Learn SideSwap step by step
Short guides for the SideSwap wallet and the Liquid Network. Each one follows the app screen by screen and comes as a PDF too.
Get started
Set up the wallet, keep it safe and bring it back on a new device.
Get started with SideSwap
Install the app, create your wallet, write down your recovery phrase and receive your first coins.
Back up and restore your wallet
Keep your recovery phrase safe, restore on a new device and know what a first scan looks like.
Use Jade with SideSwap
Connect a Blockstream Jade, keep your keys on the device and sign with it.
Liquid Connect
Use your wallet on websites, trade on sideswap.io and get paid by handle.
Connect your wallet to a website
What Liquid Connect is, what one approval gives a website and what it never can.
Trade on sideswap.io from your wallet
Swap at market or place limit orders on sideswap.io and approve every trade in your wallet.
Approve what a website asks
Read a signature request, see what leaves and what arrives, and let small trades sign themselves.
Manage connected websites
See which websites are connected and disconnect any of them.
Get paid with a handle
Choose a handle, verify your email or phone and get paid without sharing an address.
Add contacts and pay them
Find friends already on SideSwap, pair with them and pay a contact in a few taps.
Receive and pay
Move bitcoin and USDt in and out of Liquid and follow every step.
Move bitcoin to Liquid
Send BTC to your SideSwap wallet and get L-BTC on Liquid, usually after two Bitcoin confirmations.
Track a transaction or a peg
Find any payment, swap or peg, read its status and check it on the explorer yourself.
Export your history
Download your transactions as CSV for your accounts or your tax return.
Swap and trade
Swap in one tap or trade on the order books, with no custody.
Instant Swap
Swap between L-BTC, USDt and other assets in one step at a firm quoted rate.
The Swap Market in the desktop app
Place, change and cancel orders on the order books, online or offline, public or private.
How swaps work
Why a swap removes custody and settlement risk, and what happens under the hood.
Liquid, privacy and safety
How the Liquid Network works and how to stay safe on it.
Staying safe
Spot fake support and copycat sites, and why a sent transaction cannot be reversed.
Privacy and the Liquid Network
Confidential Transactions, what blockchain analysis can and cannot see, and AMP assets.
For partners and issuers
Issue assets, provide liquidity and build on SideSwap.
AMP assets and securities
What an AMP ID is, how an issuer approves your wallet, and how to receive and trade securities.
Market making and the API
Stream orders with the dealer, swap from your own program and connect your service to SideSwap.
