Glossary

Custodial wallet

A digital wallet model where a company (here, a payments platform like HesabPay) holds the private keys to users' funds on their behalf, like a bank holding an account. Users get easy recovery and app-based access, but must trust the provider; the alternative is a self-custodial wallet where the user alone controls the keys.

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