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Move Funds: First Attempt

From the previous lesson, you should have two Solana addresses available, which you can confirm by running the CSL command addresses.

Variables​

When we created the two addresses in the previous lesson, our command wasn't just create internal address..., but we immediately tied the generated addresses to variables funded and unfunded.

Variables can be dereferenced with the $ sign, so for instance:

$funded
Output
internal address CirHy2hKuR3Yajy5K6qXo4xEkobftHCFNJKQswswdc1A for SOL { version = 2, notes = { description = "Funded address" } }

outputs the address tied to the variable funded.

If you drop out of the CSL interpreter, such variables are lost. In this case, you can create bind the variables again by typing

funded = address CirHy2hKuR3Yajy5K6qXo4xEkobftHCFNJKQswswdc1A for SOL

and

unfunded = address Vihj2YEBxvbAJM6iSxDAGC1ANESmGsiStdk8cJquJfW for SOL

in the interpreter, but using your actual addresses.

First Attempts​

Let's try and move some SOL!

create transfer { from = $funded, to = $unfunded, asset = "SOL", amount = 1 }
Output
Invalid Argument: invalid type: integer `1`, expected a string in `amount`

Oops! That fails.

The reason is that amounts in Treasury are always represented as decimal strings. This is reflected in the syntax error, stating that a string was expected in the amount field, not the integer 1.

The correct command is (note the quotes around the number 1):

create transfer { from = $funded, to = $unfunded, asset = "SOL", amount = "1" }
Output
Permission Denied: 7: transfer policy did not pass

Oops! In this case, we received an error from the Treasury API, namely "Permission Denied". Treasury is setup to deny-by-default any transfer requests by which were not explicitly allowed.

Keep the interpreter open and proceed to the next lesson.