Using a wallet

What is a wallet?

A wallet is a source of funds secured by a passphrase, but it's also much more than that.

Every public action taken on Updraft is done using a wallet.

Creating Ideas, drafting Solutions, supporting other people's Ideas and Solutions, editing your public profile and sharing updates are all done with a wallet.

Choosing a wallet

When you click on the "Connect Wallet" button in Updraft, you'll be greeted by a selection of 40 wallets. They have been vetted by WalletConnect's WalletGuide, so you're safe to try any of them. If you don't like a wallet after trying it, you can transfer your account to a different wallet. In the "Connect a Wallet" beginner task on the home page, I included links to four wallets that I use regularly.

These wallets are safe to use

Funding and using a wallet

If you need help funding and using your wallet, please visit our chat server (Discord). Members will help you get the tokens you need--especially UPD, which is used for most actions in Updraft.

Fees

Every action with a wallet requires at least one fee. You will typically see a popup from your wallet, asking you to authorize these fees. (Many are truly tiny--a fraction of a cent.)

Anti-spam fees

Most actions have a small fee, paid in UPD. All fees go to a faucet that provides UPD for people to use Updraft. You can collect your share of this faucet from our Discord server.

As the name suggests, anti-spam fees also help prevent Updraft from being overrun by spam.

Funder rewards

Some actions may incur a funder reward fee, which is paid to previous contributors for discovering good Ideas and Solutions early.

🎁Funder rewards