prepareTransfer — Private transfer

Move value inside Protocol private settlement. Recipient discovery uses private transfer links (not the privacy mechanism — privacy is client-side ZK Proofs (Noir) on protocol state).

Cross-wallet (preferred)

Sender pastes a transfer link (Quickstart · Transfer) → core.resolveTransferLink (GET ticket from publicAppOrigin) → core.prepareTransferFromLink:

plugin.core.resolveTransferLink(args: {
  transferLink: string;
}): Promise<{ assetTransferLink: AssetTransferLinkSenderView }>

plugin.core.prepareTransferFromLink(args: {
  asset: AssetAmount;
  assetTransferLink: AssetTransferLinkSenderView;
}): Promise<PrivateOperation>

const { assetTransferLink } = await plugin.core.resolveTransferLink({
  transferLink, // pasted URL — not prepareTransfer(asset, to)
});
const transferOp = await plugin.core.prepareTransferFromLink({
  asset,
  assetTransferLink,
});
const txHash = await plugin.broadcast.privateOperation(transferOp);

Requires publicAppOrigin on SDK Plugin Config (same pin as core.createTransferLink). Ticket GET is GET \{publicAppOrigin\}/api/asset-transfer-links/\{hash\} (public, unauthenticated).

Create the shareable URL with core.createTransferLink on the recipient wallet first.

Sandbox Send sketches teach core.resolveTransferLink → core.prepareTransferFromLink. Lab Prepare substitutes an orientation sender-view ticket (cannot GET a live ticket on the docs origin).

Self-transfer (Kohaku Address verb)

plugin.prepareTransfer(asset: AssetAmount, to: Address): Promise<PrivateOperation>

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
asset	AssetAmount	yes	Amount that stays private
to	Address	yes	Connected wallet only — not a transfer-link URL

prepareTransfer(asset, to) is self-transfer only (to must equal the connected wallet). It still builds a transfer-link-shaped recipient from local control material. Cross-wallet EOAs use core.prepareTransferFromLink.

// Self-transfer Address surface — not cross-wallet paste
const transferOp = await plugin.prepareTransfer(asset, WALLET_ADDRESS);
const txHash = await plugin.broadcast.privateOperation(transferOp);

Shared shape: Asset amount.

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Next

core.createTransferLinkReceive · shareable discovery URL first.broadcast.privateOperationSubmit the private transfer.