Talisman wallet: the best UX for the Paraverse
The Paraverse is the ever-expanding network of Polkadot, Kusama and its parachains. These parachains each have unique characteristics, specializations and stories behind them.
There are several ways how to access the Web3 multichain space of Polkadot. The most common way is using the Polkadot JS wallet and extension. This solution has many advantages, but for those without an IT background and a sense of understanding the goals of Polkadot itself, it might be too difficult and not so friendly to use.
Thankfully there are emerging some new wallets such as a Clover Wallet, Polkawallet, Subwallet and of course, the topic of today's article, Talisman wallet.
What is a Talisman wallet?
Talisman is a Web3-type self-custodial crypto wallet. Think about it like a Metamask for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, so you can easily receive, send and store crypto assets both fungible and (later on) also non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Talisman was founded in 2021 and is backed by the best teams in the space including founders of Moonbeam, Acala, HydraDX, RMRK and so on.
Characteristics
With Talisman, you can interact with Polkadot and Kusama and their parachains such as Acala, Astar, Parallel Finance, Bifrost and many more.
You can simply create a new wallet, where you use a password to access your funds and seedphrase for a backup. In your wallet, you can have several accounts with individual balances.
If you were using Polkadot JS wallet before, Talisman enables you an easy migration by using a JSON file or a seedphrase.
Availability
Browser extension
Talisman as a browser extension is now available for Chrome and also for the Firefox browsers.
Talisman web app
Besides the extension, you can use your full-screen Talisman web app, where you can see your assets. Web app can be found under this link https://app.talisman.xyz/portfolio. You can also (later on) view your NFTs.
In the web app, you can also interact with crowdloans
- you have a simple overview of crowdloans you've been involved including rewards
- you can easily contribute to new crowdloans in both Polkadot and Kusama by this interface
Step by step guide to install Talisman wallet
Here are 5 easy-to-follow steps how to install your Talisman wallet extension into your browser:
- In your web browser store, go find Talisman Wallet Extension, it's both in Chrome and Firefox. Then add it to your browser by clicking to Add extension.
2. Click Get started to continue and then read the disclaimer and press Proceed.
3. If you don’t have any Polkadot wallet yet, then Create a new account and add a name for it (you can change that later on).
If you want to use your existing Polkadot JS wallet, just pick Import from seed phrase and follow the instructions.
4. Enter a password for your account.
5. If you’ve just created a new account, backup your seed phrase!
That's it, from now on you can use Talisman extension wallet for your Polkadot and Kusama assets and connect to Web3 dApps!
Polkadotters YouTube tutorial
With our colleague damsky we are preparing a YouTube tutorial on how to set up a Talisman wallet and also how to use it with your favorite Polkadot&Kusama dApps.
Conclusion
Talisman wallet is a very vital alternative to Polkadot JS in terms of user experience. And UX is one of the main issues of the present state of Polkadot JS, so if you were embarrassed using Polkadot assets by the main wallet from Parity, now it's time for you to onboard your DOTs and KSMs once again, with Talisman.
By using the Talisman web extension, you will be able to easily integrate with various different decentralized exchanges, decentralized social media and other types of dApps. And of course, you still send and receive Dotsama tokens and NFTs.
If you were ever complaining about the user experience of your Polkadot JS wallet, it's the perfect time to change your focus. Just follow our instructions, install Talisman wallet and give it a try. You won't regret it while traverse the paraverse!
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