diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/model/TransactionLink.ts b/backend/src/graphql/model/TransactionLink.ts
index 98f86a772..1670e9a23 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/model/TransactionLink.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/model/TransactionLink.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class TransactionLink {
     this.id = transactionLink.id
     this.user = user
     this.amount = transactionLink.amount
+    this.holdAvailableAmount = transactionLink.holdAvailableAmount
     this.memo = transactionLink.memo
     this.code = transactionLink.code
     this.createdAt = transactionLink.createdAt
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ export class TransactionLink {
   @Field(() => Decimal)
   amount: Decimal
 
+  @Field(() => Decimal)
+  holdAvailableAmount: Decimal
+
   @Field(() => String)
   memo: string
 
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.test.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.test.ts
index 51790502d..5a1a39dca 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { transactionLinkCode } from './TransactionLinkResolver'
 describe('transactionLinkCode', () => {
   const date = new Date()
 
-  it('returns a string of length 96', () => {
-    expect(transactionLinkCode(date)).toHaveLength(96)
+  it('returns a string of length 24', () => {
+    expect(transactionLinkCode(date)).toHaveLength(24)
   })
 
   it('returns a string that ends with the hex value of date', () => {
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.ts
index 2ed19fd5f..61926ba28 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionLinkResolver.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
 
 import { Resolver, Args, Authorized, Ctx, Mutation, Query, Arg } from 'type-graphql'
-import { getCustomRepository } from '@dbTools/typeorm'
+import { getCustomRepository, MoreThan } from '@dbTools/typeorm'
 import { TransactionLink } from '@model/TransactionLink'
 import { TransactionLink as dbTransactionLink } from '@entity/TransactionLink'
 import TransactionLinkArgs from '@arg/TransactionLinkArgs'
@@ -11,20 +11,22 @@ import { calculateBalance } from '@/util/validate'
 import { RIGHTS } from '@/auth/RIGHTS'
 import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
 import { User } from '@model/User'
+import { calculateDecay } from '@/util/decay'
 
 // TODO: do not export, test it inside the resolver
 export const transactionLinkCode = (date: Date): string => {
   const time = date.getTime().toString(16)
   return (
-    randomBytes(48)
+    randomBytes(12)
       .toString('hex')
-      .substring(0, 96 - time.length) + time
+      .substring(0, 24 - time.length) + time
   )
 }
 
 const transactionLinkExpireDate = (date: Date): Date => {
+  const validUntil = new Date(date)
   // valid for 14 days
-  return new Date(date.setDate(date.getDate() + 14))
+  return new Date(validUntil.setDate(date.getDate() + 14))
 }
 
 @Resolver()
@@ -38,23 +40,39 @@ export class TransactionLinkResolver {
     const userRepository = getCustomRepository(UserRepository)
     const user = await userRepository.findByPubkeyHex(context.pubKey)
 
+    const createdDate = new Date()
+    const validUntil = transactionLinkExpireDate(createdDate)
+
+    const holdAvailableAmount = amount.add(
+      calculateDecay(amount, createdDate, validUntil).decay.mul(-1),
+    )
+
+    const openTransactionLinks = await dbTransactionLink.find({
+      select: ['holdAvailableAmount'],
+      where: { userId: user.id, redeemedAt: null, validUntil: MoreThan(createdDate) },
+    })
+
+    const holdAvailable = openTransactionLinks.reduce(
+      (previousValue, currentValue) =>
+        previousValue.add(currentValue.holdAvailableAmount.toString()),
+      holdAvailableAmount,
+    )
+
     // validate amount
     // TODO taken from transaction resolver, duplicate code
-    const createdDate = new Date()
-    const sendBalance = await calculateBalance(user.id, amount.mul(-1), createdDate)
+    const sendBalance = await calculateBalance(user.id, holdAvailable.mul(-1), createdDate)
     if (!sendBalance) {
       throw new Error("user hasn't enough GDD or amount is < 0")
     }
 
-    // TODO!!!! Test balance for pending transaction links
-
     const transactionLink = dbTransactionLink.create()
     transactionLink.userId = user.id
     transactionLink.amount = amount
     transactionLink.memo = memo
+    transactionLink.holdAvailableAmount = holdAvailableAmount
     transactionLink.code = transactionLinkCode(createdDate)
     transactionLink.createdAt = createdDate
-    transactionLink.validUntil = transactionLinkExpireDate(createdDate)
+    transactionLink.validUntil = validUntil
     transactionLink.showEmail = showEmail
     await dbTransactionLink.save(transactionLink).catch((error) => {
       throw error
diff --git a/database/entity/0030-transaction_link/TransactionLink.ts b/database/entity/0030-transaction_link/TransactionLink.ts
index a3ab5cd1a..bb12277d1 100644
--- a/database/entity/0030-transaction_link/TransactionLink.ts
+++ b/database/entity/0030-transaction_link/TransactionLink.ts
@@ -19,22 +19,30 @@ export class TransactionLink extends BaseEntity {
   })
   amount: Decimal
 
+  @Column({
+    type: 'decimal',
+    name: 'hold_available_amount',
+    precision: 40,
+    scale: 20,
+    nullable: false,
+    transformer: DecimalTransformer,
+  })
+  holdAvailableAmount: Decimal
+
   @Column({ length: 255, nullable: false, collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
   memo: string
 
-  @Column({ length: 96, nullable: false, collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
+  @Column({ length: 24, nullable: false, collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
   code: string
 
   @Column({
     type: 'datetime',
-    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
     nullable: false,
   })
   createdAt: Date
 
   @Column({
     type: 'datetime',
-    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
     nullable: false,
   })
   validUntil: Date
@@ -48,7 +56,6 @@ export class TransactionLink extends BaseEntity {
 
   @Column({
     type: 'datetime',
-    default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
     nullable: true,
   })
   redeemedAt?: Date | null
diff --git a/database/migrations/0030-transaction_link.ts b/database/migrations/0030-transaction_link.ts
index 59eba1090..4d72cf43b 100644
--- a/database/migrations/0030-transaction_link.ts
+++ b/database/migrations/0030-transaction_link.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promis
       \`id\` int UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
       \`userId\` int UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
       \`amount\` DECIMAL(40,20) NOT NULL,
+      \`hold_available_amount\` DECIMAL(40,20) NOT NULL,
       \`memo\` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-      \`code\` varchar(96) NOT NULL,
+      \`code\` varchar(24) NOT NULL,
       \`createdAt\` datetime NOT NULL,
       \`validUntil\` datetime NOT NULL,
       \`showEmail\` boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT false,