# IBC Transfer to Gravity Bridge via CLI

This guide will cover the commands required to send FUND from Unification over IBC to the ERC20 wFUND contract on Ethereum mainnet, and back again. The guide assumes any wallets the reader has (Unification, Gravity Bridge and Ethereum) are sufficiently funded to cover any gas fees on the respective chains in addition to the FUND being transferred.

Note

This guide is for advanced users. If you are not comfortable using CLI, please refer to the Web Portal guide.

Disclaimer: you are responsible for the safety and security of your mnemonics, private keys and crypto assets! Please keep your mnemonics and keys safe, and only send small amounts until you are comfortable and confident with the process!

# IBC Overview

# Unification

Chain ID: FUND-MainNet-2
Channel: channel-2
Denom: nund

# Gravity Bridge

Chain ID: gravity-bridge-3
Channel: channel-98
Denom: ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519

# Ethereum

Chain ID: 1
wFUND Contract: 0xe9b076b476d8865cdf79d1cf7df420ee397a7f75 (opens new window)

# Software Requirements

The required binaries for your operating system are as follows:

The latest und binary. See Installing the Mainchain Software or download directly from und Releases (opens new window) on GitHub
The latest gravity and gbt binaries. See Gravity Bridge Releases (opens new window) on GitHub

Each binary can be installed into, for example /usr/local/bin. The remainder of this guide assumes the binaries are included somewhere in your $PATH

# Create/Recover wallets

Three wallet addresses are required - one for each network. The same mnemonic can be used for all three, or a unique one can be created for each. This guide will create new keys for both und and gravity, and use the same mnemonic.

For Unification and Gravity Bridge, the wallets will need creating/importing into the respective und and gravity keystores.

For Ethereum, only the private key hex is required, and only for the eth-to-cosmos command towards the end of the guide. This can be exported from, for example, MetaMask. It is assumed the reader already has an Ethereum wallet with sufficient Ether.

# `und`

First, create a new wallet in the und keystore:

und keys add fund_ibc_wallet

Safely make a note of the Mnemonic and wallet address, and ensure the wallet has some FUND transferred into it

Note

Instead of creating a new wallet, you can use an existing mnemonic - just add the --recover to the und command above and follow the prompts.

# `gravity`

The gravity command is the same, but we'll pass the --recover flag in order to use the mnemonic output in the previous step:

gravity keys add grav_ibc_wallet --recover

Similarly, make a note of the wallet address.

Note

Although IBC Transactions are currently free on Gravity Bridge, ensure the wallet has some GRAV available in the event that this changes in the future.

# Send FUND from Unification to Gravity Bridge

As an example, we'll send 200 FUND. The official channel to send FUND via IBC to Gravity Bridge is channel-2. Change <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS> to the bech32 gravity prefixed address from the previous gravity keys add... command.

und tx ibc-transfer transfer transfer channel-2 <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS> 200000000000nund \
  --from fund_ibc_wallet \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-adjustment 1.2 \
  --gas-prices 25.0nund \
  --chain-id "FUND-MainNet-2" \
  --node "https://rpc1.unification.io:443"

Within a few blocks, you should see the IBC FUND in your gravity wallet -

gravity query bank balances <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS> \
  --node https://gravitychain.io:26657 \
  --chain-id gravity-bridge-3

will output something like:

balances:
- amount: "200000000000"
  denom: ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519
- amount: "1000000"
  denom: ugraviton
pagination:
  next_key: null
  total: "0"

ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519 is the nund IBC denomination on Gravity Bridge.

# Send IBC FUND from Gravity Bridge to wFUND ERC-20

Once you have confirmed that the IBC FUND is in your Gravity Bridge wallet, you should be able to send some across the bridge to the wFUND ERC-20 on Ethereum.

In this example, we'll send 100 FUND, and set the Bridge Fees to 20 FUND. This should hopefully be sent in a batch by the Gravity Bridge relayers in a few hours (although it could take less or more time, depending on the number of pending bridge transactions).

We'll be using the gravity binary to do so, replacing <0xYOUR_ETH_WALLET> with the Ethereum wallet address in which you wish to receive the wFUND:

gravity tx gravity send-to-eth <0xYOUR_ETH_WALLET> \
  100000000000ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519 \
  2000000000ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519 \
  --node https://gravitychain.io:26657 \
  --fees 0ugraviton \
  --chain-id gravity-bridge-3 \
  --from grav_ibc_wallet

Note

The second value, 2000000000ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519 is the "bridge fee". This is how much FUND you are willing to pay a relayer to bridge for you - because relaying on Ethereum costs the relayer Eth in gas fees. Higher bridge fees should - in theory - result in faster transfers. Lower fees will mean your transfer may need to wait to be included by a relayer into a profitable batch, and as a result will take longer.

Once sent, you will be able to query the status of your bridge transfer:

gravity query gravity pending-send-to-eth <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS> \
  --node https://gravitychain.io:26657 \
  --chain-id gravity-bridge-3

This will output something like:

transfers_in_batches: []
unbatched_transfers:
- dest_address: <0xYOUR_ETH_WALLET>
  erc20_fee:
    amount: "20000000000"
    contract: 0xe9B076B476D8865cDF79D1Cf7DF420EE397a7f75
  erc20_token:
    amount: "100000000000"
    contract: 0xe9B076B476D8865cDF79D1Cf7DF420EE397a7f75
  id: "1234"
  sender: <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS>

If your transaction is in the unbatched_transfers array, it is waiting for a relayer to add it to a batch.
If your transaction is in the transfers_in_batches, it has been batched and is waiting for a relayer to send it to the ERC-20.

After some time, you should see 100 FUND in your Ethereum wallet.

# Cancelling an ERC-20 Bridge Transaction

If your transaction remains in unbatched_transfers for a long time, you can cancel the transaction and try again with a different bridge fee.

Make a note of the id value form the output of the previous command - in this case it's 1234. Then run the following, replacing <THE_ID> with the ID of the transaction you would like to cancel:

gravity tx gravity cancel-send-to-eth <THE_ID> \
  --node https://gravitychain.io:26657 \
  --fees 0ugraviton \
  --chain-id gravity-bridge-3 \
  --from grav_ibc_wallet

Your IBC FUND will be returned to your gravity wallet, and the bridge transfer to ERC-20 cancelled.

Note

Only transactions in unbatched_transfers can be cancelled.

# Send from wFUND ERC-20 to Gravity Bridge

Sending from the ERC-20 to Gravity Bridge requires the gbt binary. In this example, we'll send 50 wFUND back to Gravity Bridge chain from the ERC-20 contract. Replacing <0xETH_PRIVATE_KEY> accordingly, run:

gbt client eth-to-cosmos \
  --ethereum-key <0xETH_PRIVATE_KEY> \
  --gravity-contract-address "0xa4108aA1Ec4967F8b52220a4f7e94A8201F2D906" \
  --token-contract-address "0xe9B076B476D8865cDF79D1Cf7DF420EE397a7f75" \
  --amount 10 \
  --destination <YOUR_gravity_WALLET_ADDRESS> \
  --ethereum-rpc https://eth.althea.net

--ethereum-key should be the private key for the Ethereum wallet currently containing the 100 wFUND.
--gravity-contract-address is the current address of Gravity.sol. This is 0xa4108aA1Ec4967F8b52220a4f7e94A8201F2D906 at the time of writing
--token-contract-address is the ERC-20 contract address of wFUND, 0xe9B076B476D8865cDF79D1Cf7DF420EE397a7f75.
--destination is the bech32 gravity prefixed wallet address you are sending to on Gravity Bridge.

TIP

You may want to wipe the last command from your command line history (for example $HOME/bash_history) to prevent your Ethereum private key from being stored in history, for example:

history -d -2--1

will delete the last two commands from your CLI history (including the history -d -2--1 just run)

The gbt client eth-to-cosmos command will output several lines - one of which will be the Ethereum Tx hash, which you can use to monitor process with for example Etherscan. For example:

[2022-11-21T10:24:25Z INFO  gbt::client::eth_to_cosmos] Sending 10000000000 / 0xe9B076B476D8865cDF79D1Cf7DF420EE397a7f75 to Cosmos from 0x... to gravity...
[2022-11-21T10:24:27Z INFO  ethereum_gravity::send_to_cosmos] sending to on cosmos gravity...
[2022-11-21T10:24:38Z INFO  gbt::client::eth_to_cosmos] Send to Cosmos txid: 0x...
[2022-11-21T10:24:38Z INFO  gbt::client::eth_to_cosmos] Your tokens should show up in the account gravity... on the destination chain within 5 minutes

The FUND should appear back in your gravity wallet after 96 Ethereum block confirmations. At the time of writing, this is approximately 25 minutes.

# Send from Gravity Bridge to Unification

Finally, we'll use the gravity binary to send 50 FUND back to Unification, replacing <YOUR_und_WALLET_ADDRESS> with your und wallet address from the first steps:

gravity tx ibc-transfer transfer transfer channel-98 <YOUR_und_WALLET_ADDRESS> \
  50000000000ibc/D157AD8A50DAB0FC4EB95BBE1D9407A590FA2CDEE04C90A76C005089BF76E519 \
  --from grav_ibc_wallet \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-adjustment 1.2 \
  --gas-prices 0ugraviton \
  --node https://gravitychain.io:26657 \
  --chain-id gravity-bridge-3

After a few blocks, you should see the FUND back in your Unification wallet:

und query bank balances <YOUR_und_WALLET_ADDRESS> \
  --chain-id "FUND-MainNet-2" \
  --node "https://rpc1.unification.io:443"

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# IBC Transfer to Gravity Bridge via CLI

# IBC Overview

# Unification

# Gravity Bridge

# Ethereum

# Software Requirements

# Create/Recover wallets

# und

# gravity

# Send FUND from Unification to Gravity Bridge

# Send IBC FUND from Gravity Bridge to wFUND ERC-20

# Cancelling an ERC-20 Bridge Transaction

# Send from wFUND ERC-20 to Gravity Bridge

# Send from Gravity Bridge to Unification

# `und`

# `gravity`