance is a collection
Read a payment as consumed inputs and newly created outputs.
7 min readPrepare a Cardano wallet
Identify the trusted installation path and distinguish two kinds of recovery.
7 min readRead the transaction before the button
Separate the payment, ADA fee and script collateral.
7 min readPrepare a swap without making one
Verify native token identity and understand the additional transaction work.
7 min read
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