To send or receive coins using your Desktop Wallet, you have to initialize your Desktop Wallet first. Details on how to initialize your Desktop Wallet can be found in the following chapter:
Initialization of your Desktop Wallet
Once you have completed the initialization of your Desktop Wallet, you can see your Wallet in the list of Wallets configured using your Desktop Wallet.
To receive coins to your Desktop Wallet, you only need the address of any one of the Wallet configured using your Desktop Wallet.
Note - The Desktop Wallet supports multiple Wallets.
To get the address of a Wallet, follow these steps :
Step 1 - Open the Desktop Wallet from your computer.
Step 2 - The window will display the list of all the Wallets configured using your Desktop Wallet.
From this list, you can click on the drop-down arrow at the right end of the Wallet to which you wish to receive the Skycoins.
Step 3 - The drop-down will display the address of the Wallet which you can use to receive the coins.
A more convenient method to show or use your receiving address is using its QR code.
The QR code can be viewed by clicking on the QR symbol right before the address of your Wallet.
To send coins from your Desktop Wallet using the Simple Send option, you only need the complete address of the receiving Wallet.
Step 1 - Open the Desktop Wallet from your computer.
Step 2 - Click on the Send tab.
Note - When you click on the Send tab, by default, the Simple Send option is selected.
Step 3 - Click on the drop-down arrow in the first box - Send from, to select your Wallet from which you wish to send the coins.
Step 4 - Enter the full address of the receiving Wallet in the second box - Send to.
Warning - Thoroughly verify the address of the receiving Wallet, as entering a wrong address could result in loss of your coins.
Step 5 - Enter the amount of Skycoins you want to send in the third box - Amount.
Step 6 - Click on the Preview button to get a preview of your transaction, you can once again verify all the data entered.
Step 7 - After verifying the entered data, click on the Send button to proceed with your transaction.
Step 8 - Once you click on the "Send" button, your coins will be sent to your receiving address.
You can view all your transaction details in the history tab.
As the name suggests, "Advanced Send" option is to be used in case if you need to access advanced settings when Sending Skycoins.
Sending coins using the Simple Send option is relatively easy as you only need to enter the correct address for the receiving Wallet and the exact amount of Skycoins.
However, if you need to customize your transaction using advanced options, then you can go for the "Advanced Send" option.
Follow the steps below to send coins using the "Advanced Send" option.
Step 1 - Open the Desktop Wallet from your computer.
Step 2 - Click on the Send tab.
Step 3 - When you click on the Send tab, by default, the Simple Send option is selected, to utilize the advanced options click on the Advanced Send button next to the "Simple Send" button.
Step 4 - Click on the drop-down arrow in the first box - Select Wallet, to select your Wallet from the list.
Step 5 - Enter the full address of the receiving Wallet in the second box named Destinations.
NOTE - You can add multiple addresses when using the Advanced Send option, to add additional address click on the green plus symbol to the extreme right of your screen.
Step 6 - Once you entered the receiving Wallet addresses, you can enter the number of coins you want to send to each of these addresses.
NOTE - You can toggle between entering the number of Skycoins you want to Send or the equivalent amount of United States Dollars. The Toggle button is available on top of the Destinations box.
Step 7 - Next option is the Coin Hours, by default, the Coin Hours for each transaction will be automatically allocated. However, you can change this by unchecking the box Automatic coin hours allocation at the bottom of your screen.
Step 8 - Once you have unchecked the "Automatic coin hours allocation" checkbox, an additional box will appear next to the checkbox where you enter the number of coins.
Step 9 - After entering all the destination Wallet addresses, the number of coins and the coin hours, please verify all the data entered is correct.
Warning - Thoroughly verify the addresses of the receiving Wallets, as entering wrong addresses could result in loss of your coins.
Step 10 - After verifying the entered data, you can proceed to enter the change address. If you wish to use a Wallet from the Wallet list for the change address, you can click on the "Select" drop-down.
Step 11 - In the final box named "Personal Notes", you can add a message which will appear as a remark once the transaction is completed and it appears in the transaction history.
Step 12 - After entering all the necessary data, you can reverify it by clicking on the Preview button, which shows a preview of your transaction with all the details.
Step 13 - After reviewing and verifying all the data, you can click on the "Send" button. Once you click on the "Send" button, your coins will be sent to the receiving address(s).