I wrote the following script to send Ether. I can't figure out why the balance is still the same after I send out the Ether. I re run this script multiple times but nothing changes with the balance. Even when I check the blockchain network at https://ropsten.etherscan.io/address/0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af

I don't see either the test Ethers that I mined nor the transaction.

I am currently using the test network geth --testnetwork

What is wrong?

var Web3 = require('web3');
var web3 = new Web3();

web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'));

var coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase;
console.log('coinbase address',coinbase);

var balance = web3.eth.getBalance(coinbase);
console.log('balacance', balance.toString(10));

var recipient_address =  web3.eth.accounts[1]
console.log('recipient address',recipient_address);

web3.personal.unlockAccount(coinbase, 'love2017');
console.log('coinbase address',coinbase);
web3.eth.sendTransaction({
    from: coinbase,
    to:recipient_address ,
    gas: 200000,
    value: web3.toWei(1, "ether"),

}, function (err, address) {
    if (!err) {
        console.log('success transaction address is', address); // "0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2eb7b11a91385"
        var balance = web3.eth.getBalance(coinbase);
        console.log('balance', balance.toString(10));

    } else {
        console.log(err)
    }
});

This is what I get in the console:

coinbase address 0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af
balacance 8930000000000000000000
recipient address 0x15fd7829542d2e851a9787d76f027992b89b2398
coinbase address 0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af
success transaction address is 0x093b9306e7b0517e105168b9cd4f42344eddcb7cfa10e9f6d9a095cf9cd1e66c
balance 8930000000000000000000

I wrote the following script to send Ether. I can't figure out why the balance is still the same after I send out the Ether. I re run this script multiple times but nothing changes with the balance. Even when I check the blockchain network at https://ropsten.etherscan.io/address/0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af

I don't see either the test Ethers that I mined nor the transaction.

I am currently using the test network geth --testnet

What is wrong?

var Web3 = require('web3');
var web3 = new Web3();

web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'));

var coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase;
console.log('coinbase address',coinbase);

var balance = web3.eth.getBalance(coinbase);
console.log('balacance', balance.toString(10));

var recipient_address =  web3.eth.accounts[1]
console.log('recipient address',recipient_address);

web3.personal.unlockAccount(coinbase, 'love2017');
console.log('coinbase address',coinbase);
web3.eth.sendTransaction({
    from: coinbase,
    to:recipient_address ,
    gas: 200000,
    value: web3.toWei(1, "ether"),

}, function (err, address) {
    if (!err) {
        console.log('success transaction address is', address); // "0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2eb7b11a91385"
        var balance = web3.eth.getBalance(coinbase);
        console.log('balance', balance.toString(10));

    } else {
        console.log(err)
    }
});

This is what I get in the console:

coinbase address 0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af
balacance 8930000000000000000000
recipient address 0x15fd7829542d2e851a9787d76f027992b89b2398
coinbase address 0xbf14644246ebb0209bdb03be0cd1a3b27fc009af
success transaction address is 0x093b9306e7b0517e105168b9cd4f42344eddcb7cfa10e9f6d9a095cf9cd1e66c
balance 8930000000000000000000