Source: https://cryptanio.com/wiki/accept-crypto-donations-to-your-wallet/
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# How to accept cryptocurrency donations directly into your wallet

Prepare a support page\, connect receiving addresses and show your audience how to donate using the correct network\.

Updated: 2026-11-14

In Cryptanio\, you can create a public support page and share its link in a profile\, channel description\, or project page\. Visitors choose an available network and asset\, obtain a receiving address\, and send an amount of their choice themselves\. The donation arrives in your wallet\; creating this page requires neither a website of your own nor programming\.

This workflow suits a creator\, community\, or open\-source project collecting voluntary support\. The page explains who the visitor is supporting and what the transfer is for\. To charge an agreed price for a particular purchase\, use a payment link with a fixed amount instead\.

## What to prepare {#what-to-prepare}

You need a verified Cryptanio account with permission to create pages\, a project for collecting donations\, and public addresses from your wallets\. Start with one network available in the dashboard and its base coin\: this makes the setup easier to check and the transfer method easier to explain\.

Use addresses you control and where you can check incoming funds\. Adding a public address does not require a private key or recovery phrase\. Also check the allowance for active pages in «Donations»\.

Prepare a short title and description beforehand\. For example\, “Support the podcast” and “Donations help us record new episodes and pay for editing”\. Visitors should understand the page\'s purpose before choosing how to transfer funds\.

## Step 1\. Connect the wallet to the project {#step-1-connect-the-wallet-to-the-project}

Open «Donations»\, select the project and the «Addresses» section\. Click the plus button «Add addresses»\. On the «Manually» tab\, select the network\, paste the public address and wait for the validation result\. Similar address formats do not make networks interchangeable\.

In the address usage settings\, select «One asset»\. For the selected network\'s native coin\, leave «Asset» blank and keep «Incoming» enabled\. Use live mode for real donations\. Click «Add address» and complete any security confirmation displayed\.

If the address is already saved\, use the «Address book» tab in the same window and connect the entry to this project\. Check that the connection is active and the selected network is available\. This manual workflow needs a free address that can be assigned to a payment request\.

Select the same project in which you will create the support page\. An address saved in the general address book or connected to another service does not replace connecting it to «Donations»\.

## Step 2\. Set up the support page {#step-2-set-up-the-support-page}

In the prepared project\, open «Campaigns» and click «New donation page»\.

In «Title»\, enter a name for the collection\. In «Link name»\, choose a unique link name using lowercase Latin letters\, digits\, and dashes\. Choose a name your audience will understand and that will still make sense after the next episode or project update\.

This is an open\-amount page\: the sender chooses the donation amount when sending from their wallet\. For a pre\-agreed amount\, use the separate «Links» service and a fixed\-amount payment link\.

In «Purpose»\, briefly explain the purpose of the support\. State who runs the project and how donations will be used\. If support is voluntary\, do not describe it as a required purchase or promise to grant paid access in return\.

In «Accepted assets»\, select the network and asset pair you prepared\. Offer only payment methods for which you have already connected your addresses to this project\. Once you have checked the first option\, you can edit the page and add other available methods\.

## Step 3\. Choose what to ask the sender {#step-3-choose-what-to-ask-the-sender}

Enable «Allow the donor to leave a message» if you want to receive comments\. The «Comment» field on the payment form is optional\. The form does not ask for the sender\'s email\; arrange contact details for thanks or follow\-up separately outside it\.

Visitors do not need to register with Cryptanio to obtain payment details and submit a comment\. The recipient sees the message in their account\; it is not published to other visitors\. Explain where messages go if you invite people to write through the form\.

Click «Create»\. The page appears in «Donation pages»\. Open its menu and select «Copy link»\.

## Step 4\. Check the visitor\'s path {#step-4-check-the-visitor-s-path}

Open the copied link in a separate browser window\. Check that the title and description display correctly and that the visitor can understand who they are supporting\.

Select the network and asset and check the optional comment if it is enabled\. Test the full path through «Get payment details» during a real donation or with a spare free address\. In the manual pool described here\, this step reserves an address for a specific attempt\; if only one address is free\, leave obtaining payment details to the sender\.

After «Get payment details»\, the visitor sees the address and the payment deadline for that attempt\. When checking yourself\, make sure it is an address in your wallet on the selected network\. Prepare several free addresses for simultaneous attempts in a manual pool\.

The sender chooses the amount in their wallet and makes the transfer\. If they return later\, the browser may restore the previous attempt\: check its deadline and state rather than treating reopening as issuing new payment details\. Do not send using expired details\; arrange the next payment step with the recipient\. If a transfer has already been sent\, establish what happened to it before paying again\.

Share the link from «Donation pages»\. You can put it in a profile description\, below a podcast episode\, in a community\'s pinned message\, or on an open\-source project page\. New visitors will then each start by choosing their own payment method\.

## How to see received donations {#how-to-see-received-donations}

Open «Received» in the same project\. It shows received amounts\, assets\, networks\, times and any messages left\. Check the status and reconcile entries with receipts in your wallet\; pay particular attention to transfers sent after the displayed deadline\.

## Common questions {#common-questions}

**Why is the page not accepting a new donation\?** Check service and network availability and that the page is not archived\. The manual workflow described here needs an active address connected to this project\'s «Donations» service and a free address for a new attempt\. Addresses occupied by current requests are temporarily unavailable for a new allocation\.

**Can I change the description\?** Choose «Edit» for the page and update the relevant fields\. To keep the link you have already shared\, do not change «Link name»\.

**How do I close the collection\?** Select «Archive» in the page menu\. New requests stop being created\, while the history remains in your account\. Archiving does not cancel previously issued payment details or transfers already sent\: check them separately\. This action does not refund funds\.

Tags: [Donations](https://cryptanio.com/wiki/tag/donations/)