# Start here

Five minutes from first visit to knowing your way around StampDEX, with no wallet needed until you want to trade, and the three things to know before you do.

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Everything except your own holdings is public. You need a wallet only to buy, sell, or
see what an address you control holds.

## 1. Open the market

Go to [stampdex.fun](https://stampdex.fun). The landing view is the SRC-20 market
board: every token with its floor, volume, holders, and mint progress, and the
deployment transaction that identifies it. `/src20` and `/markets` open the same board.

Click a token to open its page. See [The market board](/docs-stampdex/guides/browse-the-market/).

## 2. Explore stamps

[stampdex.fun/stamps](https://stampdex.fun/stamps) is the stamps side: the artwork
index, collections, live listings, and search. Every stamp page shows the artwork with
its on-chain identity, including its number, creator, supply, and file hash.

## 3. Check the market pulse

`/desk` is the trading desk: volume boards, mint velocity, floor movers, open mints, and
fee pressure in one place. `/activity` shows recent marketplace events.

## 4. Connect a wallet when you want to act

Buying, selling, and seeing your own holdings need a connected wallet. Universe Wallet,
UniSat, Leather, Xverse, and OKX Wallet are supported, and each can do a different set
of things here. See [Wallets](/docs-stampdex/reference/wallets/).
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Connecting shares your address. Nothing else.

## 5. Know these three things before you trade

1. **A ticker is not an identity.** Check the deployment transaction.
   See [Asset identity](/docs-stampdex/concepts/asset-identity/).
2. **The fee is 1.5% per side, with a 500 sat floor per side.** Both sides pay, so a
   trade carries 3% in total. See [Fees](/docs-stampdex/reference/fees/).
3. **An SRC-20 trade puts your BTC in a StampDEX-controlled escrow while it settles.**
   See [Where your funds are](/docs-stampdex/concepts/custody/).

## By goal

| You want to | Read |
| --- | --- |
| Know what actually works here | [What you can and cannot do](/docs-stampdex/capabilities/) |
| Buy an SRC-20 token | [Buy SRC-20](/docs-stampdex/guides/buy-src20/) |
| Sell an SRC-20 token | [Sell SRC-20](/docs-stampdex/guides/sell-src20/) |
| Move a listing to a new price | [Change a listing price](/docs-stampdex/guides/change-a-listing-price/) |
| Collect stamps | [Collect Bitcoin Stamps](/docs-stampdex/guides/collect-stamps/) |
| Track your holdings | [Your portfolio](/docs-stampdex/guides/portfolio/) |
| Build on the API | [API quick start](/docs-stampdex/api/quickstart/) |
| Understand the data | [Data provenance](/docs-stampdex/concepts/data-provenance/) |