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i have updated the images with the new app design and made some few changes as there is much difference between the new and old app
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### What is a wallet and how do I find it? {#wallet}
A wallet is a secure, digital wallet used to store, send and receive cryptocurrencies like LBRY Credits(LBC). The LBRY App comes with its own wallet and is stored locally on your computer and nowhere else! **It is critical that you [backup your wallet data](https://lbry.io/faq/how-to-backup-wallet) in case you lose access to your PC or need to [migrate](https://lbry.io/faq/backup-data) to a new one.**
In the app, you can find your wallet in the top-right hand corner, next to the bank icon. Clicking it will bring you to the wallet overview page which shows your balance, available Rewards and recent transactions.
![Find wallet](https://spee.ch/6f82ff233910eebeb0f32f69710bd98c6a6bcb2a/walletaccess.png)
To find your wallet in the LBRY App, click on wallet on the left side of the App. Clicking it will bring you to the wallet overview page which shows your balance, available Rewards and recent transactions.
![Find wallet](https://spee.ch/4/wallet2.jpeg)
The LBRY wallet is different from other cryptocurrencies because it also stores your shared content's metadata in the form of [claims](https://lbry.io/faq/naming) when using the [publishing features]((https://lbry.io/faq/how-to-publish). Claim related [wallet transactions](https://lbry.io/faq/transaction-types) ensure that the blockchain uniquely identifies your content and the payment/tips can be routed appropriately.
### Where do I find my LBC wallet address?
You can find your address by first clicking on the bank icon in the top right, then navigating to the Send/Receive tab. Your wallet holds multiple receiving addresses, and new ones can be generated by clicking "Get New Address". Your wallet balance is the sum total of all the LBC available in each of your addresses.
![Find address](https://spee.ch/6fff389043fadcf16ade8b0b8f6125834652e1c2/walletaddress.png)
You can find your address by first clicking on Wallet on the leftside of the LBRY APP.
![wallet](https://spee.ch/4/wallet21.jpeg)
then navigating to the Send/Receive tab.
![wallet](https://spee.ch/0/snr.jpeg)
Your wallet holds multiple receiving addresses, and new ones can be generated by clicking "Get New Address". Your wallet balance is the sum total of all the LBC available in each of your addresses.
### Where can I get more LBRY Credits?
The LBRY App is also integrated with [ShapeShift](https://lbry.io/faq/shapeshift) on the Get Credits tab of the wallet which allows you to convert cryptocurrencies into LBC or you can also [trade for LBC on exchanges](https://lbry.io/faq/exchanges).
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Please refer to our [publishing guide](https://lbry.io/faq/how-to-publish) as a reference to assist you through the publishing process.
### Where can I see my Downloaded and Published items?
Click the folder icon next to the Publish button to view downloaded files. Click the Published tab to view your published content.
Click My LBRY on the left side of the LBRY App, then click downloads to view downloaded files.
![download](https://spee.ch/8/downloads.jpeg)
Click the Published tab to view your published content.
![published](https://spee.ch/9/pub.jpeg)
### How do I know if I'm sharing content and helping the LBRY network properly?
The easiest way to confirm that you are sharing correctly is to determine if the port used for seeding, 3333, is open to the rest of the LBRY network. To do so, type 3333 into [this port checking tool](http://www.canyouseeme.org) and check the result. It if shows Open, you are all set. If it shows closed, you may need to check your router settings for UPnP options (set to enable) or forward ports 3333 TCP and 4444 UDP to your local computer running LBRY. Firewall and NAT settings may also affect the availability of this port.
### How can I search for content on LBRY?
Searching in LBRY is as easy as typing your search term(s) into the address bar at the top and waiting for the results to return (**don't click Enter!**). Clicking the Enter key will skip the search function and go directly to the URL typed - this is only helpful if you know the exact URL you are trying to view. We are still in the process of optimizing the search results; please bear with us if you are having trouble finding something!
![Search](https://spee.ch/f/search-faq.png)
Searching in LBRY is as easy as typing your search term(s) into the address bar at the top and waiting for the results to return (**don't click Enter!**).
![Search](https://spee.ch/2/search.jpeg)
Clicking the Enter key will skip the search function and go directly to the URL typed (if it's valid) - this is only helpful if you know the exact URL you are trying to view. We are still in the process of optimizing the search results; please bear with us if you are having trouble finding something!
![Search](https://spee.ch/b/searh-2a.jpeg)
### How can I subscribe and view my favorite channels?
If you navigate to a channel page (LBRY URLs with an @ symbol in the front), you will see a **Subscribe @** button that manages your subscription. To view all your subscribed channels on one page, click the Subscriptions tab from the home page or the **@** symbol next to the LBRY address bar.
![Subscriptions](https://spee.ch/5/subs-faq.png)
If you navigate to a channel, or click on your favorite video, (LBRY URLs with an @ symbol in the front) click on subscribe right below the video and channel name.
![subscribe](https://spee.ch/1/sub.jpeg)
you will see a **@ Subscription** tap right under explore that manages your subscriptions. To view all your subscribed channels on one page, click the Subscriptions tab from the home page.
![Subscriptions](https://spee.ch/6/subs.jpeg)
### Content consistently fails to stream or download, what can I do?
Please see our [streaming guide](https://lbry.io/faq/unable-to-stream) if you consistently cannot download or stream content on LBRY.
Please see our [streaming guide](https://lbry.io/faq/unable-to-stream) if you consistently cannot download or stream content on LBRY. If you are having intermittent issues with download failures, try closing LBRY completely and downloading again. Some files on the network may just not be available for various reasons - we'll work on filtering these out in the future.
### Some files don't open in the LBRY app, what's going on?
Currently, the LBRY in-app player supports MP4 videos, mp3s, images, GIFs, HTML and text files. Even though it doesn't support other formats within the app, the files can be externally opened by clicking the **Open** button or navigating to the file by clicking the **Downloaded to** file path on the content page.