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A human-usable identifier derived from public keys or scripts that indicates where funds can be received. Address forma…

A human-friendly encoding used for some address formats that avoids ambiguous characters and includes a checksum. Bitco…

An address encoding format with strong error-detection properties, used by Bitcoin for SegWit addresses. Bech32 address…

Extra data added to detect accidental errors in identifiers such as addresses. Checksums help wallets and users catch t…

Hierarchical deterministic wallet: a wallet that derives many key pairs from a single seed using a deterministic algori…

A scheme where spending requires multiple signatures (e.g. 2-of-3). Multisig can improve security and enable shared con…

The secret component of an asymmetric key pair used to create digital signatures. Control of the private key typically …

A sequence of words that encodes wallet recovery information, typically derived from entropy per a standard like BIP-39…

Software or hardware that manages private keys and helps users create and sign transactions. A wallet may also provide …