Using FOMOSCAN
How do I create a web3 wallet?
There are three practical routes: a browser extension such as Phantom, a mobile wallet app, or an embedded wallet created for you when you sign in to an application. All three end with the same thing - a Solana address you control - and differ mainly in what you are responsible for protecting.
The three routes
- Browser extension. Install, create, write down the recovery phrase on paper. You own the phrase and its loss is permanent.
- Mobile app. The same model with the phone's secure storage doing more of the work.
- Embedded wallet. Created when you sign in to an app. No phrase to store, because the key is protected by your login and the provider's key infrastructure instead.
First four things after creating one
- Send a tiny test amount in and back out before anything else. Verify the address works and that you can move funds.
- Fund it with an amount you are willing to lose in full. A trading wallet is not a savings account.
- Bookmark the sites you use, and reach them only from the bookmark. Search results and links in chats are how phishing arrives.
- Keep long-term holdings in a separate wallet that never signs anything speculative.
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