Solana wallet simulator: SOL, SPL tokens and what a mockup cannot show

SOL on top, a stablecoin, a tail of SPL tokens: how a Solana wallet screen is put together, and where a mockup stops.

Published: 1 October 2026

SOL on top, then the chain's own tokens

A Solana wallet screen is recognised by what it holds, not by a logo: SOL at or near the top, a stablecoin, then tokens that only exist on Solana. The wallet behind it usually holds some SOL as well, since fees on Solana are paid in SOL. Our terms (section 3) rule out reproducing another publisher's branding or name, and the screen needs neither: the tokens do the work.

SPL tokens: two built in, the rest typed

Every other token on Solana is an SPL token: a mint that sets its supply and its decimals (USDC's has six), with each balance kept in its own token account. Of the five marks the simulator draws, SOL and USDC belong on a Solana screen; ETH, BTC and HYPE are extras there, to keep small or, in the paid wallet, remove.

Any other SPL token is a custom row: a letter badge or an uploaded icon, a symbol of up to eight characters, and a price and day change you type (which tokens a mockup can show). Two things follow on video, both about keeping the screen from pulling attention away from what you explain:

• The typed price never moves. Beside rows that reprice every 4 seconds, a still one draws the eye (when movement matters). Placed below the live rows, custom rows keep the focus where you are talking.
• Its sheet has no chart. Tap a custom token and the chart area says "Price history unavailable for this token". SOL's sheet opens a real chart, so a lesson that needs one uses SOL's.

Try a SOL-first wallet on the demo

SOL divides into nine decimals; the smallest unit, the lamport, is 0.000000001 SOL. Our list shows five decimals below 1,000 SOL and two above. The image at the top was drawn at a stored price of $96.73, not a quote, so its 64.18237 SOL row reads $6,208.36; live, that quantity is multiplied by the market price every 4 seconds. Eight decimals are covered in the Bitcoin wallet simulator post, mixed chains in the portfolio mockup post.

The free demo keeps its five rows in a fixed order (SOL, ETH, BTC, HYPE, USDC), so a SOL-first list sorted by value needs values in that order. Seven of the twelve changes are enough:

1. Tap +, then Add Cash: each token shows its live price.
2. Pick a value for SOL, say about $6,183, divide it by that price and type the result as the quantity.
3. Do the same with smaller values for ETH, BTC and HYPE, say about $1,167, $652 and $409.
4. Set USDC to 287.35, worth almost exactly its quantity.
5. Rename the wallet, then add cash if the scene needs it.

Close the settings and watch the SOL row reprice, then tap SOL: its chart opens on the live range. If you record it, keep a Mockup label in the frame the whole time (the larp wallet tutorial covers where).

What a real Solana wallet shows that a simulator cannot

• An address: a 32-byte public key in base58, 32 to 44 characters, that anyone can open on an explorer. The simulator's address-like labels resolve nowhere, and the pattern on its receive sheet encodes nothing.
• Signatures: every transaction is identified by one, and an explorer looks it up. The simulator signs nothing.
• Fees: the Solana documentation sets the base fee at 5,000 lamports per signature, half burned and half paid to the validator, plus an optional priority fee. The simulator sends nothing, so it shows none.
• Token and stake accounts: each SPL balance lives in its own token account, and staked SOL sits in stake accounts many wallets list apart.

Those are also what settles a claim about holdings: the address on an explorer, then a message you choose, signed from that wallet. A screenshot plays no part in it, and our terms forbid presenting one as proof of funds (the tells of a composed wallet screenshot help you doubt an image).

Questions

Why do Solana wallets usually hold some SOL?

Because fees on Solana are paid in SOL: the base fee is 5,000 lamports per signature, and each token account keeps a small SOL deposit to stay rent-exempt. A wallet can hold none, for instance when another account pays its fees, but a wallet that holds other Solana tokens usually has a SOL row as well.

Can I add a Solana token that is not built in?

Yes, in the paid wallet: choose Custom, type a name, a symbol and a price, then pick a badge colour or upload a square icon. The free demo has only its five built-in tokens.

Does a Solana wallet simulator connect to the Solana network?

No. It reads no address, calls no Solana node and holds no key; the only outside data it uses is public market prices for its built-in tokens. It cannot sign, so it cannot send, stake or swap anything, and nothing on the screen can be checked on an explorer.