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# Create and connect a wallet

A cryptocurrency wallet (or crypto wallet for short) is a tool - software or hardware - that allows you to allows you to store, send, and receive cryptocurrencies like ONOs and others.

A crypto wallet serves the following purposes:

* **Stores your private keys** – these are secret codes that give you access to your cryptocurrency.
* **Manages your public keys and addresses** – used to receive funds from others.
* **Lets you send transactions** – authorizing the movement of your crypto using your private key.

Currently onocoy explorer supports the following crypto wallet types:

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To guide you in the process of setting up your first crypto wallet in to onocoy explorer, here you have a tutorial based on Phantom wallet that could be extrapolated to the other wallet types:

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