Transfer HBAR

Summary

In this section, you will learn how to transfer HBAR from your account to another on the Hedera test network.

Prerequisites:

INTRODUCTION

ENVIRONMENT SETUP

CREATE AN ACCOUNT

Note: You can always check the "Code Check ✅ " section at the bottom of each page to view the entire code if you run into issues. You can also post your issue to the respective SDK channel in our Discord community here or on the GitHub repository here.

Step 1. Create a transfer transaction

Use your new account created in the "Create an account" section and transfer 1,000 tinybars from your account to the new account. The account sending the HBAR needs to sign the transaction using its private keys to authorize the transfer. Since you are transferring from the account associated with the client, you do not need to explicitly sign the transaction as the operator account(account transferring the HBAR) signs all transactions to authorize the payment of the transaction fee.

Java

//System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance.hbars);
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------

//Transfer HBAR
TransactionResponse sendHbar = new TransferTransaction()
     .addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000)) //Sending account
     .addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000)) //Receiving account
     .execute(client);

JavaScript

//console.log("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +" tinybar.");
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------

//Create the transfer transaction
const sendHbar = await new TransferTransaction()
     .addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000)) //Sending account
     .addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000)) //Receiving account
     .execute(client);

Go

//Print the balance of tinybars
//fmt.Println("The account balance for the new account is ", accountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------

//Transfer hbar from your testnet account to the new account
transaction := hedera.NewTransferTransaction().
        AddHbarTransfer(myAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(-1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
        AddHbarTransfer(newAccountId,hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar))

//Submit the transaction to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.Execute(client)

if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

Note: The net value of the transfer must equal zero (the total number of HBAR sent by the sender must equal the total number of HBAR 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 transaction. The receipt status will let you know if the transaction was successful (reached consensus) or not.

Java

System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);

JavaScript

//Verify the transaction reached consensus
const transactionReceipt = await sendHbar.getReceipt(client);
console.log("The transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: " + transactionReceipt.status.toString());

Go

//Request the receipt of the transaction
transferReceipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)

if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Get the transaction consensus status
transactionStatus := transferReceipt.Status

fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", transactionStatus)

Step 3. Get the account balance

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.

Java

//Request the cost of the query
Hbar queryCost = new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .getCost(client);

System.out.println("The cost of this query is: " +queryCost);

JavaScript

//Request the cost of the query
const queryCost = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .getCost(client);

console.log("The cost of query is: " +queryCost);

Go

//Create the query that you want to submit
balanceQuery := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
     SetAccountID(newAccountId)

//Get the cost of the query
cost, err := balanceQuery.GetCost(client)

if err != nil {
        panic(err)
}

println("The account balance query cost is:", cost.String())

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 tinybars) plus the transfer amount (1,000 tinybars) and equal to 2,000 tinybars.

Java

//Check the new account's balance
AccountBalance accountBalanceNew = new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .execute(client);

System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalanceNew.hbars);

JavaScript

//Check the new account's balance
const getNewBalance = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
     .setAccountId(newAccountId)
     .execute(client);

console.log("The account balance after the transfer is: " +getNewBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +" tinybar.")

Go

//Check the new account's balance
newAccountBalancequery := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
     SetAccountID(newAccountId)

//Sign with client operator private key and submit the query to a Hedera network
newAccountBalance, err := newAccountBalancequery.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Print the balance of tinybars
fmt.Println("The hbar account balance for this account is", newAccountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())

⭐ Congratulations! You have successfully transferred HBAR 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 HBAR to another account.

Do you want to keep learning? Visit our the SDKs & APIs section to take your learning experience to the next level. You can also find additional Java SDK examples here.

Code Check ✅

Your complete code file should look something like this:

Java

HederaExamples.java

import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountId;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.HederaPreCheckStatusException;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.HederaReceiptStatusException;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.PrivateKey;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Client;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.TransactionResponse;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.PublicKey;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountCreateTransaction;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Hbar;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountBalanceQuery;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountBalance;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.TransferTransaction;
import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class HederaExamples {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws TimeoutException, HederaPreCheckStatusException, HederaReceiptStatusException {

        //Grab your Hedera testnet account ID and private key
        AccountId myAccountId = AccountId.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_ACCOUNT_ID"));
        PrivateKey myPrivateKey = PrivateKey.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_PRIVATE_KEY"));

        //Create your Hedera testnet client
        Client client = Client.forTestnet();
        client.setOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey);

        // Generate a new key pair
        PrivateKey newAccountPrivateKey = PrivateKey.generateED25519();
        PublicKey newAccountPublicKey = newAccountPrivateKey.getPublicKey();

        //Create new account and assign the public key
        TransactionResponse newAccount = new AccountCreateTransaction()
                .setKey(newAccountPublicKey)
                .setInitialBalance( Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
                .execute(client);

        // Get the new account ID
        AccountId newAccountId = newAccount.getReceipt(client).accountId;

        System.out.println("The new account ID is: " +newAccountId);

        //Check the new account's balance
        AccountBalance accountBalance = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .execute(client);

        System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance.hbars);

        //Transfer HBAR
        TransactionResponse sendHbar = new TransferTransaction()
                .addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000))
                .addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
                .execute(client);

        System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);

        //Request the cost of the query
        Hbar queryCost = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .getCost(client);

        System.out.println("The cost of this query is: " +queryCost);

        //Check the new account's balance
        AccountBalance accountBalanceNew = new AccountBalanceQuery()
                .setAccountId(newAccountId)
                .execute(client);

        System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalanceNew.hbars);

    }
}

JavaScript

index.js

const {
  Client,
  PrivateKey,
  AccountCreateTransaction,
  AccountBalanceQuery,
  Hbar,
  TransferTransaction,
} = require("@hashgraph/sdk");
require("dotenv").config();

async function transferHbar() {
  // Grab your Hedera testnet account ID and private key from your .env file
  const myAccountId = process.env.MY_ACCOUNT_ID;
  const myPrivateKey = process.env.MY_PRIVATE_KEY;

  // If we weren't able to grab it, we should throw a new error
  if (myAccountId == null || myPrivateKey == null) {
    throw new Error(
      "Environment variables myAccountId and myPrivateKey must be present"
    );
  }

  // Create our connection to the Hedera network
  // The Hedera JS SDK makes this really easy!
  const client = Client.forTestnet();

  client.setOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey);

  // Create new keys
  const newAccountPrivateKey = PrivateKey.generateED25519();
  const newAccountPublicKey = newAccountPrivateKey.publicKey;

  // Create a new account with 1,000 tinybar starting balance
  const newAccountTransactionResponse = await new AccountCreateTransaction()
    .setKey(newAccountPublicKey)
    .setInitialBalance(Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
    .execute(client);

  // Get the new account ID
  const getReceipt = await newAccountTransactionResponse.getReceipt(client);
  const newAccountId = getReceipt.accountId;

  console.log("The new account ID is: " + newAccountId);

  // Verify the account balance
  const accountBalance = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
    .setAccountId(newAccountId)
    .execute(client);

  console.log(
    "The new account balance is: " +
      accountBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +
      " tinybars."
  );

  // Create the transfer transaction
  const sendHbar = await new TransferTransaction()
    .addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000))
    .addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
    .execute(client);

  // Verify the transaction reached consensus
  const transactionReceipt = await sendHbar.getReceipt(client);
  console.log(
    "The transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: " +
      transactionReceipt.status.toString()
  );

  // Request the cost of the query
  const queryCost = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
    .setAccountId(newAccountId)
    .getCost(client);

  console.log("The cost of query is: " + queryCost);

  // Check the new account's balance
  const getNewBalance = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
    .setAccountId(newAccountId)
    .execute(client);

  console.log(
    "The account balance after the transfer is: " +
      getNewBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +
      " tinybars."
  );
}

// Call the async transferHbar function
transferHbar();

Go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"

    "github.com/hashgraph/hedera-sdk-go/v2"
    "github.com/joho/godotenv"
)

func main() {

    //Loads the .env file and throws an error if it cannot load the variables from that file correctly
    err := godotenv.Load(".env")
    if err != nil {
        panic(fmt.Errorf("Unable to load environment variables from .env file. Error:\n%v\n", err))
    }

    //Grab your testnet account ID and private key from the .env file
    myAccountId, err := hedera.AccountIDFromString(os.Getenv("MY_ACCOUNT_ID"))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    myPrivateKey, err := hedera.PrivateKeyFromString(os.Getenv("MY_PRIVATE_KEY"))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Print your testnet account ID and private key to the console to make sure there was no error
    fmt.Printf("The account ID is = %v\n", myAccountId)
    fmt.Printf("The private key is = %v\n", myPrivateKey)

    //Create your testnet client
    client := hedera.ClientForTestnet()
    client.SetOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey)

    //Generate new keys for the account you will create
    newAccountPrivateKey, err := hedera.PrivateKeyGenerateEd25519()
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    newAccountPublicKey := newAccountPrivateKey.PublicKey()

    //Create new account and assign the public key
    newAccount, err := hedera.NewAccountCreateTransaction().
        SetKey(newAccountPublicKey).
        SetInitialBalance(hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
        Execute(client)

    //Request the receipt of the transaction
    receipt, err := newAccount.GetReceipt(client)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Get the new account ID from the receipt
    newAccountId := *receipt.AccountID

    //Print the new account ID to the console
    fmt.Printf("The new account ID is %v\n", newAccountId)

    //Create the account balance query
    query := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
        SetAccountID(newAccountId)

    //Sign with client operator private key and submit the query to a Hedera network
    accountBalance, err := query.Execute(client)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Print the balance of tinybars
    fmt.Println("The account balance for the new account is", accountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())

    //Transfer hbar from your testnet account to the new account
    transaction := hedera.NewTransferTransaction().
        AddHbarTransfer(myAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(-1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
        AddHbarTransfer(newAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar))

    //Submit the transaction to a Hedera network
    txResponse, err := transaction.Execute(client)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Request the receipt of the transaction
    transferReceipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Get the transaction consensus status
    transactionStatus := transferReceipt.Status

    fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", transactionStatus)

    //Create the query that you want to submit
    balanceQuery := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
        SetAccountID(newAccountId)

    //Get the cost of the query
    cost, err := balanceQuery.GetCost(client)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println("The account balance query cost is:", cost.String())

    //Check the new account's balance
    newAccountBalancequery := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
        SetAccountID(newAccountId)

    //Sign with client operator private key and submit the query to a Hedera network
    newAccountBalance, err := newAccountBalancequery.Execute(client)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    //Print the balance of tinybars
    fmt.Println("The hbar account balance for this account is", newAccountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())
}

Sample output:

The new account ID is: 0.0.4065563
The new account balance is: 1000 tinybars.
The transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: SUCCESS
The cost of query is: 0 tℏ
The account balance after the transfer is: 2000 tinybars.

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