Noso Wallet

In order to manage your Noso funds, you will need a wallet. A wallet allows you to generate new addresses, import or export addresses, delete addresses you no longer want, or lock (password protect) individual addresses that you want to secure. It also allows you to send and receive coins from other Noso Coin holders and keeps a running total of all addresses in your wallet. The main wallet for Noso is called Nosolite and, essentially, is all that you will need to manage your funds in the Noso ecosystem.

At the time of writing this tutorial, Noso has two wallets: NosoWallet and Nosolite. Due to the similarity of their names, they are often confused by users, and the development team is actively working on solving this unfortunate naming issue. At the current state of development, it is recommended to keep and manage funds using the Nosolite wallet and NosoWallet is only required to run a Masternode. In future updates, NosoWallet will be completely replaced by a CLI Node App, and Nosolite will be rebranded to Nosowallet.

IMPORTANT: To hold or manage funds it is strongly advised to use Nosolite. NosoWallet is only meant as a transitionary app to run Masternodes until a CLI Node App is released.

Getting started

To get started with your wallet, go ahead and download the latest release from the Github repository. If your system is not supported by automatic builds. You can compile the wallet to run on your platform following our compiling tutorial. Once downloaded, it is recommended to move the binary to a folder where you wish to keep your wallet files (e.g., Nosowallet).

Start the wallet by double-clicking (on UNIX systems, it may be required to give the wallet permission to execute using chmod). When the wallet starts, you should see a default address that the wallet generates on the first start-up. You will also notice that the wallet automatically creates two folders that accompany the binary called wallet and data. The wallet folder essentially holds the address keys that are required to access your funds. Make sure that you keep the files in the wallet folder private. To backup your wallet just, simply copy the wallet.psk file from the wallet folder to a USB stick or CD for cold storage. The files in the data folder are automatically maintained by the wallet and should not be altered by the user.

Wallet arrangement

The Wallet tab is the main screen of Nosolite that is displayed when you start the wallet. On the top, you can see the sum of all the funds held by your wallet. Below is a table showing all Noso addresses that are associated with your wallet. On the bottom left is a box named “Send coins”, which you will use to transfer funds from one address to another – we will talk about this in detail later. At the bottom of the panel, you find three differently coloured boxes, showing (from left to right) the current block height, the number of circulating coins, the number of active addresses in the Nosoverse and the amount of Noso required for staking.

The Nodes tab shows a table of Masternodes that your wallet connects to. This information may not be of interest to you if you just want to hold or transfer funds but may be interesting to you if you run your own Masternode.

The GVTs tab only shows up when you hold at least one GVT in any of your wallet’s addresses. If you don’t know what GVTs are, you will find more information here (link added soon).

The Log tab essentially prints the log file of your wallet. This feature can be helpful when you encounter any issues with your wallet.

Wallet features

+-Generate a new address
To generate a new address, right-click inside of the wallet. An options panel will pop up. Click on “New”. Voilá, Nosolite created a brand new address in your wallet.
+-Send funds
In the “Send coin” box on the bottom left of the wallet, enter the destination (the public address of the receiving wallet), the amount of Noso you want to send, and an optional reference. Then click on the “Send” button. If you want to reset an entry, you can press the “Clear” button
+-Import addresses
If you want to import an address to your wallet, right-click inside of the wallet and click on “Import”. You can import a file (i.e., the wallet.psk file) or individual keys.
+-Lock addresses
If you would like to protect your wallets, you can lock them with a password. Once locked, nobody will be able to spend your funds unless they know the password. To password protect one of your addresses, select the address, right-click and select “Lock”. The wallet will now ask you to input a password. Make sure that you backup your password. If you forget the password, all your funds will be lost!
+-Address certificate
Noso has the unique feature of creating a certificate as proof of your funds. When you trade Noso peer-to-peer, you might get the request to provide such a certificate. To create the certificate, select the address you want to create the certificate for, right click and select “Certificate”.
+-Address customization
One of Noso’s really powerful tools is the option for custom address names. If you want to switch your long pubkey to something more memorable, select the address you wish to customize, right-click, and select “Customize”.
+-Adding labels
Sometimes it can be helpful to add a label to your address to remember what the address is used for. Nosolite has an option to do just that. If you want to add a label to one of your addresses, select the address, right-click, and select “Label”.

I hope this tutorial will help you to get started with your own Noso wallet. If you are in doubt, please feel free to reach out on Discord or post a question in the comments below.

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