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title: Sending ether
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---
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The basic way of sending a simple transaction of ether with the console is as follows:
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```js
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> eth.sendTransaction({from:sender, to:receiver, value: amount})
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```
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Using the built-in JavaScript, you can easily set variables to hold these values. For example:
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```js
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> var sender = eth.accounts[0];
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> var receiver = eth.accounts[1];
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> var amount = web3.toWei(0.01, "ether")
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```
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Alternatively, you can compose a transaction in a single line with:
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```js
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> eth.sendTransaction({from:eth.coinbase, to:eth.accounts[1], value: web3.toWei(0.05, "ether")})
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Please unlock account d1ade25ccd3d550a7eb532ac759cac7be09c2719.
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Passphrase:
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Account is now unlocked for this session.
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'0xeeb66b211e7d9be55232ed70c2ebb1bcc5d5fd9ed01d876fac5cff45b5bf8bf4'
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```
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The resulting transaction is `0xeeb66b211e7d9be55232ed70c2ebb1bcc5d5fd9ed01d876fac5cff45b5bf8bf4`
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If the password was incorrect you will instead receive an error:
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```js
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error: could not unlock sender account
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```
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