# Send a Transaction

**Prerequisites:** 1. [Install Soma](https://docs.soma.org/getting-started/install/)
2. [Set up your account](https://docs.soma.org/getting-started/install/)
3. [Start a local network](https://docs.soma.org/guides/local-network/)

## Fund Your Account

Ensure you are connected to your local network:

```
soma env active
```

This should show `local`. If not, switch to it:

```
soma env switch local
```

Request SOMA from the faucet:

```
soma faucet
```

Verify your balance:

```
soma balance
```

## Create a Second Address

Create a new address to use as the recipient:

```
soma wallet new --alias recipient
```

This creates a new address but does not switch to it. You can verify both addresses exist:

```
soma wallet list
```

## Send SOMA

Send 1 SOMA to the recipient:

```
soma send --to recipient --amount 1
```

The command returns a transaction digest confirming the transfer.

## Verify the Transfer

Check the sender's balance (your active address):

```
soma balance
```

Check the recipient's balance:

```
soma balance recipient
```

The recipient should now have the SOMA you sent.

## Next Steps

- [Train a Model](https://docs.soma.org/guides/model-development/): commit and reveal model weights
- [Data Submission](https://docs.soma.org/guides/submitting-data/): score data against targets and submit
- [Python SDK Quickstart](https://docs.soma.org/getting-started/quickstart/): interact with SOMA programmatically