I don't have a wallet yet. Where do I start?

Pick a wallet you trust. Solid does the rest.

A wallet is your own account on Solana, on your phone. It holds your money and the keys to it, and only you can use them. Solid never holds either: it puts each payment together and asks your wallet to approve it.

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These are the wallets we trust.

Wallets we recommend

Both are free, both keep your keys on your phone and not on somebody's server, and both speak Mobile Wallet Adapter, the Solana standard Solid uses to ask for your approval. Pick either; you can always add the other later.

Solflare

What we test Solid with

A wallet made for Solana and nothing else. Clear to set up, and it handles SOL, USDC and every token Solid takes.

  • ✓Works with Solid's payment approvals
  • ✓Your keys stay on your phone
  • ✓Free on Google Play
Get it on Google Play solflare.com

Phantom

The most used on Solana

The wallet most people on Solana already have. If a friend is going to help you set up, it is probably the one they know.

  • ✓Works with Solid's payment approvals
  • ✓Your keys stay on your phone
  • ✓Free on Google Play
Get it on Google Play phantom.com

Got a Seeker? You already have one.

Seed Vault is built into the phone. There is nothing to install: go back to Solid, tap Connect wallet, and approve with the phone's own secure hardware.

Another Solana wallet that supports Mobile Wallet Adapter will work with Solid too. These are the ones we recommend, not the only ones that work. Nobody pays to be on this page.

Never used crypto. Why would I want this?

The honest version.

No hype and no coins to buy. Here is what a wallet actually gets you when you use it with Solid.

1

It's yours

No bank holds it and nobody can freeze it on a whim. The wallet, and the money in it, belong to you.

2

Paid in seconds

Money arrives in seconds, any hour, any day, and the network fee is a fraction of a cent.

3

Dollars, and local money

USDC and USDT are made to stay worth a US dollar, and ZARP a rand, so you can be paid in money you already understand.

4

Across borders

Paying family in another country works the same as paying the person next to you, for the same tiny fee.

One thing to get right

When you create your wallet it shows you a recovery phrase: 12 or 24 words. Write them on paper and keep it somewhere safe. Anyone with those words can take your money, and if you lose them nobody can get them back for you, not your wallet and not Solid.

Never type them into a website or send them to anybody. Solid will never ask for them, and nobody helping you honestly ever will.

Okay, I'm in. What now?

Three steps, a few minutes.

1

Install a wallet

Solflare or Phantom, from Google Play. On a Seeker, skip this: Seed Vault is already there.

2

Create it, and save the words

Open the wallet, choose to create a new one, and write down your recovery phrase before you do anything else.

3

Come back to Solid

Open Solid and tap Connect wallet. Your wallet asks you to approve, you say yes, and you are ready to send and get paid.

Stuck somewhere? The help centre answers the usual questions, and hello@sendsolid.app answers the rest.