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+// Copyright 2019-2021 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of subxt.
+//
+// subxt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// subxt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with subxt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//! To run this example, a local polkadot node should be running.
+//!
+//! E.g.
+//! ```bash
+//! curl "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/download/v0.9.11/polkadot" --output /usr/local/bin/polkadot --location
+//! polkadot --dev --tmp
+//! ```
+
+use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
+use subxt::{ClientBuilder, PairSigner};
+
+#[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "examples/polkadot_metadata.scale")]
+pub mod polkadot {}
+
+type Call = polkadot::runtime_types::polkadot_runtime::Call;
+type BalancesCall = polkadot::runtime_types::pallet_balances::pallet::Call;
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    env_logger::init();
+
+    let alice = PairSigner::new(AccountKeyring::Alice.pair());
+    let bob = AccountKeyring::Bob.to_account_id().into();
+    let charlie = AccountKeyring::Charlie.to_account_id().into();
+
+    let api = ClientBuilder::new()
+        .build()
+        .await?
+        .to_runtime_api::<polkadot::RuntimeApi<polkadot::DefaultConfig>>();
+
+    let calls = vec![
+        Call::Balances(BalancesCall::transfer {
+            dest: bob,
+            value: 10_000,
+        }),
+        Call::Balances(BalancesCall::transfer {
+            dest: charlie,
+            value: 5_000,
+        }),
+    ];
+
+    let result = api
+        .tx()
+        .utility()
+        .batch(calls)
+        .sign_and_submit_then_watch(&alice)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    if let Some(event) =
+        result.find_event::<polkadot::utility::events::BatchCompleted>()?
+    {
+        println!("Batch success: value: {:?}", event);
+    } else {
+        println!("Failed to find Utility::BatchCompleted Event");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}