What is Solflare wallet and how does it work?

Solflare wallet is a self-custody crypto wallet made for the Solana blockchain. You use it to store SOL and Solana-based tokens, send and receive them, swap between tokens, stake SOL and connect to Solana apps. Because you hold the recovery phrase, Solflare cannot recover the wallet if you lose it.

What is Solflare used for?

Solflare covers the everyday jobs of a Solana wallet. As of October 2026, its website lists sending and receiving Solana assets, buying crypto inside the wallet, collecting and selling NFTs, staking SOL and trading perpetual futures through an order book run by Phoenix. It is available as a Chrome extension, an iOS and Android app, and a web wallet.

Unlike Phantom, which has added Ethereum and Bitcoin, Solflare works only with Solana. CryptoSlate's review notes it has no native Bitcoin or Ethereum accounts, and its Solana snap for MetaMask was discontinued on May 11, 2026. More on the network itself is in what is Solana.

What does Solflare do when you swap or stake?

Swaps inside Solflare are routed through the Jupiter aggregator, which searches several Solana exchanges for a price. Solflare's help center notes that the default slippage tolerance is 0.5%, a setting for how far the price may move, not a fee. It suggests keeping at least 0.05 SOL in the wallet to pay network fees, since some swaps use several routes. Any route or service charges appear in the quote before you confirm.

Staking delegates SOL to a validator you choose. CryptoSlate reports a 1 SOL minimum for new stakes and a fee of 0.5% to 3% for its Instant Unstake option, while normal unstaking is free but takes time. The general process is covered in how to stake Solana.

How does the Solflare app handle security?

Software accounts are backed by a recovery phrase, and Solflare support cannot restore a lost one. For keys kept off the phone or computer, Solflare connects to Ledger devices and to Keystone over QR codes. It also sells Shield, its own NFC signing card that you tap against your phone. Shield has no screen, and its 12-word phrase is shown only once at setup. CryptoSlate describes Solflare as only partly open source, with some components published on GitHub.

What is the Solflare card?

The Solflare Card is a Mastercard debit card announced in November 2025 for the UK and the European Economic Area. It spends USDC straight from the user's own wallet, with each payment approved in the app, so funds are not moved to a custodian first. The general model is explained in how do crypto cards work.

On July 28, 2026, the cards stopped working after Kulipa, the company that issued them, ceased operating, Journal du Coin reported. USDC stayed in users' wallets, and Solflare said it was preparing a replacement card with a new partner. As of October 2026, card availability should be checked inside the app.