# Cannot construct transaction: unknown consensus protocol when using goal clerk send **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 21, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/cannot-construct-transaction-unknown-consensus-protocol-when-using-goal-clerk-send/1959 "2020-08-21T01:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![alberkom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@alberkom](https://forum.algorand.co/u/alberkom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/cannot-construct-transaction-unknown-consensus-protocol-when-using-goal-clerk-send/1959/1 "2020-08-21T01:42:09Z")
Running a participation node on MainNet. When trying to send some algos using `goal clerk send` I’m getting the following error: `cannot construct transaction: unknown consensus protocol https://github.com/algorandfoundation/specs/tree/e5f565421d720c6f75cdd186f7098495caf9101f` however I’ve updated my node to the latest version and it is in sync using the required consensus protocol: I could confirm this by `running goal node status`: Last committed block: 8584910 Time since last block: 4.1s Sync Time: 0.0s Last consensus protocol: [https://github.com/algorandfoundation/specs/tree/e5f565421d720c6f75cdd186f7098495caf9101f](https://github.com/algorandfoundation/specs/tree/e5f565421d720c6f75cdd186f7098495caf9101f) Next consensus protocol: [https://github.com/algorandfoundation/specs/tree/e5f565421d720c6f75cdd186f7098495caf9101f](https://github.com/algorandfoundation/specs/tree/e5f565421d720c6f75cdd186f7098495caf9101f) Round for next consensus protocol: 8584911 Next consensus protocol supported: true Genesis ID: mainnet-v1.0 Genesis hash: wGHE2Pwdvd7S12BL5FaOP20EGYesN73ktiC1qzkkit8= Am I missing something here? Any help is much appreciated. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.algorand.co/t/cannot-construct-transaction-unknown-consensus-protocol-when-using-goal-clerk-send/1959)._