Transactions

Transactions are requests submitted by a client to a node in the Hedera network. Every transaction has a fee calculated using the Simple Fees model: a base fee plus extras for each of the node, network, and service components. Fees are denominated in USD (as tinycents) and paid in HBAR at the current exchange rate. You can estimate fees before submission using the POST /api/v1/network/fees Mirror Node endpoint or the Hedera Fee Estimator. The following table lists the transaction type requests for each service.

Transactions have a 6,144-byte size limit, which includes all attached signatures. A single signature is ~80–100 bytes, depending on the key type and encoding. Privileged Hedera accounts, such as 0.0.2 and 0.0.50, set as the transaction fee payer are permitted to submit transactions up to 130 KB in size.

Transfers

The R4 release introduces an updated method for displaying HBAR balance changes for accounts participating in a transaction, whether directly or as a node. Previously, each HBAR transfer—payments between accounts or fees to a Hedera node or Hedera itself—was listed separately. This included separate entries for the payer’s main payment, network fees, and node fees. The new approach consolidates these transfers, showing only the net transfer value for each account involved in the transaction.

Accounts	Consensus
AccountCreateTransaction	TopicCreateTransaction
AccountUpdateTransaction	TopicUpdateTransaction
TransferTransaction	TopicMessageSubmitTransaction
AccountDeleteTransaction	TopicDeleteTransaction
AccountAllowanceApprovalTransaction

File Service	Smart Contracts
FileCreateTransaction	ContractCreateTransaction
FileAppendTransaction	ContractUpdateTransaction
FileUpdateTransaction	ContractDeleteTransaction
FileDeleteTransaction	EthereumTransaction

Tokens
TokenCreateTransaction	TokenFeeScheduleUpdateTransaction
TokenUpdateTransaction	TokenUnfreezeTransaction
TokenDeleteTransaction	TokenGrantKycTransaction
TokenAssociateTransaction	TokenRevokeKycTransaction
TokenDissociateTransaction	TokenPauseTransaction
TokenMintTransaction	TokenUnpauseTransaction
TokenBurnTransaction	TokenWipeTransaction
TokenFreezeTransaction