In this article, Vladimir Zhuravlev, Waves developer advocate, explains the use of the Waves ecosystem’s wallets on Swop.fi.

Wallets play a major role in the blockchain space. You need them not only for crypto storage, but also for token transfers and swaps, as well as for interaction with decentralized applications (dApps). Similarly, to use Swop.fi, a DeFi app built on Waves, a user needs to connect their wallet using a respective button.

Two types of wallets can be connected, Waves Keeper and Waves Exchange. In this article, we’ll discuss the specifics of these two wallets, also used in most other dApps on Waves, in the context of Swop.fi.

Waves Keeper

Waves Keeper is a browser extension that can be installed, for instance, in Chrome.

This product was created based on the principle “simpler, more reliable, better.” Waves Keeper, available in the top right corner of the browser window, opens when a PIN code is entered and displays balances of blockchain accounts — which could actually be multiple. This is a full-fledged wallet, which works in a compact format of a browser extension, and you don’t need a separate app.

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