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Depositing locks your tokens into the Cove shielded pool on Solana mainnet. Once the transaction confirms, Cove generates a claim link that encodes everything the recipient needs to redeem the funds. No link is created until the deposit is fully confirmed on-chain.

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Supported tokens and minimums

You need slightly more SOL in your wallet than the deposit amount. Solana charges a small transaction fee (approximately 0.002 SOL) on top of the deposit. This applies even when depositing USDC or USDT, because the fee is always paid in SOL.

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Deposit flow

1

Select a token

On the send page, click the token selector on the right side of the amount field and choose SOL, USDC, or USDT.
2

Enter an amount

Type the amount you want to deposit. The field shows the minimum for the selected token. The Generate claim link button stays disabled until you enter a valid amount at or above the minimum.
3

Click Generate claim link

Click the Generate claim link button. Cove contacts the server to prepare the deposit transaction and proof. The status panel shows Preparing deposit and generating proof… while this happens.
4

Sign in your wallet

Your wallet extension opens and asks you to sign the transaction. The status panel shows Waiting for wallet signature…. Review the transaction details and approve it.
5

Transaction is submitted

Cove submits the signed transaction to Solana. The status panel shows Submitting transaction to Solana….
6

Confirmation on-chain

Cove waits for the transaction to reach confirmed status on Solana mainnet. The status panel shows Confirming on chain… along with the first characters of the transaction signature. This usually takes a few seconds.
7

Claim link is ready

Once confirmed, the status panel shows Deposit confirmed and displays your claim link along with the full transaction signature. Copy the link and send it to your recipient.

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Status reference

The send page moves through the following statuses in order:
Cove saves your deposit to browser localStorage before any network call is made. If the page crashes or you close the tab after signing but before the claim link appears, you can recover the link from the Dashboard.