Freewallet.io User Manual
Freewallet.io User Manual
  • Getting Started
    • What is Freewallet?
    • What are the features of Freewallet?
    • Where can I access Freewallet?
    • Where can I access previous versions of Freewallet?
    • What is Tokenscan.io?
    • Why do I need small amounts of Bitcoin to do things in Freewallet?
    • What BTC fee should I use?
    • What is the Automatic Donation System? How do I turn it off?
    • What is an Asset/Token/NFT? How can I store them?
    • I want to trade a certain Asset, is it legitimate?
    • How to find the License Agreement
    • What else do I need to know?
  • Exploring Balances, History, Exchange and Dispensers
    • Address Balances
    • Address History
    • Viewing Tokens
    • Exploring Token Information and Enhanced Asset Information
    • Understanding Dispenser Markets
    • Buying XCP and User Created Tokens from a Dispenser
    • The Decentralized Counterparty Exchange (DEx)
    • Understanding Exchange Pairs
    • Buying and Selling XCP and Tokens on the DEx
    • Understanding BTCpay and BTC/TOKEN on the DEx
  • Freewallet Functions
    • Creating a Wallet
    • Locking and Unlocking Your Freewallet
    • Viewing, Creating and Importing Addresses
    • Show a QR Code for your Address
    • Sending and Receiving BTC
    • Sending / Receiving XCP and User Created Tokens
    • Displaying the Seed Phrase and Private Key of your Address(s)
    • Using the Multi Send function
    • Create a Counterparty Token (NFTs and FTs)
    • How to Change Token Properties
    • Changing the Token Description
    • Issuing more Token Units
    • Resetting Your Token Issuance
    • Locking Your Token Issuance
    • Transfer Token Ownership
    • Destroying Tokens
    • Paying Dividends to Token Holders
    • Voting with Tokens
    • Broadcast information on the Bitcoin blockchain
    • Signing a Message Using Freewallet
    • Signing a Transaction Using Freewallet
    • Using the Sweep Function
    • Setting up a Dispenser
    • Closing a Dispenser
    • Cancelling Exchange Orders
    • Starting an Exchange Pair that has no orders up yet on the DEx
    • Minting Open Fairmints
  • Common Questions Using Freewallet (FAQ)
    • What if you make a mistake?
    • Where can I see my current version?
    • How do I check my Freewallet Server settings?
    • How do I use the Debug function on Freewallet?
    • Can I use the Counterparty/Bitcoin Testnet in Freewallet?
    • Can I burn BTC for XCP?
    • What’s a Stamp?
    • What’s an Ordinal?
    • If Tokenscan is down for maintenance, can I still access my funds?
    • Why is there more than one input on my BTC transactions?
    • Does Freewallet support two-factor authentication?
    • Can you lock a Token description?
    • Can I run my own Counterparty server?
    • How do I use Freewallet to mint an Emblem Curated Vault?
    • How do you create a Burn Address for use on Counterparty?
  • Troubleshooting / Issues
    • I sent BTC (or a Token) to Freewallet, why doesn't it show up?
    • Why can't I see my assets I own or created with 0 issuance?
    • "Error While Trying to Broadcast Transaction"
    • "Failure to send not enough BTC in wallet"
    • My Freewallet Exchange/Dispenser tab is resetting the data when I try to sort by BTC Price?
    • "Public key was neither provided nor published in blockchain."
    • I logged in and see none of my assets but I see them on tokenscan!
    • Help! I used too small of a fee and my transaction is not confirming!
    • I sent/dispensed an XCP asset to a Wrapped Segwit Address (address beginning with "3")
    • I sent/dispensed an XCP asset to a Taproot Address (an address that starts with "bc1p")
    • I updated Freewallet and can only see my first 20 addresses! How can I get them back?
    • My second transaction on an MPMA (Multi-send) is not getting confirmed and giving me an error
    • Freewallet gave me a TX link but Tokenscan says "Transaction not found on tokenscan"
    • Error composing dividend transaction via API: ['zero dividend']
    • My MacOS/Windows is saying Freewallet is not verified by the app store. What should I do?
    • Counterparty API Communication Error!
    • What is a Counterparty API Error?
    • Stuck on "Checking Data Encoding Fees"
    • Constructed transaction does not parse correctly
    • My transaction is too low of an "Effective Fee Rate"
    • Error Composing Dispenser TX - Balance History
    • I entered my created password and stuck on "You will need to unlock..."
  • Getting Support
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  1. Freewallet Functions

Displaying the Seed Phrase and Private Key of your Address(s)

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Last updated 1 year ago

If you would like to show the private key of an address that is currently being displayed on Freewallet, click “Address Actions” and click “View Private Key."

Make sure nobody can see your screen when you view your private keys for any address.

While this Private Key is not the 'password' or 12 seed-passphrase, this is the password for this specific address. Only YOU can keep this information safe. Below is how your private key will be shown to you, but the fact you are seeing this specific private key for this address right now in this User Manual means this address below is 100% compromised and should not be used, ever.

You can also view your private key for all individual addresses quicker by right-clicking the address in your “Change Address” list to either View Address or View Private Key.

Always remember to keep these private keys safe, just like you would of your 12-word passphrase.

Another aspect to be aware of is that the private keys for your Segwit Address #1 is simply the private key for your Legacy Address #1 but with the prefix "p2wpkh:" before it.

This is simply how Segwit private keys work, and is very useful to know.

To view your passphrase (which is the deterministic 'password' for ALL of the addresses in your wallet), navigate to the “Settings” icon in the upper right and make sure you are clicked on the “Wallet” tab.

Make sure nobody can see your screen when you view your private keys for any address or your seed-phrase.

Your passphrase is not visible until you click the button that resembles an eye. If you locked your wallet with a password, you will be prompted to enter it now.

Please take note: Any new addresses (not a part of the original 20) that are created or imported will not automatically load in from the passphrase alone if you log out of Freewallet or lose your device. These can be re-added by simply adding the addresses back into your UI. Read more about this process in the section titled . Each individual address has its own private key and if it is an imported address (not created within this specific Freewallet seed) then it is a top priority to mark down and save any private keys from imported addresses.

It is important to make sure your wallet is password protected and locked as mentioned in the section so this function and all other immutable functions are secured.

Viewing, Creating and Importing Addresses
Locking and Unlocking your Freewallet
The same private key as before but with the Segwit prefix (Segwit Address #1 shown here)