Prepare before creating a wallet
Step 1: Check before you continue
When thinking about prepare before creating a wallet, separate the network, address, signature and transaction state. A wallet interface helps organize information, but the authoritative asset state is recorded by the relevant blockchain. Before acting, confirm that the selected network matches the asset and destination, and do not rely on names or icons alone to identify a token.
Step 2: Check before you continue
In real use, prepare before creating a wallet often appears together with gas, confirmations, transaction hashes or contract permissions. A safer sequence is to identify the target first, read the request second, and only then sign or broadcast. A website that asks for a seed phrase, private key or verification code should not be trusted as part of a normal wallet action.
Create versus import
Step 3: Check before you continue
In real use, create versus import often appears together with gas, confirmations, transaction hashes or contract permissions. A safer sequence is to identify the target first, read the request second, and only then sign or broadcast. A website that asks for a seed phrase, private key or verification code should not be trusted as part of a normal wallet action.
Step 4: Check before you continue
If the result does not match your expectation, avoid repeating the same action immediately. Save the transaction hash and inspect it on a block explorer for the correct network to see whether it was broadcast, succeeded and reached confirmation. On-chain transactions are usually not something a wallet can unilaterally reverse, so checks before action matter more than recovery promises after the fact.
Offline seed phrase backup
Step 5: Check before you continue
If the result does not match your expectation, avoid repeating the same action immediately. Save the transaction hash and inspect it on a block explorer for the correct network to see whether it was broadcast, succeeded and reached confirmation. On-chain transactions are usually not something a wallet can unilaterally reverse, so checks before action matter more than recovery promises after the fact.
Step 6: Check before you continue
For Create & Backup, it is useful to distinguish the wallet, the blockchain network and any third-party DApp. A contract can introduce code, permission and operational risks. imtoken staff will never ask for a seed phrase or private key and should not be treated as an entity that can recover those credentials for the user.
Private key and recovery phrase boundaries
Step 7: Check before you continue
For Create & Backup, it is useful to distinguish the wallet, the blockchain network and any third-party DApp. A contract can introduce code, permission and operational risks. imtoken staff will never ask for a seed phrase or private key and should not be treated as an entity that can recover those credentials for the user.
Step 8: Check before you continue
Long-term habits are more useful than memorizing a button. For private key and recovery phrase boundaries, consistently review the address, network, amount or requested permission, and check whether old connections or approvals are still needed. Shared computers, remote-control sessions and untrusted network environments deserve extra caution.
How to verify a backup
Step 9: Check before you continue
Long-term habits are more useful than memorizing a button. For how to verify a backup, consistently review the address, network, amount or requested permission, and check whether old connections or approvals are still needed. Shared computers, remote-control sessions and untrusted network environments deserve extra caution.
Step 10: Check before you continue
The purpose of this material is not to promise returns or absolute safety. It is to make each on-chain action easier to reason about. Signing, approving, bridging or using validator-related services can involve network conditions, contract risk, waiting periods and market volatility, so participation should always be an independent decision.
What to understand before changing devices
Step 11: Check before you continue
The purpose of this material is not to promise returns or absolute safety. It is to make each on-chain action easier to reason about. Signing, approving, bridging or using validator-related services can involve network conditions, contract risk, waiting periods and market volatility, so participation should always be an independent decision.
Step 12: Check before you continue
When thinking about what to understand before changing devices, separate the network, address, signature and transaction state. A wallet interface helps organize information, but the authoritative asset state is recorded by the relevant blockchain. Before acting, confirm that the selected network matches the asset and destination, and do not rely on names or icons alone to identify a token.
Keep your seed phrase and private keys offline where practical, never send them to another person, check address/network/amount before transfer, and inspect each signature or approval request independently.