# Confidential Transfer (Sending)

Transferring confidential tokens between accounts is essential to a functional defi ecosystem. In Redact, transferring tokens is performed from within the Wallet using the **SEND** button.

Transferring confidential tokens requires setting the transaction mode to **confidential**, entering the amount to send, and the address to send to. 

In Redact, this is how it appears:

<div data-full-width="false"><figure><img src="/files/WjuI7LLF64MnVeNwSwFD" alt=""><figcaption><p>Transfer flow diagram. (1) Form Populated, (2) Pending, (3) Finalized</p></figcaption></figure></div>

TX: [https://sepolia.etherscan.io/tx/0x7a2...a71](https://sepolia.etherscan.io/tx/0x7a29ec13573d1c0f5f11c48a52d8a04d1578800f8f9a7ed7e04fa90ed12f8a71)

This example transaction sends 1 eLINK between accounts, but as you can see from the block explorer link, only an indicated amount is shown:

<figure><img src="/files/9vyeKR8Hj9l0LUEDMlir" alt=""><figcaption><p>Explorer transfer of 0.0001 eLINK (indicated amount)</p></figcaption></figure>

### Encrypted Input

In order to preserve the confidentiality of the amount to be transferred, it must be encrypted *before* it is sent to the blockchain to be used in a transaction. In the case of the tx above, we must first encrypt the value **1**.

This encryption is handled using `cofhejs.encrypt` which converts the input value into an `InEuint128`, a datatype that is used in `FHERC20.encTransfer(address to, InEuint128 calldata amount)`

This information is not necessary to use Redact, as it is all handled in the background, but it is crucial information in understanding *how* Redact and CoFHE preserve data confidentiality.


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