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((("wallets", "technology overview", id="Wtechnology05")))In this section we summarize the various technologies used to construct user-friendly, secure, and flexible bitcoin wallets.
A common misconception about bitcoin is that bitcoin wallets contain bitcoin. In fact, the wallet contains only keys. The "coins" are recorded in the blockchain on the bitcoin network. Users control the coins on the network by signing transactions with the keys in their wallets. In a sense, a bitcoin wallet is a _keychain_.
((("wallets", "technology overview", "wallet contents")))A common misconception about bitcoin is that bitcoin wallets contain bitcoin. In fact, the wallet contains only keys. The "coins" are recorded in the blockchain on the bitcoin network. Users control the coins on the network by signing transactions with the keys in their wallets. ((("keychains")))In a sense, a bitcoin wallet is a _keychain_.
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