# Adding a Watch

> Pick a chain, paste a wallet address, choose a nickname — and the watch is live.

**Adding a watch** takes three small steps. Once it is in, the bot begins listening to the wallet's on-chain activity immediately, and the next transfer that meets your threshold triggers a direct message.

## The Flow

1. From the main menu, tap **➕ Add Watch**.
2. **Choose the chain** — *Ethereum*, *Base*, *BNB Chain*, or *Solana*.
3. **Paste the wallet address.** The bot validates the format — `0x…` for *EVM-compatible chains*, base58 for *Solana*. If the address is malformed, the bot will ask you to try again.
4. **Choose a nickname**, or send `skip` to use a shortened form of the address as the label.

Once the address is accepted, the bot replies with a confirmation like `Watch added [1/3]` and the watch is live. The default USD threshold is **$10,000** — tune it from the watch's detail panel at any time.

## The Three-Watch Limit

You can have up to **3** active watches at a time. The cap keeps each wallet's real-time subscription fast and reliable.

- The bot shows the running `[n/3]` count in every add confirmation.
- Trying to add a fourth watch returns a short message prompting you to remove one first.
- Removing a watch frees its slot immediately — see [Managing Watches](/docs/whale/managing-watches).

> **INFO**
>
> If the same address holds tokens on more than one chain, add it once per chain. Each one is an independent watch — you can set a different threshold on each to match what actually matters for that chain.