Solana wallet tutorial — from zero to first payment

The path

1. 1
   Set up Phantom wallet

   Install on desktop or mobile, save your recovery phrase, switch to mainnet — then fund with SOL.

2. 2
   Connect Phantom to a Solana site

   Approve a wallet-connect request safely — share your public key without moving funds.

3. 3
   Send SOL with Phantom

   Practice a mainnet transfer — recipient address, amount, fees, and confirmation on Solscan.

4. 4
   Learn how to play Garden Dice

   Step-by-step tutorial — free demo roll, wallet connect vs Solana Pay QR, verify fairness on-chain.

5. 5
   Pay on Garden Dice

   Provably fair die roll from 0.001 SOL — free demo first, then wallet connect or Solana Pay QR.

Helpful tools

• First Solana payment walkthrough — end-to-end beginner guide from wallet setup to first on-chain pay.
• Connect a wallet to a Solana dApp — compare Phantom, Solflare, and Backpack connect steps.
• Send SOL on Solana — compare per-wallet transfer walkthroughs before your first dice payment.
• Check your SOL balance — confirm funding before you pay.
• Solana Pay QR — pay from mobile without browser connect.
• Verify a Solana payment — confirm a tx landed on mainnet.

Stuck at payment?

If Phantom says insufficient SOL even though your balance looks fine, part of it may be rent-locked in empty token accounts from spam airdrops — only spendable SOL counts for payments.

• Reclaim Solana rent — close empty token accounts and recover about 0.002 SOL each.
• Solana wallet cleanup — hide spam tokens, reclaim rent, and check spendable balance.
• Solana insufficient SOL — compare Phantom, Solflare, and Backpack balance fixes.
• Solana transaction failed — wrong network, cancelled approval, or detection lag.

Ready to roll?

Garden Dice reveals the commit hash before you pay so you can verify fairness after the roll. Not a casino with payouts — pay-per-roll entertainment with on-chain transparency.