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, or excluded |
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
- Exclude — Move wallets to the Excluded tab when they should not be reused accidentally
- Privacy Swap — Move native assets or supported stablecoins privately between wallets
- Swap Wallets — Rotate wallet assignments
- Token Cleanup — Rebalance token holdings between wallet groups via swaps
- Wrap/Unwrap — Convert between native and wrapped assets
- Create or Import — Add new wallets
Wallet Statuses
Sumo wallets have three statuses:
- Active — Wallet participates in strategies and shows in wallet selectors
- Archived — Wallet is excluded from new operations but balances remain queryable. You can unarchive wallets at any time to make them active again.
- Excluded — Wallet is intentionally kept out of trading and strategies. Excluded wallets appear in a separate Excluded tab so they cannot be accidentally reactivated during bulk operations. Common examples include deployment wallets used for launching tokens or pools that are never meant to trade.
The Excluded tab only appears in the profile navigation when at least one wallet has been excluded.
Status Changes Don't Move Funds
Excluding or archiving a wallet only changes its status in Sumo. Funds remain in the wallet on-chain. To move funds out, use Withdraw or Swap Wallets.
When to Exclude vs. Archive
| Scenario | Recommended Status |
|---|---|
| Wallet temporarily out of service (e.g. low balance) | Archived — unarchive when ready |
| Deployment wallet (token launch, pool creation) | Excluded — never meant to trade |
| Wallet replaced through Swap Wallets | Archived — funds already moved |
| Wallet reserved for non-trading purposes | Excluded — prevents accidental activation |