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Version: v. 1

probe estimate

Estimate the gas cost of a transaction

$ probe estimate --help
Usage: probe estimate [OPTIONS] [TO] [SIG] [ARGS]... [COMMAND]

Commands:
--create Estimate gas cost to deploy a smart contract
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Arguments:
[TO]
The destination of the transaction

[SIG]
The signature of the function to call

[ARGS]...
The arguments of the function to call

Options:
-f, --from <FROM>
The sender account

[env: ETH_FROM=]
[default: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000]

--value <VALUE>
Ether to send in the transaction.

Either specified in wei, or as a string with a unit type:

Examples: 1ether, 10gwei, 0.01ether

-r, --rpc-url <URL>
The RPC endpoint

[env: ETH_RPC_URL=]

--flashbots
Use the Flashbots RPC URL with fast mode (https://rpc.flashbots.net/fast). This shares the transaction privately with all registered builders. https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/quick-start#faster-transactions

--jwt-secret <JWT_SECRET>
JWT Secret for the RPC endpoint.

The JWT secret will be used to create a JWT for a RPC. For example, the following can be used to simulate a CL `engine_forkchoiceUpdated` call:

probe rpc --jwt-secret <JWT_SECRET> engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV2 '["0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc", "0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc",
"0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc"]'

[env: ETH_RPC_JWT_SECRET=]

-e, --etherscan-api-key <KEY>
The Etherscan (or equivalent) API key

[env: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY=]

-c, --chain <CHAIN>
The chain name or EIP-155 chain ID

[env: CHAIN=]

-h, --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')