Balances & Flows

Hinkal moves tokens between two balances the user holds on each chain: the public balance in their own wallet, and a private (shielded) balance inside Hinkal. All amounts are human decimal units (e.g. 1.5), never wei.

Flow	Tool	Execution
Public → Private	deposit	server signs & broadcasts
Public → Private (for another user)	deposit_for_other	same as deposit
Private → Public	withdraw	relayer, server-side
Private → Private	private_transfer	relayer, server-side
Public → Public (no on-chain link)	private_send	server-side; payouts run asynchronously

Every fund-moving tool is signed and broadcast server-side by Hinkal — nothing for you to sign. Deposits return { txHash, explorerUrl, executed: true }. Withdrawals, transfers, and sends execute through a Hinkal relayer and return a transaction hash; private_send payouts complete asynchronously (poll with check_private_send_status).