Module 05DefineShort answer live

What is a crypto wallet?

By the FOMOEgg CTO team · Updated October 16, 2026 · Lesson 25 of 48
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The FOMOEgg egg in the studio, illustrating: What is a crypto wallet?
Short answer

A wallet holds the keys that control your tokens on a chain. The tokens live on-chain, not inside the app.

How to check it yourself

  1. Look up your own wallet address on a block explorer to see that the tokens live on-chain.
  2. Know where your seed phrase is stored, since it is the real key to the wallet.
  3. Check which network the wallet is set to before sending or receiving anything.

Sources

  • moonpay.comhttps://www.moonpay.com/learn/web3/vocabulary-for-beginners
  • useweb3.xyzhttps://www.useweb3.xyz/guides/crypto-glossary

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