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Crypto wallet

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A crypto wallet is a tool that holds the keys that control your crypto. The coins themselves stay on the blockchain; the wallet proves you are allowed to move them. Wallets can be apps, browser add-ons or hardware devices. If you lose the keys or your seed phrase, the wallet cannot be recovered by anyone.

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