> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dequan.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lightning Wallet

A wallet popup costs you 1–3 seconds on every trade. For analyst-style trading, that's nothing. For sniping, it's the difference between a fill and a chase.

Dequan's **Lightning Wallet** is the optional fix.

## What it is

Lightning Wallet is a custodial Solana wallet that Dequan creates for you and holds securely on its servers. Dequan signs trades on your behalf without requiring a wallet popup on every action.

It is optional for users with a connected Solana wallet. For users who sign in with Google or email and have no external wallet, **Lightning Wallet is your Solana wallet** — your address, your balance, your profits. All in one place.

It is sandboxed. It is withdrawable any time, no questions asked.

## How signing security works

The private key for your Lightning Wallet is **never** stored in plaintext. It is held inside a hardware-backed key management service — the same class of infrastructure used by major banks, exchanges, and institutional crypto custodians for hot-wallet operations.

What that means concretely:

* The key is generated server-side, encrypted, and never transmitted in usable form anywhere outside the signing boundary.
* Cryptographic operations happen inside the hardware boundary, briefly, only when a sign operation is in flight.
* Even Dequan operators cannot read your private key.
* The only thing the system *can* do with the key is sign transactions that match the rules you've enabled.

This is meaningfully more rigorous than "we encrypt the keys at rest" — the hardware-backed boundary provides isolated key material, full audit logging, and replay-resistant access controls.

<Note>
  **You are not transferring custody to Dequan.** You are funding a sandboxed account that you can drain to any Solana address at any time, with one click, no confirmations required. The funds in Lightning Wallet are at every moment yours.
</Note>

## What it solves

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  <Card title="No popup latency" icon="bolt-lightning">
    Trades execute without your main wallet's signing prompt. Click → sign happens server-side → transaction broadcasts. The popup tax is gone.
  </Card>

  <Card title="No popup fatigue" icon="hand">
    Twenty trades in an hour means twenty signing prompts on a normal setup. With Lightning Wallet, twenty trades in an hour is twenty clicks.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mobile-friendly" icon="mobile">
    Mobile wallet popups are particularly slow. Lightning Wallet is the difference between a usable mobile experience and a frustrating one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capped exposure" icon="vault">
    The amount you fund is the maximum that can ever be at risk. Your main wallet is untouched. You decide the cap.
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## Funding it

You fund Lightning Wallet by sending SOL to its address. Three options:

* **One-click deposit** from a connected external wallet — Dequan opens a transfer prompt with the destination prefilled.
* **QR code** — scan with any mobile wallet (Phantom, Solflare, hardware) and send.
* **Manual transfer** — copy the address and send from anywhere, including a Visa/Mastercard on-ramp.

The balance updates within seconds of arrival.

## Withdrawing

One click. Specify the amount and a destination Solana address. The withdrawal is signed by the same KMS pipeline, broadcasts immediately, and settles in seconds. **No withdrawal fees** beyond the on-chain priority fee. **No confirmation period.** **No approval flow.** The funds are yours.

<Note>
  The destination can be **any valid Solana address** — a Phantom wallet, a Coinbase or exchange deposit address, or any other wallet you control. You do not need to have a wallet connected to Dequan to withdraw.
</Note>

## Signed in with Google or email? Your Lightning Wallet is your wallet.

If you signed in with Google or email and never connected an external Solana wallet, your Lightning Wallet **is** your Solana identity on the platform. Your balance, your trade profits, and your SOL all live here.

Your profits accumulate automatically as trades close — there is nothing to "claim". The balance you see in the Lightning Wallet panel is your total.

To move funds out, you need a destination Solana address. If you don't have one yet:

* **Install Phantom** (phantom.app, free, 30 seconds) and use your new wallet address as the withdrawal destination.
* **Use an exchange deposit address** — Coinbase, Kraken, or any exchange that accepts SOL deposits.

Once you have a destination address, open the Lightning Wallet panel → **Withdraw** → paste the address → confirm. Funds arrive in under 30 seconds.

## Auto-enable on first deposit

When your Lightning Wallet receives its first non-zero balance, Lightning Mode auto-toggles ON. The system assumes that funding the wallet means you intend to use it. You can disable this behaviour in settings if you'd rather flip the switch manually.

## Tier-based caps

Each tier has a maximum balance cap on Lightning Wallet:

* **Scout** has a cap appropriate for retail-scale sniping.
* **Sniper** has a higher cap for power users.
* **Apex** has the highest cap for serious traders.

The caps exist for security reasons — they limit your exposure even if something catastrophic ever happened to the signing pipeline. You can always exceed the cap on your main wallet; the cap only governs Lightning.