What is a watch wallet?

A watch wallet allows you to view the balances and activity of a blockchain address without holding its private keys. This makes it a read-only wallet, useful for tracking funds securely.

What a watch wallet can do

Track balances - see the assets held by a given address.

Monitor transactions - follow all incoming and outgoing activity.

Organise holdings - keep an eye on addresses you care about, such as cold storage or family accounts.

What a watch wallet cannot do

No spending - since you do not have the private keys, you cannot send funds.

No staking - staking usually requires signing transactions, which is not possible in watch mode.

No approvals - you cannot approve smart contract interactions.

Why use a watch wallet?

Cold storage tracking - keep your hardware or offline wallet safe while monitoring its balance in Wraith Wallet.

Portfolio visibility - follow multiple addresses in one place.

Education - observe how public wallets operate without risking your own funds.

Adding a watch wallet in Wraith Wallet

Open Wraith Wallet and select Add wallet.

Choose Watch wallet.

Enter the blockchain address you want to monitor.

The wallet will be added to your home screen in read-only mode.

Security considerations

Adding a watch wallet does not expose your own private keys.

Anyone can watch any blockchain address, since all data is public.

Make sure you double-check the address when adding it to avoid monitoring the wrong wallet.

Key points to remember

A watch wallet is read-only - no private keys, no transactions.

Useful for tracking balances, cold storage, or other addresses.

Safe and non-custodial: Wraith Wallet never has access to the private keys of the watched account.

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