Wallets are the single most important tool when operating on-chain, yet they’re usually not well understood which leads to participants compromising on security and putting their assets (cryptocurrency, NFTs, deployed IP, etc) at great risk. My goal for Part 1 of this note is to clarify what a “wallet” really is. Part 2 will communicate why it is important to focus on “wallet” security. For simplicity purposes all the concepts described here refer to Ethereum and EVM chains. Personally I thin...

Wallets are the single most important tool when operating on-chain, yet they’re usually not well understood which leads to participants compromising on security and putting their assets (cryptocurrency, NFTs, deployed IP, etc) at great risk. My goal for Part 1 of this note is to clarify what a “wallet” really is. Part 2 will communicate why it is important to focus on “wallet” security. For simplicity purposes all the concepts described here refer to Ethereum and EVM chains. Personally I thin...