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Version: Canary 🚧

How to Send SOL

To send SOL, you will need to interact with the SystemProgram.

import {
Connection,
Keypair,
SystemProgram,
LAMPORTS_PER_SOL,
Transaction,
sendAndConfirmTransaction,
} from "@solana/web3.js";

(async () => {
const fromKeypair = Keypair.generate();
const toKeypair = Keypair.generate();

const connection = new Connection(
"https://api.devnet.solana.com",
"confirmed",
);

const airdropSignature = await connection.requestAirdrop(
fromKeypair.publicKey,
LAMPORTS_PER_SOL,
);

await connection.confirmTransaction(airdropSignature);

const lamportsToSend = 1_000_000;

const transferTransaction = new Transaction().add(
SystemProgram.transfer({
fromPubkey: fromKeypair.publicKey,
toPubkey: toKeypair.publicKey,
lamports: lamportsToSend,
}),
);

await sendAndConfirmTransaction(connection, transferTransaction, [
fromKeypair,
]);
})();