How Wallets Work
Understanding Sumo's secure wallet architecture.
Sumo manages real on-chain wallets for your trading operations. Each wallet is a standard blockchain address that holds and trades your funds — there's no custodial pool or shared wallet.
Wallet Architecture
Seeds and Derivation
Sumo uses BIP-39 mnemonic phrases (12 or 24 words) as master seeds. From each seed, wallets are derived using BIP-44 HD derivation, which means:
- Each seed can generate an unlimited number of wallets
- All wallets from the same seed are deterministically reproducible
- You can have multiple seeds per profile
On-Chain Addresses
Every wallet in Sumo maps to a real on-chain address:
- Solana — Standard Ed25519 keypairs
- EVM (Ethereum, BSC, Base) — Standard ECDSA keypairs
You can view any wallet's public address on the Wallets page and use it to send/receive funds directly.
Wallet Table
The Wallets page shows all your wallets in a sortable table:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Address | Wallet public address with group color indicator |
| SOL (or native asset) | Native asset balance |
| Tokens | Your token balance in this wallet |
| % Supply | What percentage of total token supply this wallet holds |
| $ Value | Total USD value of all assets in the wallet |
| Status | Active/archived toggle |
Click any column header to sort. Use the search bar to filter by wallet address.
Wallet Actions
The toolbar above the wallet table provides quick actions:
- Copy addresses — Copy all filtered wallet addresses to clipboard
- Edit groups — Assign selected wallets to groups
- Archive/Unarchive — Toggle wallet active status
- Privacy Swap — Distribute funds privately between wallets
- Swap Wallets — Rotate wallet assignments
- Token Wash — Migrate tokens between wallet groups via swaps
- Wrap/Unwrap — Convert between native and wrapped assets
- Create or Import — Add new wallets
Active vs. Archived
- Active wallets participate in strategies and show in wallet selectors
- Archived wallets are excluded from strategies but still hold funds — you can unarchive them at any time
Archiving Doesn't Move Funds
Archiving a wallet only changes its status in Sumo. Funds remain in the wallet on-chain. To move funds out before archiving, use Cashout or Wallet Migration.