Storing Tezos

Tezos can be stored in a wallet. You can store them in different ways.

In general a wallet consists of the private and the public key. The public key is used to receive Tezos. The private key is used to access your Tezos wallet and to send any transaction.

The puclic key looks like this:

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The private key is a phrase to access your Tezos wallet and can look like this:

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Please note that who is in possession of the private key is the owner of the Tez which are stored in the wallet.