Glossary Terms Starting with W

Wallet Consolidation

Wallet consolidation combines balances or activity from multiple wallet addresses, accounts, providers, or systems into a coordinated view or controlled location. The…

Wallet Contact

A wallet contact is a saved recipient identity or label associated with one or more wallet addresses and related payment information. Reliable…

Wallet Descriptor

A wallet descriptor is a structured expression that defines how wallet scripts, addresses, and keys are derived and recognized. Reliable use of…

Wallet Extension

A wallet extension is browser-installed software that manages wallet accounts and injects connection or signing capabilities into web applications. The operating model…

Wallet Freezing

Wallet Freezing is the operational restriction of withdrawals, transfers, signing, or access associated with a custodial wallet account or wallet service in…

Wallet Governance

Wallet governance is the framework of authority, policies, oversight, and accountability used to control wallet creation, access, transactions, recovery, and change. The…

Wallet Holding

A wallet holding is an asset or blockchain position recorded as associated with a wallet address, account, or provider ledger. Reliable management…

Wallet Identity

Wallet identity is the set of technical and contextual attributes used to associate a wallet account or address with a user, organization,…

Wallet Import Format (WIF)

Wallet Import Format is a portable Base58Check-encoded representation of a Bitcoin private key with network and compressed-public-key information. The operating model for…

Wallet Incident

A wallet incident is an event that compromises or disrupts wallet keys, permissions, transactions, privacy, availability, recovery, or expected security behavior. Wallet…

Wallet Inflow

A wallet inflow is an inbound transfer or credit that increases the assets recorded for a wallet address, account, or internal ledger.…

Wallet Infrastructure

Wallet infrastructure is the combined technical environment that supports wallet key management, accounts, data, transactions, connectivity, policy, monitoring, and recovery. For Wallet…

Wallet Integration

A wallet integration connects an application with a cryptocurrency wallet for account discovery, transaction preparation, user authorization, signing, and status tracking. Wallet…

Wallet Interface

A wallet interface is the visual or programmatic layer through which users and applications view wallet information and request wallet actions. Reliable…

Wallet Label

A wallet label is user- or system-assigned descriptive text attached to an address, account, transaction, asset, or wallet record. For Wallet Label,…

Wallet Limit

A wallet limit is a defined restriction on wallet transaction amount, frequency, balance, asset, destination, network, user authority, or time period. For…

Wallet Lock

A wallet lock is a security state that prevents or restricts wallet access, signing, transactions, configuration changes, or key use. The operating…

Wallet Login

Wallet login is the authentication process used to access a wallet application, custody account, service interface, or administrative environment. Reliable use of…

Wallet Loss

Wallet loss is the inability to access or control wallet assets because keys, devices, credentials, recovery factors, or required services are unavailable.…

Wallet Management

Wallet management is the coordinated administration of wallet creation, access, assets, transactions, policy, monitoring, backup, recovery, and retirement. The operating model for…

Wallet Metadata

Wallet metadata is descriptive or operational information associated with wallet addresses, accounts, transactions, assets, users, devices, or permissions. The operating model for…

Wallet Migration

Wallet migration is the controlled movement of wallet assets, keys, accounts, metadata, permissions, or workflows to a new wallet environment. For Wallet…

Wallet Monitoring

Wallet monitoring is the ongoing observation of wallet balances, transactions, permissions, access events, systems, and risk conditions requiring action. Reliable use of…

Wallet Movement

Wallet movement is any change in asset location, control, or recorded allocation between wallet addresses, accounts, contracts, or internal owners. Reliable use…