Wallet Guides

Core ideas behind Wallet Guides

Wallet Guides brings together create, backup, import, receive, send and transaction history. Service information should explain scope, process and risk boundaries before asking a user to make a decision. The practical goal is to understand which fields are informational and which steps can create a signature, approval or transaction that changes on-chain state.

Start with create by identifying the intended destination and context. Then verify backup and import before interpreting receive, send or transaction history. The point of learning these concepts is not to add friction, but to reduce blind spots around addresses, networks, permissions and transaction state.

Mechanics, boundaries and risk

• Confirm the scope of create
• Check that backup matches the intended destination
• Understand the role of import before confirming

A practical decision sequence

A consistent operating sequence helps: identify the destination, verify the network and address, review the fee or permission details, and only then confirm. When receive is involved, do not rely on a single number or button label; determine which network produced it, what request it belongs to and whether it creates ongoing permission. On-chain actions are often public, verifiable and difficult to reverse, so verification before an action is more useful than trying to repair a mistake afterward.

If the action produces send or another public record, keep the transaction hash or public status needed for verification rather than storing sensitive key material. For transaction history, distinguish wallet-local status, blockchain state and third-party service status because they can change independently.

• Verify backup and import first
• Review the cost or permission around receive separately
• Use public on-chain data to validate send

How create and backup fit together

create and backup often appear in the same workflow, but they answer different questions. One identifies the object or usage context while the other helps locate identity, routing or chain context. Read them together with import and receive instead of assuming that a familiar name means the network is correct.

send helps show whether an action has entered the on-chain lifecycle, while transaction history can affect what remains possible afterward. Connect the stages from request, to signing or submission, to confirmation and permission maintenance. The guidance assumes that users keep control of their own keys and never submit a seed phrase, private key or verification code to a website or support agent.

• Review create and backup in the same workflow
• Do not ignore network differences in import and receive
• Check send and transaction history after completion

Recognizing common risks and mistakes

Common failures tend to come from three patterns: similar names on different networks, confirming a long request without reading it, and treating a third-party display as final blockchain truth. Requests involving create, import or transaction history deserve extra checks of the domain, network identifier, contract address, spender and transaction details. When a label or icon conflicts with on-chain parameters, verify the network, contract address and transaction details rather than trusting the visual label alone.

Also separate connection from authorization. A wallet connection may expose a public account to a DApp, but it does not justify every later signature. Approvals, signatures and transfers can have real consequences. imtoken staff will not ask for a seed phrase or private key, and users should never send verification codes to another person.

• Stop when a request looks inconsistent
• Do not approve sensitive actions from screenshots or chat instructions
• Reject any request for a seed phrase or private key

Checks after the action is complete

After the action, verify the outcome. Use the transaction hash, block explorer or wallet history to review send and confirm that the target network, address and status are consistent. If transaction history represents an ongoing approval or relationship, review it periodically and consider revoking access that is no longer needed.

Wallet Guides is better understood as a repeatable verification method than as a one-time button sequence. Check the destination, network, address, fee or permission, signature details and final state as separate decisions. If the available information is not enough to make a confident decision, stop the signature or transfer and verify the source and parameters before continuing.

• Keep public information needed for verification
• Review approvals that remain active
• Stop further actions when the observed result is unexpected