Managed Wallet

When you sign up for Tusky, a dedicated Sui wallet is automatically created and linked to your account. This managed wallet acts as your on-chain identity — it posts every Walrus transaction on your behalf so you never need to manually approve individual blockchain operations.

How it works

Account creation

When you create your Tusky account, a new Sui wallet is provisioned exclusively for you. This is your managed wallet.

Fund the wallet

Deposit SUI (for gas fees) and WAL (for Walrus storage payments) into your managed wallet via prepay.

Automatic transactions

Every time you upload a file, extend storage, or manage epochs, your managed wallet signs and submits the corresponding Sui transactions automatically. No approval prompts, no pop-ups.

Full ownership

All Walrus blob objects created from your uploads are owned by your managed wallet — not a shared pool. You retain individual, auditable ownership of every blob.

What the managed wallet holds

SUI tokens

Used for gas fees on every Sui transaction. Without SUI, no transactions can be submitted.

WAL tokens

Used to pay Walrus storage nodes for the epochs you purchase. WAL is the native token of the Walrus network and is required for every upload.

You need both SUI and WAL in your managed wallet to upload files. If either token balance is zero, uploads will fail.

Managed wallet vs connected wallet

Tusky uses two distinct wallets, each serving a different purpose:

Aspect	Connected Wallet	Managed Wallet
Purpose	Authentication and encryption	On-chain storage operations
Owned by	You (your personal Sui wallet)	Created by Tusky, dedicated to your account
Used for	Signing in, deriving encryption keys, Seal access policies	Publishing blobs, paying gas, paying Walrus storage
Interaction	You sign messages during login and encryption flows	Fully automated — no manual approvals
Tokens held	Your personal funds (not used by Tusky)	SUI + WAL deposited via prepay

Your connected wallet is the wallet you use to log in to Tusky (e.g., Sui Wallet, Suiet). It is never charged for storage operations. Your managed wallet is a separate, Tusky-provisioned wallet that handles all on-chain activity.

Funding your managed wallet

You fund your managed wallet by depositing SUI and WAL tokens through the prepay flow. There is no minimum deposit, and you can top up at any time.

Dashboard
SDK
API

Navigate to Settings → Wallet in the Tusky dashboard to view your managed wallet address and current balances. Send tokens to the displayed address from any Sui-compatible wallet.

const account = await tusky.account.get();
const wallet = account.managedWallet;

console.log("Managed wallet address:", wallet.address);
console.log("SUI balance:", wallet.suiBalance);
console.log("WAL balance:", wallet.walBalance);

curl https://api.tusky.io/v2/account \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Transparency and auditability

Every transaction your managed wallet executes is recorded on the Sui blockchain. You have full visibility into your on-chain activity:

Dashboard — The Wallet section shows recent transactions, costs, and associated file references.
Sui Explorer — Look up your managed wallet address on any Sui block explorer to see the complete transaction history.

Bookmark your managed wallet address in Suiscan or Sui Explorer for quick access to your on-chain transaction history.

Isolated ownership

Your managed wallet is completely isolated from other Tusky users:

Blobs published from your account are owned by your wallet address.
No other user can access, transfer, or modify your blob objects.
Your balance and transaction history are private to your account.

In Tusky v1, all users shared a single publisher wallet, making it difficult to attribute blob ownership. The v2 per-user managed wallet model provides full isolation and clear on-chain ownership.

Ejecting to self-custody

You can eject any of your Walrus blob objects from the managed wallet to your personal Sui wallet at any time. This transfers full on-chain ownership to you.

Select blobs to eject

From the Tusky dashboard or API, choose the blobs you want to transfer and provide your destination Sui wallet address.

Transfer executed

Your managed wallet submits a Sui transaction transferring the blob objects (and their storage reservations) to your personal wallet.

Self-manage

Once ejected, you own the blobs directly on Sui. You can extend storage, transfer ownership, or interact with Walrus independently — Tusky is no longer involved.

Ejected blobs are no longer served through your Tusky aggregator. If you rely on Tusky aggregator URLs, plan your migration before ejecting. See Aggregators for details.

What’s next?

Prepay

Learn how to fund your managed wallet with SUI and WAL.

Publisher

Configure how your data is published to Walrus.

Publishing

Understand the full publishing pipeline from upload to on-chain confirmation.

API Keys

Set up programmatic access with fine-grained permissions.

Get Started

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Aggregators

Billing

Tools

Architecture

Managed Wallet

How it works

What the managed wallet holds

SUI tokens

WAL tokens

Managed wallet vs connected wallet

Funding your managed wallet

Transparency and auditability

Isolated ownership

Ejecting to self-custody

What’s next?

Prepay

Publisher

Publishing

API Keys

Get Started

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Aggregators

Billing

Tools

Architecture

​How it works

​What the managed wallet holds

SUI tokens

WAL tokens

​Managed wallet vs connected wallet

​Funding your managed wallet

​Transparency and auditability

​Isolated ownership

​Ejecting to self-custody

​What’s next?

Prepay

Publisher

Publishing

API Keys

How it works

What the managed wallet holds

Managed wallet vs connected wallet

Funding your managed wallet

Transparency and auditability

Isolated ownership

Ejecting to self-custody

What’s next?