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id: basics-intro-txns
title: Transactions
keywords:
  - transactions
  - types
  - zilliqa
description: Transaction types
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To interact with an account (externally-owned or contract), one has to issue
transactions. Each transaction is a data package signed by an externally-owned
account.

## Usage of Transactions

1. The simplest usage of a transaction is to transfer native assets (such as
   $ZIL) from one externally-owned account to another externally-owned account
   or a contract account.

1. A transaction is issued when an externally-owned account deploys a contract
   on the network.

1. A transaction may also be issued to call a function in the smart contract
   associated to a contract account which may in turn trigger calls to other
   contracts creating a call graph. Note that calls from one contract account to
   another happens via inter-contract message calls and are not using
   transactions per se.