SolWipe vs Phantom's Built-In Close Feature: Speed Comparison
Compare SolWipe's batch account closing with Phantom wallet's one-by-one close feature. Which is faster? A real-world speed test.
You might have heard that Phantom wallet lets you close token accounts natively. That's true -- but it's painfully slow for anyone with more than a few accounts. We timed both methods head-to-head, and the results aren't even close.
Phantom's method
Navigate to your token list, scroll to find a zero-balance token (which is often hidden or buried in the list), tap it, select close/remove, confirm the transaction, wait for it to process, then repeat for the next one. Each account takes 15-20 seconds. Now multiply that by however many empty accounts you have.
SolWipe's method
Visit solwipe.com, connect your wallet (5 seconds), automatic scan finds every empty account (3-5 seconds), review the detailed breakdown showing account count and total SOL (5 seconds), click 'Claim' and confirm once in your wallet (10 seconds). Done. Every single empty account closed in one transaction, regardless of how many you have.
Real-world speed comparison:
| # Accounts | Phantom (manual, one-by-one) | SolWipe (batch, one tx) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ~1.5 minutes | ~25 seconds |
| 10 | ~3 minutes | ~25 seconds |
| 25 | ~8 minutes | ~25 seconds |
| 50 | ~15 minutes | ~25 seconds |
| 100 | ~30 minutes | ~25 seconds |
| 200 | ~60+ minutes | ~25 seconds |
At 50 accounts, SolWipe is 36x faster. At 200 accounts, you're saving over an hour of tedious manual work. And that's not counting the time spent scrolling through Phantom's token list to actually find the zero-balance tokens -- they're often hidden behind other assets, adding minutes of searching to the process.
Hidden cost of Phantom's method
Every close in Phantom is a separate transaction with its own network fee (~0.000005 SOL). Close 100 accounts individually and you pay 100 separate network fees. SolWipe batches everything into a single transaction -- one network fee total. For heavy wallets, SolWipe is both faster and cheaper.
The discoverability problem
Phantom doesn't proactively tell you how many empty accounts you have or how much SOL you're losing to rent. You only notice zero-balance tokens if you happen to scroll past them. SolWipe scans your entire wallet automatically and shows you the full picture -- many users are shocked to discover they have 50, 100, or even 300+ empty accounts they never knew about.
The bottom line
Phantom's close feature is fine if you just sold one token and want to clean up that single account. For anything beyond that -- and especially for weekly wallet maintenance -- SolWipe is incomparably faster, cheaper, and more informative. Use the right tool for the job.
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