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recievers_address.transfer(address(this).balance);

when I use this from one of the functions of my smart contract

Member "transfer" not found or not visible after argument-dependent lookup in address.

red underlined under the receivers-address!

to be noted: recievers_address is a private field.

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Without seeing your code, this is just a guess, but maybe you're using Solidity 0.5.x and recievers_address is declared as an address rather than an address payable?

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  • exactly, do I need to make every address to address payable for being able to send ether using transfer?
    – CryptoScroller
    Jan 26, 2019 at 0:29
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    Any address you send ether to should be address payable, yes.
    – user19510
    Jan 26, 2019 at 0:33

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