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> **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning. > **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning.
As noted at the start of this chapter, the `bitcoin-cli` interface offers three major ways to send coins. [§4.1](4_1_Sending_Coins_The_Easy_Way.md) talked about sending them the first way, using the `sendtoaddress` command. Since then, we've been building details on how to send coins a second way, with raw transactions. [§4.2](4_2_Creating_a_Raw_Transaction.md) taught how to create a raw transaction, an [Interlude](4_2__Interlude_Using_JQ.md) explained JQ, and [§4.3](4_3_Creating_a_Raw_Transaction_with_Named_Arguments.md) demonstrated named arguments. As noted at the start of this chapter, the `bitcoin-cli` interface offers three major ways to send coins. [§4.1](04_1_Sending_Coins_The_Easy_Way.md) talked about sending them the first way, using the `sendtoaddress` command. Since then, we've been building details on how to send coins a second way, with raw transactions. [§4.2](04_2_Creating_a_Raw_Transaction.md) taught how to create a raw transaction, an [Interlude](04_2__Interlude_Using_JQ.md) explained JQ, and [§4.3](04_3_Creating_a_Raw_Transaction_with_Named_Arguments.md) demonstrated named arguments.
We can now put those together and actually send funds using a raw transaction. We can now put those together and actually send funds using a raw transaction.
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_The advantages._ It gives you the best control. If your goal is to write a more intricate Bitcoin script or program, you'll probably use raw transactions so that you know exactly what's going on. This is also the _safest_ situation to use raw transactions, because you can programmatically ensure that you don't make mistakes. _The advantages._ It gives you the best control. If your goal is to write a more intricate Bitcoin script or program, you'll probably use raw transactions so that you know exactly what's going on. This is also the _safest_ situation to use raw transactions, because you can programmatically ensure that you don't make mistakes.
_The disadvantages._ It's easy to lose money. There are no warnings, no safeguards, and no programmatic backstops unless you write them. It's also arcane. The formatting is obnoxious, even using the easy-to-use `bitcoin-cli` interface, and you have to do a lot of lookup and calculation by hand. _The disadvantages._ It's easy to lose money. There are no warnings, no safeguards, and no programmatic backstops unless you write them. It's also arcane. The formatting is obnoxious, even using the easy-to-use `bitcoin-cli` interface, and you have to do a lot of lookup and calculation by hand.
## What's Next?
Continue "Sending Bitcoin Transactions" with [§4.5: Sending Coins with Automated Raw Transactions](04_5_Sending_Coins_with_Automated_Raw_Transactions.md).