> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.helius.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guides for Wallets & Consumer Applications

> A guided path for building wallets and consumer apps on Solana: live balance updates, transaction feeds, wallet history, token balances, and staking.

Your users expect balances that update instantly and history that loads in one call.

These guides cover the real-time and historical data needs of great wallets and apps.

## Recommended guides

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  <Card title="Show balances that update live" icon="wallet" href="/docs/laserstream/guides/account-subscription">
    Subscribe to account updates and handle ownership and data changes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Stream wallet transactions" icon="tower-broadcast" href="/docs/rpc/websocket/transaction-subscribe">
    Get a live feed of every transaction touching an address
  </Card>

  <Card title="Load wallet history in one call" icon="clock-rotate-left" href="/docs/rpc/migrate-to-gettransactionsforaddress">
    Replace getSignaturesForAddress + getTransaction with a single call
  </Card>

  <Card title="Look up token balances" icon="circle-dollar" href="/docs/rpc/guides/gettokenaccountsbyowner">
    Fetch every token account a wallet owns
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add staking" icon="coins" href="/docs/staking/how-to-stake-with-helius-programmatically">
    Integrate SOL staking with the Helius SDK, from setup to withdrawal
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Browse all guides in the [Guides overview](/docs/guides/overview).

## Key products

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  <Card title="Wallet API" icon="wallet" href="/docs/wallet-api/overview">
    REST endpoints for balances, history, transfers, and wallet identity
  </Card>

  <Card title="Digital Asset Standard (DAS)" icon="images" href="/docs/das-api">
    Tokens, NFTs, and compressed assets through one unified API
  </Card>

  <Card title="Embedded Wallets" icon="key" href="/docs/waas/overview">
    Wallet-as-a-Service: spin up secure embedded wallets for your users
  </Card>

  <Card title="Webhooks" icon="webhook" href="/docs/webhooks">
    Push notifications to your backend when watched addresses change
  </Card>
</CardGroup>