diff --git a/src/17_1_sendtransaction.go b/src/17_1_sendtransaction.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	connCfg := &rpcclient.ConnConfig{
+		Host:         "localhost:18332",
+		User:         "StandUp",
+		Pass:         "431451790e3eee1913115b9dd2fbf0ac",
+		HTTPPostMode: true,
+		DisableTLS:   true,
+	}
+	client, err := rpcclient.New(connCfg, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer client.Shutdown()
+
+	defaultNet := &chaincfg.TestNet3Params
+	addr, err := btcutil.DecodeAddress("n2eMqTT929pb1RDNuqEnxdaLau1rxy3efi", defaultNet)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sent, err := client.SendToAddress(addr, btcutil.Amount(1e4))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(sent)
+}