cast-estimate.md

cast estimate

NAME

cast-estimate - Estimate the gas cost of a transaction.

SYNOPSIS

cast estimate [options] to sig [args...]

DESCRIPTION

Estimate the gas cost of a transaction.

The destination (to) can be an ENS name or an address.

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OPTIONS

Transaction Options

{{#include ../common/tx-value-option.md}}

{{#include ../common/rpc-options.md}}

{{#include ../common/etherscan-options.md}}

{{#include common-options.md}}

EXAMPLES

1. Estimate the gas cost of calling deposit() on the WETH contract:

   cast estimate 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2 \
     --value 0.1ether "deposit()"

SEE ALSO

cast, cast send, cast publish, cast receipt