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# Creating and Sending Private Transactions
Create and send private transactions using:
* [web3.js-eea client library](eeajs.md) or [web3j client library](https://github.com/web3j/web3j)
* [`eea_sendTransaction` with EthSigner](https://docs.ethsigner.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Using-EthSigner/Using-EthSigner/)
* [`eea_sendRawTransaction`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#eea_sendrawtransaction)
!!! note
Private transactions either deploy contracts or call contract functions.
Ether transfer transactions cannot be private.
## Methods for Private Transactions
A private transaction creates a [Privacy Marker Transaction](../Explanation/Private-Transaction-Processing.md) in addition to the private transaction itself.
Use [`eth_getTransactionReceipt`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#eth_gettransactionreceipt) to
get the transaction receipt for the Privacy Maker Transaction and [`eea_getTransactionReceipt`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#eea_gettransactionreceipt)
to get the transaction receipt for the private transaction.
Use [`eth_getTransactionByHash`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#eth_gettransactionbyhash) to
get the Privacy Marker Transaction with the transaction hash returned when submitting the private transaction.
Use [`priv_getPrivateTransaction`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#priv_getprivatetransaction)
to get the private transaction with the `input` value from the Privacy Marker Transaction.
Separate private states are maintained for each [privacy group](../Explanation/Privacy-Overview.md#privacy-groups) so
the account nonce for an account is specific to the privacy group. That is, the nonce for account A for
privacy group ABC is different to the account nonce for account A for privacy group AB. Use
[`priv_getTransactionCount`](../../Reference/Pantheon-API-Methods.md#priv_getTransactionCount) to get
the account nonce for an account for the specified privacy group.
!!! note
If sending a large number of private transactions, you may need to calculate the nonce for the account
and privacy group outside the client.