warm wallet

English

Noun

warm wallet (plural warm wallets)

  1. (cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency wallet that can only send to predetermined addresses.
    Coordinate term: cold wallet
    • 2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 136:
      The warm wallet then distributes the incoming funds to either the hot storage wallet or cold storage wallet, depending on the exchange's need  […].
    • 2025 February 23, Joanna Partridge, “Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Bybit said the hack occurred when the company was making a routine transfer of Ethereum from an offline “cold” wallet to a “warm” wallet, which covers its daily trading.
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