Transactions

transfer-all

Transfer the entire transferable balance to a destination address.

Drains the signing coldkey's transferable balance to the destination in one irreversible call — equivalent to transfer with all as the amount. Staked or otherwise reserved funds are not included; unstake first to move those. A spend-cap policy treats this as an unbounded spend and blocks it until the cap is raised. With keep_alive (the default) the existential deposit stays behind; disable it to empty and reap the account.

Signer	Pallet	Wraps
`coldkey`	Balances	`Balances.transfer_all`

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`dest_ss58`	string	yes	Account the funds are sent to.
`keep_alive`	boolean	no	Refuse to drop the sender below the existential deposit. Disable it only when you intend to empty the account, which lets the chain reap it.

Address parameters (--hotkey, --coldkey, --dest, ...) accept a raw ss58 address, an address-book or proxy-book name, or a local wallet/hotkey name.

CLI

Preview with --dry-run (shows fee, effects, and policy result without submitting), then submit:

btcli tx transfer-all \
  --dest <ss58|name> --dry-run
btcli tx transfer-all \
  --dest <ss58|name> -w my_coldkey

Python

import bittensor as sub
from bittensor.wallet import Wallet

wallet = Wallet(name="my_coldkey", hotkey="my_hotkey")
intent = sub.TransferAll(dest_ss58="5F...")

async with sub.Client("finney") as client:
    plan = await client.plan(intent, wallet)   # fee, effects, policy — no submission
    result = await client.execute(intent, wallet)
    if not result.success:
        print(result.error.code, result.error.remediation)

Or build it by op name, as an agent would:

await client.execute_tool("transfer_all", {...}, wallet)