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Digital wallets

Understand what sits behind the screen.

A digital wallet is an interface, and the arrangement behind it matters. A card wallet, a cash-balance service, and a cryptocurrency wallet can all use similar visual language while handling authorization, recovery, and customer support differently. Use this collection to identify the intended activity before comparing products. The introductory guide explains the vocabulary; the selection guide helps turn that vocabulary into questions about assets, networks, devices, and recovery. Look for a product whose everyday operation and failure scenarios you can explain in ordinary language. A long feature list is less useful than a clear understanding of who can move the value and how you regain access.

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