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# Shielded vs Wallet Balances

HEAA Dark Pool shows you two balances for every token. Knowing the difference is key to using the app.

### Wallet balance (public)

This is what you hold in your normal Solana wallet — your public, visible balance. It's the money sitting in Phantom right now. Anyone can see it on-chain.

You use your wallet balance to **shield** (move funds into privacy) and it's where funds land when you **unshield**.

### Encrypted balance (private)

This is what you hold inside the dark pool — your private, shielded balance. It's encrypted, so no one but you can see it. This is the balance you **send privately** from.

### Seeing both at once

In the app, each token card shows both numbers side by side:

* **Encrypted** — your private balance for that token.
* **Wallet** — your public balance for that token.

This lets you see, at a glance, how much of each token you have in private versus in the open — so you always know what's available to send privately and what still needs shielding.

### A simple mental model

* Want to **send something privately**? It needs to be in your **encrypted** balance first.
* Just **received funds privately**? They arrive in your encrypted balance (see Notes & the Encrypted Stash).
* Want to **cash out to your normal wallet**? Unshield, and it appears in your **wallet** balance.