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# Private Send

Private Send moves value from your **private balance** to another VOID user.

### Steps

1. Connect your wallet and unlock your private balance.
2. Open **Private Send**.
3. Paste the receiver's **VOID address**, shown as **Your VOID address** on their Receive screen. A normal wallet address will not work.
4. Select the token and amount.
5. Confirm. VOID builds the proof using the hosted proof service, and the **VOID relayer submits the transaction**.

{% hint style="info" %}
On testnet, Private Send is submitted by the VOID relayer, which pays the gas and appears as the on-chain sender instead of your wallet. The amount, asset and recipient stay hidden.

If the relayer is unavailable, the app says so and offers a clearly labelled option to submit from your own wallet instead, which pays the ETH gas and appears as the on-chain sender.
{% endhint %}

### What the Receiver Gets

The receiver gets a **new encrypted note** that only they can open.

It appears in their private balance after the indexer syncs.

### What the Chain Checks

The chain verifies that:

* you own valid, unspent notes
* the notes have not already been spent
* the output notes balance correctly
* the proof matches its public inputs

{% hint style="info" %}
Nullifiers are recorded when notes are spent, preventing the same note from being used twice.
{% endhint %}

### Fees

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Network Gas</strong></td><td>None for you. The VOID relayer pays it on testnet. If you choose to submit from your own wallet instead, your wallet pays it in ETH.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Relayer Gas</strong></td><td>Paid by the VOID relayer on testnet.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Relay Fee</strong></td><td>None.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>VOID Send Fee</strong></td><td>None.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### What Is Public

The chain can see:

* that a private transfer occurred
* new commitments
* new nullifiers
* the **VOID relayer** as the on-chain sender (or your wallet, if you choose to submit from it)

{% hint style="success" %}
The chain does **not** reveal:

* the transferred amount
* the asset sent
* the recipient
* the sender's private notes
* the receiver's private notes
* the direct sender-recipient relationship
  {% endhint %}


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