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. Getting Started

Where can I access Freewallet?

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Last updated 5 months ago

Freewallet is available at . There is a desktop version, a mobile version and a browser extension of Freewallet.

Freewallet Mobile Version is a verified app in the .

It is recommended by the community to use the Desktop Version as it includes a significant amount of features the Mobile Version does not. All versions are open-source and downloadable at the official .

Since the desktop version is the most updated with recent additions to the Counterparty code, all help and tutorials in this User Manual are currently for the Desktop Version 2.0.1 on Mac OS, Linux or Windows OS.

  • For Linux 32 bit operating system download - FreeWallet.linux32.tgz

  • For Linux 64 bit operating system download - FreeWallet.linux64.tgz

  • For Windows 7/10/11 32 bit operating system download - FreeWallet.win32.exe

  • For Windows 7/10/11 64 bit operating system download - FreeWallet.win64.exe

  • For Mac operating system download - FreeWallet.osx64.dmg

  • The Source Code and Checksums are also included in all releases

  • After mounting the Freewallet .dmg on Mac OS Desktop it is important to drag the Freewallet app to the ‘Applications folder.’

Always be careful and always verify the software is from which is the official site for download and the Freewallet Desktop Version is NOT available in the Apple Mac Store, only the older and outdated Freewallet Mobile Version.

You can find a list of all updates for both Mobile and Desktop .

The more updated and recent Desktop Version is still flagged on Mac OS Desktop with a banner stating “This App is not from the App Store” message. This issue is already section.

Please refer to for guidance to correctly install Freewallet Desktop Version. The process includes going to your "Settings" - then "Privacy" - and then clicking "Open Anyway".

A similar security flag also occurs when using Windows, and is due to .

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