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In blockchain projects, various wallet applications exist to help users managetheir own private keys, enabling them to sign transactions and transfer assets.
For the Helium Network, a wallet maintains ownership of Hotspots themselves, theHelium Network Tokens (HNT), and/or Data Credits (DC).
Depending on your situation, one of the wallets here may be the best fit.
App Wallet
The Helium App wallets is by far the easiest to use. It may be downloaded foriOS orAndroidphones and provides simple pairing and setup withHotspots.
Generally, this wallet focuses on people who want to send or receive HNT ormanage hotspots. Other activities, such as managing end-devices and OUIs (i.e.users of the network) are generally best suited for the command line wallet.
To learn more about the wallet, please visitour help website here.
Command Line Interface Wallet
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The Helium Command Line Interface (CLI) wallet is the most flexible but it alsorequires more technical knowledge. As such, it is suitable for all types oftransactions, but requires more caution on behalf of its users.
If you wish to proceed with using it, please follow the documentationfrom the GitHub repository.
Ledger Wallet
The Helium Ledger Wallet is an application that runs on the Ledger Hardwarewallet. The Ledger Hardware wallet is the most secure way to send and receivethe Helium Network Token (HNT), but currently supports no other transactions.
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Learn more about usage here. Source code isavailable on Github.