# Whale Bot

> Watch big wallets in real time — a direct message on Telegram every time a large transfer moves in or out of an address you track.

**Whale Bot** is a Telegram companion that lets you monitor the wallets that matter in real time while capitalising on the first signs of movement. Point it at any public wallet — a *whale*, an exchange address, a project treasury — and the bot sends you a direct message the moment a transfer crosses the USD threshold you chose. Even if you only intend to track one address, we recommend you go through the entire document — otherwise you'd be missing out on features like per-*watch* thresholds and batched alerts that keep your inbox sane during busy markets.

## Sections

| Section                                                             | What it covers                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **[Getting Started](/docs/whale/getting-started)**                  | Launching the bot on Telegram, verifying your language, and opening the main menu. |
| **[Adding a Watch](/docs/whale/adding-a-watch)**                    | Picking a chain, pasting an address, and naming your first *watch*.              |
| **[Managing Watches](/docs/whale/managing-watches)**                | Listing, re-thresholding, renaming, and removing the wallets you watch.          |
| **[Alert Notifications](/docs/whale/alert-notifications)**          | What an alert looks like, how transfers are batched, and how values are priced.  |
| **[Privacy](/docs/whale/privacy)**                                  | What the bot stores, what it never asks for, and what a watched address allows.  |
| **[Troubleshooting](/docs/whale/troubleshooting)**                  | What to try when alerts aren't arriving or a watch won't save.                   |
| **[FAQ](/docs/whale/faq)**                                          | Quick answers to the questions users ask most often.                             |

## Supported Networks

| Chain          | Address format                     | Notes                                              |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| *Ethereum*     | `0x…` (40 hex characters)          | EVM-compatible. Full native + token coverage.      |
| *Base*         | `0x…` (40 hex characters)          | EVM-compatible. Full native + token coverage.      |
| *BNB Chain*    | `0x…` (40 hex characters)          | EVM-compatible. Full native + token coverage.      |
| *Solana*       | Base58 string (32–44 characters)   | Non-EVM. Full native + SPL token coverage.         |

> **INFO**
>
> **Whale Bot** only reads public on-chain data. It never has access to your keys, it cannot move funds, and the wallets you watch are not affected in any way — only observed.