Understand account types

Identify different account types and determine which account to use depending on the transaction type.

Currently, SubWallet supports 5 account types, each with its unique features:

Account type	Characteristic	Displayed on wallet
Unified account	Accounts that can be used for all ecosystems: Substrate (Polkadot) EVM (Ethereum) TON Cardano Bitcoin
Solo account	Accounts that can be used on one ecosystem only. There are 5 types of solo accounts: Substrate (Polkadot) account EVM (Ethereum) account TON account Cardano account Bitcoin account*
Watch-only account	Solo accounts in which you can only view but cannot make any transactions
Ledger account	Solo accounts created on Ledger devices
QR-signer account	Solo accounts created via the Polkadot Vault app or Keystone devices

(*): Currently, SubWallet supports 3 Bitcoin address types in Bitcoin-supported accounts:

• Legacy Bitcoin address (BIP-44)

• Native SegWit Bitcoin address (BIP-84)

• Taproot Bitcoin address (BIP-86)