Homework on Role of Wallets - Questions

Stores private keys
Creates and signs transactions
Broadcast the transaction on the network
Reads the blockchain

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bitcoin wallets stores private keys and uses them to make transactions

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Wallets hold the private and public keys to your assets. There are multiple types of wallets; paper, hardware, hot, hosted, etc.

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  1. A bitcoin wallet stores your private key. Create and signs transactions then broadcast those transaction to the block chain network.
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Bitcoin wallet store a private key to sign any transaction related to it.

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a bitcoin wallet stores the public and private keys to interact with the blockchain and sign transactions to send or receive funds attached to the address represented by the public key

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Describe in short what a bitcoin wallet does.

it stores owners’ private key that is utilized for digital signature and public address generation.

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A wallet constructs , signs and broadcasts back to the block chain using your private and public keys.

In short UXTO’s are accessed, transfered and spent while all being verified by the nodes

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A bitcoin wallet holds your public and private keys.

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Bitcoin wallet stores your private key, create and sign transactions and broadcast transaction into the network. It comes in various forms like paper, mobile, web, hardware.

For me, I use Coinhako, so it is a hosted wallet.

:grimacing: why not switch to a more self managed solution like a hardware wallet?

A wallet stores private keys and uses them to sign transactions. It also communicates with the blockchain in order to check or calculate account balance.

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A wallet stores your private keys so you can sign for outgoing transactions from your wallet. No coins are ever moved, the data on the blockchain is just updated.

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Describe in short what a bitcoin wallet does.
A wallet stores the private key. It signs and broadcast new transactions. It calculates unspent coin balance from all transactions made to and from its address.

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Holds your private key, allowing you to sign Txs that once validated and appended into the blockchain get confirmation and thats it.

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Haha… I don’t have that much money in there yet… I am trying to accumulate more bitcoins ! Good luck to me !

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A wallet can read the blockchain, and allow your to sign a transaction and broadcast it to the blockchain. It also stores your private key, and will show you your public address.

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You can also use other non custodial wallets to manage your own keys, I used Coinomi in the past, but you can choose from a multiple of other wallets: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet

A wallet creates a transaction. Then uses the private key to digitally sign the transaction. Then it broadcasts it to all the nodes.

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It also stores the private keys used to sign the tx :slight_smile:

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