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How to run many Solana wallets: rent, dust, fees, private moves and keeping your keys yours. Written by the people who make Raven.
Many wallets
- Manage many Solana wallets in one placeWhy people run many Solana wallets, where normal wallet apps fall short, and how to keep dozens or hundreds of wallets organised, funded and clean.4 min
- How many wallets can Phantom hold?Phantom says it holds up to 100 accounts. What counts as an account, what happens past a few dozen, and what people who run more wallets use instead.2 min
- Send SOL to many wallets at onceHow to split SOL from one wallet into many in a single transaction: how many transfers fit, what a new wallet needs, and what multisender tools charge.2 min
- Move everything from many Solana wallets into oneHow to sweep SOL and coins from many Solana wallets into one, close their accounts on the way for the rent, and take each wallet all the way to zero.2 min
Rent and clean up
- Solana rent explained: what an account costs in October 2026Every Solana account holds a refundable deposit called rent. What a wallet and a token account cost after the 2026 cut, and how to get it back.3 min
- Get SOL back from empty token accountsEvery coin you ever held left a token account holding SOL. How to find the empty ones, close them, and what each one gives back after the 2026 rent cut.3 min
- Clean up a Solana wallet: dust, spam coins and empty accountsHow to clear dust and spam coins out of a Solana wallet: what to sell, what to burn, what to leave alone, and how to get the rent back as SOL.3 min
Private moves
- How to send SOL privately in 2026Three ways to break the link between two Solana wallets: an exchange pays, a hop through Monero, or the Privacy Cash pool. Real times, fees and who sees what.3 min
- Is Solana traceable? What anyone can see about your walletEvery Solana transaction is public. What anyone can see about your wallet, how trackers link wallets that look unrelated, and what actually breaks the trail.2 min
- Privacy Cash explained: how the Solana privacy pool worksHow Privacy Cash works on Solana: deposits, zero-knowledge withdrawals, today's fees and minimums, how long to wait, and what it does not hide.3 min
- SOL to Monero and back: breaking the trail between two walletsHow swapping SOL through Monero breaks the link between two Solana wallets, what it costs, how long it takes, and what the service in the middle still sees.2 min
Fees and other wallets
- Phantom fees explained: what a swap really costsPhantom charges 0.85% on most swaps. What that costs at $100, $1,000 and $10,000, which swaps are free, and what bridges, perps and sends cost.2 min
- Solana swap fees compared: wallets and trading apps in October 2026The swap fee each Solana wallet and trading app lists, checked in October 2026: Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, Jupiter, MetaMask, Axiom, Photon, Trojan and more.3 min
- Phantom vs Solflare vs Backpack: which Solana wallet to usePhantom, Solflare and Backpack side by side in October 2026: swap fees, chains, hardware wallets, staking, many wallets and privacy, and who each one suits.2 min
- The best Solana wallets in 2026, by what you needWhich Solana wallet fits which person in 2026: one wallet for everything, low swap fees, hardware security, staking, many wallets, or private sends.3 min
- Phantom alternatives: what to use instead, by why you want to leaveWallets to use instead of Phantom on Solana, grouped by the reason you want to leave: swap fees, many wallets, hardware security, privacy or more chains.2 min
Keys and getting back in
- Import and export Phantom private keys, and the incorrect format errorWhere Phantom shows a Solana private key, how to import one into Phantom or another wallet, the formats keys come in, and why an import says incorrect format.3 min
- Seed phrase vs private key: what each one unlocksA seed phrase makes many wallets; a private key controls one. What each one unlocks on Solana, which to back up, and how to keep both safe.2 min
- Solana derivation paths: why the same 12 words show different walletsWhy the same recovery phrase shows different Solana wallets in Phantom, Trust Wallet, Ledger and the command line, and how to find the wallet you are missing.2 min
- Forgot your wallet password? What your 12 words can and cannot doNobody can reset a wallet password, but your recovery phrase brings the wallets back. What to do in Phantom and in Raven, and what is lost without it.2 min
- Are browser-based Solana wallets safe?How a web wallet keeps your keys, what can go wrong with one, and what to check before you trust a Solana wallet that runs in your browser.3 min
Solana basics
- Solana fees explained: the base fee, priority fees and failed transactionsWhat a Solana transaction costs: the 0.000005 SOL base fee per signature, priority fees and compute units, rent for new accounts, and why transactions fail.2 min
- Stake SOL: jupSOL or your own stake accountTwo ways to earn on SOL: hold jupSOL, which you can sell any time, or delegate a stake account to a validator. Minimums, fees, waiting times and how to get out.2 min
- Solana words explained: rent, lamports, token accounts and morePlain answers to the Solana words wallets use: lamports, rent, token accounts, mints, derivation paths, priority fees, stake accounts, wrapped SOL and more.3 min
AI and phones
- Give an AI a Solana wallet with limitsHow to connect Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor to Solana wallets over MCP, and the limits that keep an AI from moving more than you allow.2 min
- A Solana wallet on iPhone without the App StoreHow a web wallet added to your iPhone Home Screen works: full screen like an app, Face ID unlock, updates without the App Store, and what to keep in mind.2 min