# How to Send a Private Transaction

This guide walks you through sending a fully private transaction on Verus using shielded addresses.

Prerequisites: Daemon running and synced, wallet with VRSC. See First Steps.

./verus z_getnewaddress

Output: zsYourNewShieldedAddress...

Save this address — you'll use it to hold private funds.

Move VRSC from your transparent address to your shielded address.

./verus z_sendmany "RYourTransparentAddress" '[{"address":"zsYourShieldedAddress","amount":25.0}]'

If your VRSC comes from mining:

./verus z_shieldcoinbase "*" "zsYourShieldedAddress"

Both commands return an operation ID. Check progress:

./verus z_getoperationstatus '["opid-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"]'

Wait for "status": "success" and at least 1 confirmation.

Send from your shielded address to the recipient's shielded address:

./verus z_sendmany "zsYourShieldedAddress" '[{"address":"zsRecipientAddress","amount":10.0}]'

This is a fully private transaction — sender, receiver, and amount are all hidden on the blockchain.

The memo field must be a hex-encoded string, not plain text. Convert your message to hex first:

# Convert text to hex
echo -n "Payment for services" | xxd -p
# Output: 5061796d656e7420666f72207365727669636573

# Send with hex memo
./verus z_sendmany "zsYourShieldedAddress" '[{"address":"zsRecipientAddress","amount":10.0,"memo":"5061796d656e7420666f72207365727669636573"}]'

The memo is encrypted and visible only to the recipient (up to 512 bytes of hex data).

# Specific address
./verus z_getbalance "zsYourShieldedAddress"

# All balances
./verus z_gettotalbalance

Output:

{
  "transparent": "75.00000000",
  "private": "15.00000000",
  "total": "90.00000000"
}

./verus z_viewtransaction "txid-from-operation-result"

Shows the decoded transaction from your wallet's perspective, including amounts and memos.

To get the txid from a completed operation:

./verus z_getoperationresult '["opid-xxx"]'

The txid is in the result object.

You can send from shielded to transparent — the source stays hidden but the destination is public:

./verus z_sendmany "zsYourShieldedAddress" '[{"address":"RRecipientTransparentAddress","amount":10.0}]'

• Privacy & Shielded Transactions — How privacy works under the hood
• Wallet Setup — Address types and basics