> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://gerfaut-wallet.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Balance and history
> Open a wallet in Gerfaut, read its balance and pending amounts, sync it, browse its transactions, hide every amount and export the history as CSV.
Open a wallet to read its balance, sync it and browse its transactions.
## Open a wallet
**Android**
Select a wallet card on the home screen. The wallet page opens with the balance on top, then the `Transactions` and `UTXOs` tabs.
**Desktop**
Select the wallet switcher at the top of the sidebar, then a wallet. Overview, Transactions, UTXOs, Policy, Receive and Export then show that wallet.
## Read the balance
`Total balance` already counts the transactions that are not in a block yet. An amber line under it shows the part in transit, such as `+0.00050000 BTC`. To add a fiat value under each amount, see [Units and fiat](/docs/settings/units-and-fiat).
A note replaces the amber line when the figure is not current:
* **`Not synced yet.`:** The wallet never synced.
* **`Sync failed: nothing fetched yet.`:** The first sync failed.
* **`Sync failed: showing the last known balance.`:** A later sync failed.
> **Read the Overview cards on desktop**
>
> Three links under the balance count the UTXOs and the transactions, and sum up the policy, such as `2 of 3 keys`. Each one opens the matching page. Five cards surround the balance:
>
> * **Bitcoin price:** The price in your currency, with its change over `1D`, `1W`, `1M` or `1Y`, from your [price source](/docs/settings/units-and-fiat#show-the-fiat-value).
> * **Shortcuts:** `Backup & sync` and `Manage wallets`, two links into the settings.
> * **Watch status:** `Last sync`, `Backend` and `Block`, plus `Live watch` when [Live cannot follow every address](/docs/settings/notifications#see-which-wallets-wait-for-the-next-sync).
> * **Balance history:** The balance of the wallet over time, as a chart.
> * **Latest activity:** The five latest transactions.
## Sync a wallet
Gerfaut syncs your wallets when it opens. With [notifications](/docs/settings/notifications#check-when-notifications-arrive) on, it also syncs a wallet when Live hears a transaction on it, or at each background check on Android while Live is off.
**Android**
Pull the home screen down, or select the sync button in the app bar. The line on the wallet page then reads `Synced 2 min ago · mempool.space`, or starts with `Sync failed`, with the reason below.
**Desktop**
Select **Sync all** at the bottom of the sidebar to sync every wallet of the network now. The line under the title of Transactions and UTXOs then reads `Synced 2 min ago · mempool.space`, or starts with `Sync failed`. Point at a failure to read its reason, or see `Last sync` on the Overview.
> [!NOTE]
>
> A sync also finds a payment to an address Gerfaut never showed, up to the gap limit past the last one it revealed. For coins further out, raise the `Gap limit` in **Settings** > **Wallets**, then select **Rescan** on the wallet.
## Browse the history
**Android**
Select the `Transactions` tab of the wallet page. A clock marks a pending transaction, and a check mark a transaction in a block.
**Desktop**
Select **Transactions** in the sidebar. Each row shows its status:
* **`Pending`:** The transaction is not in a block yet.
* **`1 conf` to `5 conf`:** The number of confirmations so far.
* **`Confirmed`:** Six confirmations or more.
Pending transactions come first, then the others, newest first. Select a row to [open the transaction](/docs/everyday-use/transaction-details).
## Hide every amount
**Android**
Select **More**, then **Hide balances**. **Show balances** brings them back.
**Desktop**
Select **Hide amounts** at the bottom of the sidebar. **Show amounts** brings them back.
Every amount becomes `•••••`, on balances, transactions, the Android widgets and the desktop chart. Notifications leave the amount out.
**Android**
**Desktop**
## Export the history as CSV
**1. Open the export page**
**Android**
On the wallet page, select **More**, then **Export CSV**.
**Desktop**
Select **Export** in the sidebar.
**2. Set the filters**
Under `Date range`, leave `From` and `To` empty to export the full history, or set the first and last day:
**Android**
Select `From` or `To` and pick the day.
**Desktop**
Enter each day as `YYYY-MM-DD`, such as `2026-01-31`. Gerfaut reads whole days in UTC, the time zone of the dates in the file.
Under `Direction`, keep `All` or select `Received` or `Sent`. Pending transactions have no date, so `Include pending` only applies without dates.
**3. Save the file**
**Android**
Select **Save file** or **Share**.
**Desktop**
Select **Export CSV…** and pick where to save the file.
The file carries the wallet name, such as `cold-storage-transactions.csv`. It holds one row per transaction, oldest first, with the transaction id, date, block, confirmations, direction, amount and fee.
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