# thedark

> thedark (https://thedark.app) is a non-custodial Solana wallet recovery tool. It scans any Solana address for SOL locked in empty token accounts (rent), excess rent left after Solana's 2026 rent reduction (SIMD-0437), small token balances ("dust"), dead/rugged tokens, wrapped SOL and risky token approvals — then builds transactions the user signs in their own wallet to recover the SOL.

Key facts:
- Scanning is free and read-only (public address only, no wallet connection).
- Recovery fee: 12% of recovered SOL (5% for Pro), taken inside the same transaction; nothing is charged if nothing is recovered. Revoke-only transactions have no fee.
- Pro: $5 per 30 days, paid in SOL via Solana Pay; monitors up to 10 wallets with email/Telegram alerts.
- Referral: 20% of the fee is paid on-chain to the referrer in the same transaction.
- Safety: thedark never asks for seed phrases or private keys; every transaction is simulated before signing; real positions (>$5), NFTs, frozen and confidential accounts are never touched; burning is opt-in.
- Legacy token accounts hold 2,039,280 lamports (~0.00204 SOL); since September 2026 new 165-byte accounts need 1,488,440 lamports.

## Pages
- [Scan a wallet](https://thedark.app/scan): free scan of up to 5 addresses
- [Recover](https://thedark.app/recover): connect wallet and sign recovery transactions
- [Pro](https://thedark.app/pro): lower fee, monitoring and alerts
- [Live stats](https://thedark.app/stats): on-chain verified recovery statistics
- [Referral program](https://thedark.app/referral)
- [FAQ](https://thedark.app/faq)

## Guides
- [How to reclaim SOL rent from your Solana wallet](https://thedark.app/guides/how-to-reclaim-sol-rent): Step-by-step: find the SOL locked in empty token accounts and get it back by closing them — safely, in a few clicks.
- [Excess rent: get SOL back from accounts you keep (SIMD-0437)](https://thedark.app/guides/excess-rent-simd-0437): Solana lowered its rent rate in 2026. Older accounts hold more than they now need — here is how the difference can be withdrawn without closing them.
- [How to close empty token accounts on Solana](https://thedark.app/guides/close-empty-token-accounts): What empty token accounts are, why wallets leave them behind, and how to close them in bulk to recover SOL.
- [What is rent on Solana? A plain-English explanation](https://thedark.app/guides/what-is-solana-rent): Rent is the SOL deposit every Solana account keeps to stay on-chain. Here is how it’s calculated and why you can get it back.
- [How to revoke token approvals (delegates) on Solana](https://thedark.app/guides/revoke-token-delegates): Old token approvals let another address move your tokens. Learn how to find and revoke them.
- [How to convert token dust to SOL on Solana](https://thedark.app/guides/dust-to-sol): Turn the leftover crumbs of tokens you traded into SOL in one pass, and reclaim the account rent at the same time.
- [Should you burn dead tokens on Solana?](https://thedark.app/guides/burn-dead-tokens): When burning a rugged or abandoned token makes sense, what it gets you back, and why it is always your call.

## Optional
- [Full text for LLMs](https://thedark.app/llms-full.txt)