# Blockchain Wallets -  The bridge for Human and Blockchain.

By [Pewbhai](https://paragraph.com/@pewbhai) · 2022-08-15

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In the Real world, Wallets are used for holding cash, cards, or other things. But the purpose of the wallet is to store some things, easy to carry and handle.

In Blockchain, the same thing is presented in different formats, called Blockchain wallets or Crypto wallets. A blockchain wallet is a thing that is used to store cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and much more.

These wallets are used to make transactions, and without these wallets, none of the transactions will occur.

Every transaction that occurs in a wallet is fully secured due to these wallets following Cryptography. Public and private keys are present, but the private is top secret, and the public key is used to make transactions on the Blockchain.

This is my address of:-

Ethereum - 0xB6C784dB83538646C3AD67eA025A11bA49880c21

Solana - BMpE17BaauA8GUX5ym97cNam1k4PifW7oeJD9wPggnn7

Bitcoin - bc1q3qtpng345hup3q99a8qxdxn7ajfy730lxn56uz

Here, you can see my various addresses. Each Blockchain has an individual address and Each address is completely different from the other. These addresses are the public key. You can use this address to check the transaction records and other info from the blockchain scanner tools.

The private key is top secret. It’s similar to your password; it should not get hacked, and you should not disclose it to anyone. You use this private key to spend your funds. If someone gains access to your private key, there is a high possibility that your account will be compromised, and you might lose all the cryptocurrency deposits in your account.

_Types of Wallets_

Moat famous Blockchain wallets are classified into two types, namely: -

1.  Hardware Wallets
    
2.  Software Wallets
    

In other terms, it will be represented as _"Hot wallets and Cold wallets."_

Hardware Wallets are too hard, and it's like a Vault. Because it has individual public and private keys, it can be connected by computer through USB. These wallets are hard for beginners. Examples of Hardware wallets are Ledger Nano X, Trezor, Ellipalwallet, CoolWallet, and much more.

*   Software wallets are classified as Desktop wallets, Mobile wallets, and Web wallets. Desktop wallets are wallets run on the Desktop (Eg:- Atomic Wallet). Mobile wallets are easy to handle and send cryptos by using mobile (Eg:- Trust Wallet).
    
*   Web wallets are similar to web applications used only on the web. These wallets are the least secure wallets. Some web wallets are used as plugins for web3 authentication, DApps, and much more (Eg:- Metamask, Phantom).

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*Originally published on [Pewbhai](https://paragraph.com/@pewbhai/blockchain-wallets-the-bridge-for-human-and-blockchain)*