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User guide

Using the Mobile App

Tidal Wallet 1.0 is a self-custody wallet for XRPL Mainnet and public Testnet. You create or restore a wallet on your phone, then send and receive XRP and RLUSD. Your keys are made and kept on the phone, and there is no Tidal account to sign up for.

Not in this release. Website sign-in and agent connections are not included in Tidal Wallet 1.0. The AI budget wallets described elsewhere on this site are still a Testnet pilot and are not part of the app.

Getting the app

Install Tidal Wallet from Google Play or the App Store. Until the store listings are live, the download buttons on this site open this guide.

Creating or restoring a wallet

When you first open the app, choose Create a new wallet or Import an existing seed.

  • Create a new wallet. Keys are made inside this phone. Choose a vault passphrase: it is asked every time the wallet opens and it never leaves the device. Use 12 or more characters; it cannot be reset.
  • Back up the seed. The app then shows your family seed. Write it on paper and keep it somewhere safe. No screenshots, no cloud storage. The seed is the only way to restore the wallet on another device. Finally, re-enter the passphrase to prove it opens the vault.
  • Import an existing seed. Paste a family seed from another wallet (it starts with s) and set a vault passphrase for this phone.

Lose the seed and you lose the funds: Tidal never holds a copy and cannot recover it for you. If you forget the passphrase, re-importing with the seed is the only way back.

Mainnet and Testnet

The app works on two XRP Ledger networks. Switch between them in Settings → Network:

  • Mainnet uses real assets.
  • Testnet is for testing. Testnet assets have no real-world value.

Switching network locks the wallet. The same address can exist on both networks, but a Testnet balance is not a Mainnet balance, so check the selected network before you send or share your address.

On Testnet, Get test XRP requests free test XRP from Ripple's Testnet faucet. On Mainnet, a new address shows Not open yet until it receives a first deposit of at least the ledger's reserve; the app shows the amount.

Your balance

The home screen shows your Balance, the part that is Spendable, and the Reserve (ledger-locked): XRP the XRP Ledger requires every account to keep, which you cannot send. Your assets and recent activity are listed below. Some public nodes don't keep older ledgers, so older transfers may be missing from the activity list. They are still on the ledger.

Receiving

Tap Receive to show your address and its QR code, then Copy address or Share it. The screen names the selected network. The sender must choose the same network; sending on another network may result in lost assets.

To hold RLUSD, the wallet first needs an RLUSD trust line. Open RLUSD adds one ledger entry, which raises your reserve and costs a network fee. You can close it again whenever the RLUSD balance is zero.

Sending

Tap Send, choose the asset (XRP or RLUSD) and enter the amount (Max fills in everything spendable). Paste the recipient address, an XRPL address starting with r, and add a destination tag if the recipient needs one: exchanges usually do, personal wallets don't. Then tap Next.

The Confirm screen shows the amount, the recipient, the network fee and the total that will be deducted. Check them, enter your vault passphrase and tap Sign and send. A signed transfer cannot be undone. Once it settles, the app shows the transaction hash and ledger index and records it in your activity.

Settings, privacy and erasing

In Settings you can change the language (한국어 or English) and the network, lock the wallet, and manage the Wallets on this device. Switching wallets locks the wallet.

Privacy & data lists what stays on the phone and what goes out. The app connects directly to public XRP Ledger nodes and, only when you ask for test XRP, to Ripple's Testnet faucet. The Android app also includes Google ML Kit. The full details are in the privacy policy.

To remove everything the app stored on the phone, use Settings → Privacy & data → Erase all data on this device. Uninstalling the app alone can leave the encrypted wallet in the phone's secure storage. Erasing does not change the public ledger, and afterwards your seed backup is the only way to restore the wallet. For data held anywhere other than your phone, see Deleting your data.