Transfer hbar

In this section, you will learn how to transfer hbar from your account to another account on the Hedera test network.
Pre-requisites:
Introduction
/getting-started/introduction
Environment Set-up
/getting-started/java/environment-set-up
Create an account
/getting-started/java/create-an-account
Note: This example uses Hedera Java SDK 1.1.5. The latest Hedera Java SDK version can be found here, however may not be compatible with the following sample. 
Step 1. Create a transfer transaction
You should already have a new account ID from the account you created in the "Create an account" section. You will transfer 1,000 tinybars from your account to the new account. The account sending hbars is the signature that is required for this transaction to be processed. 
//Transfer hbar
TransactionId sendHbar = new CryptoTransferTransaction()
     .addSender(myAccountId, 1000)
     .addRecipient(newAccountId, 1000)
     .execute(client);
The net value of the transfer must equal zero (total number of hbars sent by the sender must equal the total number of hbars received by the recipient). 
Step 2. Verify the transfer transaction reached consensus
To verify the transfer transaction reached consensus by the network, you will submit a request to obtain the receipt of the transfer transaction. The receipt will let you know if the transaction was successful or not.
System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);
Step 3. Get the account balance
3.1 Get the cost of requesting the query
You can request the cost of a query prior to submitting the query to the Hedera network. Checking an account balance is free of charge today. You can verify that by the method below.
// Request the cost of the query
long queryCost = new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .getCost(client);
        
System.out.println("The cost of this query is: " +queryCost);
3.2 Get the account balance
You will verify the account balance was updated for the new account by requesting a get account balance query. The current account balance should be the sum of the initial balance (1,000 tinybar) plus the transfer amount (1,000 tinybar) and equal to 2,000 tinybars. 
// Check the new account's balance
Hbar accountBalanceNew = new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .execute(client);
​
System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalanceNew);
​⭐ Congratulations! You have successfully transferred hbars to another account on the Hedera testnet! If you have followed the tutorial from the beginning, you have completed the following thus far:
Set-up your Hedera environment to submit transactions and queries
Created an account 
Transferred hbars to another account
Do you want to keep learning? Visit our advanced section to take your learning experience to the next level. You can also find additional Java SDK examples here. 
Resources
/resources
Code Check ✅ 
Your complete code file should look something like this:
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Client;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Hbar;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.HederaStatusException;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.TransactionId;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.account.AccountBalanceQuery;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.account.AccountCreateTransaction;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.account.AccountId;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.account.CryptoTransferTransaction;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.crypto.ed25519.Ed25519PublicKey;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.crypto.ed25519.Ed25519PrivateKey;
import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
​
public class HederaExamples {
​
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, HederaStatusException {
​
        //Grab your account ID and private key from the .env file
        AccountId myAccountId = AccountId.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_ACCOUNT_ID"));
        Ed25519PrivateKey myPrivateKey = Ed25519PrivateKey.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_PRIVATE_KEY"));
​
        //Create a Hedera testnet client
        Client client = Client.forTestnet();
        client.setOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey);
​
​
        // Generate a new pair of keys
        Ed25519PrivateKey newAccountPrivateKey = Ed25519PrivateKey.generate();
        Ed25519PublicKey newAccountPublicKey = newAccountPrivateKey.publicKey;
​
​
        // Create new account and assign the public key
        TransactionId newAccount = new AccountCreateTransaction()
                .setKey(newAccountPublicKey)
                .setInitialBalance(1000)
                .execute(client);
​
        // Get the new account ID
        AccountId newAccountId = newAccount.getReceipt(client).getAccountId();
​
        System.out.println("The new account ID is: " +newAccountId);
​
        // Check the new account's balance
        Hbar accountBalance = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .execute(client);
​
        System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance);
​
        //Transfer hbar
        TransactionId sendHbar = new CryptoTransferTransaction()
                .addSender(myAccountId, 1000)
                .addRecipient(newAccountId, 1000)
                .execute(client);
​
        System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);
        
        // Request the cost of the query
        long queryCost = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .getCost(client);
        
        System.out.println("The cost of this query is: " +queryCost);
​
        // Check the new account's balance
        Hbar accountBalanceNew = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .execute(client);
​
        System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalanceNew);
    }
}
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