Watched-only Accounts

With Talisman’s watched accounts feature, you can follow and view balances of any Polkadot or Ethereum accounts without importing your recovery phrase into Talisman.

Watched accounts will allow you to keep a close eye on your own external addresses ( such as a ledger you don't use often, but you want to track its asset balance) or follow Polkadot and Ethereum accounts of interest and track their activity (such as DAOs, companies or your favourite Web3 celebrity).

In this article you will learn how to add watched accounts during onboarding, in the Talisman wallet and via the Talisman Portal.

During Onboarding

1. After your Talisman wallet is installed, navigate to "Get Started"

1. Set a password

1. Read the privacy notice and opt in/out of analytics and error reporting.

1. Select "add watched account" at the bottom of the screen

1. Select account type (Polkadot or Ethereum)

1. Set an account name and add the account public key/address. If you want to include this accounts balances in your total portfolio balance, toggle on the "include in my portfolio" option. Select "Add" when you have filled in the required fields.

1. The watched account is now added to your accounts list and can be identified by the eye icon next to the account name.

In the Wallet

1. From the pop-up view of Talisman, select "More Options" (indicated by the three dot icon)

1. Select “Add Account”

1. Select "Add Watched Account" at the bottom of the screen

1. Select the account type

1. Set an account name and add the account public key/address. If you want to include the balances of the assets in a watched account to your total portfolio balance, toggle on the "include in my portfolio" option. The button will turn green. Thereafter select "Add".

• By toggling ON the "include in my portfolio" option, the asset balances of the address you are adding as a watched account will be included in your total portfolio balance.

• By toggling OFF the "include in my portfolio" option, the asset balances of the address you are adding as a watched account will NOT be included in your total portfolio balance.

1. The watched account can now be viewed from your Talisman wallet and is identified with an eye icon next to the account name

In the Portal

1. Navigate to the portal at https://app.talisman.xyz/portfolio, and click on the account selector on the top left corner

1. Select follow accounts

1. Set an account name and add the account address/public key. Select Add.

1. The watched account can now be viewed from the Talisman portal and is identified with an eye icon next to the account name.

Note:

• Watched accounts that are added from your Talisman wallet extension will be synced to the Talisman Portal.

• Watched accounts added from the Talisman Portal will not be automatically synced to the Talisman Extension.