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# Stealth Funding: Fund Wallets Without a Trail

> Send ETH to your wallets through an exchange so no one can trace a link between your main wallet and your launch wallets.

On a public blockchain, funding is the easiest way to get caught. If one wallet sends ETH to 95 others, every tracking tool draws the connection instantly. **Stealth funding** breaks that link.

## The problem it solves

Tracking tools (like Bubblemaps) group wallets together by looking at who funded them. Direct funding — even from a fresh wallet — leaves a permanent, public trail: one wallet, ninety-five wallets paid, all in one go. Anyone can see your buyers are linked, forever.

## How it works

Instead of sending ETH wallet-to-wallet on the blockchain, stealth funding sends each wallet's ETH **through a crypto exchange**:

1. Your ETH goes into exchange accounts
2. Each buyer wallet gets its ETH as a withdrawal from the exchange
3. On the blockchain, each wallet's money appears to come from a big exchange used by thousands of normal people

The result: no visible link between your wallets, and no link to you. Each one just looks like a different, unrelated person taking money off an exchange.

## Stealth vs. direct

|                           | Direct funding                   | Stealth funding                      |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Speed                     | One transaction, done in a block | Slower — exchange takes time         |
| Cost                      | One transaction's gas            | Exchange fees (budget a few % extra) |
| Link between buyers       | Yes — one visible funder         | No — each looks funded on its own    |
| Link to your owner wallet | Already separate                 | Fully separate                       |
| Best for                  | Most launches                    | Privacy-critical launches            |

## Where to find it

Stealth funding is an option in **step 2 of [funding your wallets](/guides/fund-wallets)**, on Ethereum mainnet. Pick it instead of direct funding when you set up your wallets. The app handles everything and shows you the total cost — including the exchange buffer — before you commit.

<Note>
  Add a little extra when using stealth mode. Exchange fees mean each wallet should hold a bit more than just its buy plus gas.
</Note>

## Related

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