Getting started with Sui
Everything here runs on Sui. You interact with each tool through its hosted web app using a Sui wallet. This page covers the basics that apply to all of them.
1. Get a Sui wallet
Install a Sui wallet browser extension (for example Slush, the official Sui wallet, or any wallet that supports the Sui wallet standard). Create or import an account and keep your recovery phrase safe — no one at Meddleware can recover it for you.
2. Choose a network: testnet vs mainnet
Sui has separate networks:
- Testnet — a free sandbox using test SUI with no real value. Best for trying things out. The Meddleware tools currently run against testnet.
- Mainnet — the real network, where SUI has value. Some tools are mainnet-pending; each app shows its current network in the header.
Make sure your wallet is set to the same network as the app you're using. On testnet you can get free test SUI from the Sui faucet.
You need a little SUI for gas
Every on-chain action (a purchase, an upload registration, extending a blob) costs a small gas fee in SUI. On testnet this is free from the faucet; on mainnet it's real but typically tiny.
3. Open a tool and connect
Each tool has its own subdomain, and they're all available together in the dashboard:
| Tool | App |
|---|---|
| Dashboard (every tool, one wallet connection) | dash.meddleware.co.uk |
| Walrus Storage | sui-walrus-storage.meddleware.co.uk |
| Sealed Storage | sui-sealed-storage.meddleware.co.uk |
| Access Gate | sui-access-gate.meddleware.co.uk |
| Token Issuance | sui-token-issuance.meddleware.co.uk |
| Treasury | treasury.meddleware.co.uk |
Click Connect and approve the connection in your wallet. The dashboard shares one wallet connection across every tool embedded in it.
- Browsing the Treasury console needs no wallet — it's read-only.
- Uploading, encrypting, buying, or managing needs a connected wallet to sign transactions.
4. Understand what's on-chain
A recurring theme across these tools: the blockchain is the source of truth. Prices, ownership, commission, and access rules are enforced by Sui smart contracts, not by the web app. The apps are thin front-ends — they show you state and help you build transactions, but they can't override what the chain says. Anything an app displays can be independently verified on a Sui explorer.
Next steps
- How the tools fit together — the big picture.
- Jump into a tool: Walrus Storage · Sealed Storage · Access Gate · Treasury.