Sending Crypto
One of Valeo’s core capabilities is allowing you to send and receive payments easily. Let’s walk through sending your first payment using the Valeo app. (We’ll assume you have some funds, e.g. SOL, in your wallet from the previous step.)
Sending Crypto
Enter Recipient
You have a couple of options here. The easiest is to tap the QR scanner icon and scan the recipient’s QR code from their app – this will automatically capture their wallet address. Alternatively, you can paste the recipient’s address if you have it (addresses you’ve copied to your clipboard might even be auto-detected by the app). Valeo will validate that the address is a proper Solana address format to help prevent errors.
Select Asset and Amount
Choose which cryptocurrency you want to send (e.g. USDC, SOL, etc.) from the list of your available assets. Then enter the amount you wish to send. The app will show your available balance to help you decide. It will also prevent you from entering more than you have (and typically will factor in a tiny extra for network fee). For example, if you want to send $50 USDC, ensure you have at least $50 USDC in your balance and a small amount of SOL to cover the fee (the fee is only fractions of a penny in SOL, but the app will alert you if you lack sufficient SOL for it).
Review Details
After entering the amount, proceed to review. The app will display a summary of the transaction – recipient address (often with a shortened preview like 7xKX...9fY2), the asset and amount, and the network fee that will be charged. Take a moment to double-check all details on this screen. This is your chance to catch any mistakes (wrong address, wrong amount, etc.) before it’s final. Remember, blockchain transactions can’t be reversed, so ensure everything looks correct. Valeo’s interface might also highlight if the address is one you’ve used before or if it’s unusually new, as an extra safety precaution.
Approve and Send
When you’re satisfied with the details, confirm the transaction. Valeo will prompt you to authenticate – using Face ID / Touch ID or your PIN – to authorize the send. This security step ensures that even if someone had your phone unlocked, they couldn’t send money without biometric/PIN approval. After authentication, Valeo will broadcast the transaction to the Solana network. Within a second or two, the transaction should be picked up and confirmed by the network (you’ll typically see a confirmation status almost immediately, given Solana’s fast block time ~400ms).
Confirmation and Receipt
Once the network confirms the transaction (usually literally in 1 second for Solana), the app will update your balance to reflect the amount sent and subtract any fees. The transaction will appear in your History (often under an Activity tab), marked as sent, with details like date, amount, recipient address, fee paid, and status “Success”. You can tap the transaction in history to see more details, and from there you might even copy a transaction ID if you want to view it on a blockchain explorer for your own verification or to share with the recipient as proof.
That’s it – you’ve sent your first crypto payment with Valeo! From initiation to final confirmation, the whole process typically takes under 30 seconds, much of that being your own time reviewing details.
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