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4. Wallets and Gateways

Shashank Mohan Jain1  
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Bangalore, India
 

Users have the ability to manage their accounts on blockchain networks like Bitcoin or Ethereum through the usage of wallets. With an account on Ethereum, one can participate on the Ethereum blockchain network, such as by performing transactions on it.

An address on the Ethereum blockchain is a public string of letters and integers that begins with 0x. Because an Ethereum address is represented by a string of numbers and letters, it is possible to check the balance of any Ethereum address on the blockchain. However, it is not possible to determine who controls any given address. ...

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