Getting Started with Solana

Sending and Receiving Solana

Learn the steps to securely send and receive Solana using wallets and addresses.

1. Sending Solana

To send Solana (SOL), open your wallet (e.g., Phantom or Solflare), paste the recipient’s wallet address, enter the amount of SOL to send, and confirm the transaction. Always double-check the recipient address before confirming—transactions are irreversible.

2. Receiving Solana

To receive SOL, copy your public wallet address from your wallet and share it with the sender. Your SOL will appear after the transaction is confirmed on-chain.

3. Transaction Fees

Sending SOL incurs a small network fee—usually a fraction of a cent—paid to validators to process and secure your transaction.

4. Transaction Confirmation

Transactions on Solana typically confirm within seconds. You can check status using a blockchain explorer by pasting your transaction signature or wallet address.

What's Next?

Now that you can send and receive SOL, let’s take a closer look at how fees work on Solana—why they’re so low, what affects them, and how to read fee details in your wallet and on explorers.