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Liquid Connect

Connect your wallet to a website

Liquid Connect lets you use your SideSwap wallet on websites such as sideswap.io. A website you connect can see your balances, but it can never move your funds. You approve every payment and every swap in your wallet.

sideswap.io/guides/connect-your-wallet · Updated 9 Oct 2026

Liquid Connect

Connect your wallet to a website

Liquid Connect lets you use your SideSwap wallet on websites such as sideswap.io. A website you connect can see your balances, but it can never move your funds. You approve every payment and every swap in your wallet.

5 min readUpdated 9 Oct 2026New SideSwap walletPreview
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Connect to this website, for sideswap.io on Liquid testnet, with what it can and cannot do, Reject and Allow.

At a glance

A website seesBalances, assets and historyOf this wallet, past and future
A website canAsk, never spendEvery payment and signature is approved in your wallet
You approve withAllow or RejectEach request shows how long it stays open
Works withSideSwap on your phone or computer

Before you start

  • A SideSwap wallet. New to SideSwap? Start with Get started.
  • The website and your wallet on the same network. A page on testnet needs a wallet on testnet.
  • A website you trust. Connecting shares your full history with it.

How it works

You start on the website and finish in your wallet. The website never gets your keys. It sends requests, and your wallet shows each one for you to approve.

One connection
The website
You click Connect wallet
Your wallet
Shows what the site will see
Connected
The site shows your balances

Step by step

  1. Activate Liquid Connect

    The first time, your wallet asks you to activate Liquid Connect. You can also start it from the Liquid Connect card on Home. Activating gives SideSwap’s payment service a watch-only view, so websites can send you requests. It can never spend or sign. If a website is already waiting, the wallet says so. Tap Activate.
    Activate Liquid Connect
    Activate Liquid Connect, with the payment service explained, the network, A connection request is waiting, Not now and Activate.

  2. Click Connect wallet on the website

    On sideswap.io or another website that supports Liquid Connect, click Connect wallet. On a computer, choose Desktop to open the SideSwap app on that computer, or Mobile to scan a QR code with the app on your phone. On a phone, the link opens the app and brings you back afterwards.

  3. Check the request

    Your wallet shows the site and its network, then what the site can do. It can see this wallet and ask it to pay, it records positions it opens for you, and it cannot spend or sign without you. The request expires after the time shown.
    Connect to this website?
    The connect request for sideswap.io with Can, Registers, Cannot and Expires, and Reject and Allow.

  4. Allow

    Tap Allow if the site is the one you are on. If you use a PIN, Allow asks for it. The website now shows your balances. Tap Reject if you did not start this or do not trust the site.

  5. You can be paid now

    On Liquid testnet, after your first website, the wallet tells you it is in the directory. Anyone with your Wallet ID can now send you Liquid assets. Tap Set up to add a handle and contacts, or Not now. You can pick this up later under Liquid Connect, see Get paid with a handle. Liquid mainnet has no directory yet, so this step does not appear there.
    You can be paid now
    You can be paid now, with the Wallet ID and the optional steps to make it easier to pay you.

What a website sees

Can seeAddresses, balances, assets and historyOf this wallet, past and future
Can ask forPayments, swaps and signaturesEach one waits for your approval
Can recordPositions it creates for youYour wallet checks each one against the chain
Can neverSpend, sign or see your recovery phrase

Connect only to sites you trust

Watch-only access shows a site your full past and future activity in this wallet. Disconnecting stops a website’s requests, but a site that has seen these keys can keep following the wallet’s activity.

Good to know

Approve only what you started

On a computer, a connection you just started on a website opens in the wallet by itself. Anything you did not start yourself, reject.

The request expired

Each request stays open for a short time, shown on the website and in the wallet. If it runs out, click Connect wallet again.

The wallet could not accept the request

The website and the wallet are probably on different networks. Switch the wallet to the website’s network and connect again.

Not now

If you tap Not now when asked to activate, the website is told and nothing is shared. You can activate later from Home.

Disconnect

Your connected websites are listed under Liquid Connect in the wallet. Disconnect any of them there, or all at once.

Still stuck

Look your transaction up first. If it still looks wrong, write to support with the Bitcoin transaction ID.

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SideSwap guide · sideswap.io/guides/connect-your-wallet · Updated 9 Oct 2026. Fees and times can change, the guide online is always current.