.TH eth-decode 1

.SH NAME
eth-decode \- Decode a transaction in wire-format to human readable form

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBeth-decode\fI [ -i \fIchain_spec\fP ] encoded_tx

.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
This tool deserializes a wire-format transaction and outputs its fields in human-readable form. It does not require a node to operate, and does not apply transaction state.
.P
The transaction wire-format is an ordered concatenation of transaction values, which in turn is serialized using the Recurive Length Prefix (RLP) format. \fBeth-decode\fP accepts the RLP-encoded transaction as a hex string.
.P