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# Wallets & Accounts

## Overview

Viem separates Accounts from Transports. A JSON-RPC Account asks a connected wallet to sign, while
a Local Account signs inside your application.

[Wallet Actions](/docs/actions/wallet) cover connection, permissions, capability discovery,
batched calls, chain management, and asset discovery.

:::code-group
```ts twoslash [example.ts]
import { client } from './viem.config'

const { accounts } = await client.wallet.connect()
const account = accounts[0]

if (!account) throw new Error('No Account was returned.')
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
// [!include ~/snippets/docs/wallet.config.ts:setup]
```
:::

<Cards>
  <Card icon="lucide:plug" title="Connect a Wallet" description="Connect through an EIP-1193 provider and request an Account." to="/docs/guides/wallets/connect" />

  <Card icon="lucide:radio-tower" title="JSON-RPC Accounts" description="Delegate signing to a browser or remote JSON-RPC wallet." to="/docs/guides/wallets/json-rpc-accounts" />

  <Card icon="lucide:key-round" title="Local Accounts" description="Create Accounts from private keys, mnemonics, HD keys, or custom signers." to="/docs/guides/wallets/local-accounts" />

  <Card icon="lucide:fingerprint" title="Passkey Accounts" description="Derive a local Account from a credential-bound WebAuthn PRF." to="/docs/guides/wallets/passkey-accounts" />

  <Card icon="lucide:network" title="Manage Chains" description="Add or switch networks in a connected wallet." to="/docs/guides/wallets/permissions-chains" />

  <Card icon="lucide:signature" title="Signatures & SIWE" description="Sign and verify messages, typed data, and Sign-In with Ethereum payloads." to="/docs/guides/wallets/signatures" />

  <Card icon="lucide:layers-3" title="Capabilities & Calls" description="Discover wallet capabilities and submit batched calls." to="/docs/guides/wallets/capabilities" />

  <Card icon="lucide:list-plus" title="Batch Calls" description="Submit several calls through a capable wallet and track their status." to="/docs/guides/wallets/batch-calls" />

  <Card icon="lucide:coins" title="Wallet Assets" description="Read wallet assets and suggest tokens for the wallet to track." to="/docs/guides/wallets/assets" />
</Cards>