wallets

Examples: Wallets

A Turnkey wallet is a hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallet. A collection of key pairs that share a common BIP-39 seed (mnemonic). From one seed you can derive addresses for any supported blockchain using standard derivation paths.

Wallet → holds the seed (mnemonic). Never directly exposed and only accessible via export.
Account → a specific derived address. Defined by a curve, address format, and derivation path.

Common derivation paths supported by Turnkey:

• Ethereum: m/44'/60'/0'/0/0
• Solana: m/44'/501'/0'/0'
• Cosmos: m/44'/118'/0'/0/0

Caution

SECURITY: Your mnemonic and private keys grant full, irrevocable access to your funds. Treat them with the same care as a root password, store them offline and never log them, and never share them. If you have any reason to believe they were exposed, rotate them immediately.

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create_wallet

Creates a new HD wallet with an initial Ethereum account.

1/ Setup

Follow the Quickstart to get your API key and organization ID.

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

cp examples/wallets/create_wallet/.env.example examples/wallets/create_wallet/.env

2/ Running

set -a && source examples/wallets/create_wallet/.env && set +a && go run ./examples/wallets/create_wallet

Prints the wallet ID and derived Ethereum address on success.

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create_wallet_accounts

Derives additional accounts (addresses) from an existing wallet.

1/ Setup

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

cp examples/wallets/create_wallet_accounts/.env.example examples/wallets/create_wallet_accounts/.env

2/ Running

set -a && source examples/wallets/create_wallet_accounts/.env && set +a && go run ./examples/wallets/create_wallet_accounts

Prints the wallet ID and new addresses on success.

If you get an error, you need to change the derivation path in main.go to a new unused path. For example, if the wallet already has an account at m/44'/60'/0'/0/0, change it to m/44'/60'/0'/0/1 and try again.

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export_wallet

Exports the BIP-39 mnemonic for a wallet. The mnemonic is decrypted locally, it never leaves your machine in plaintext. Useful for backup or migrating to another wallet provider.

The export uses an enclave flow: a local encryption key pair is generated, the enclave encrypts the mnemonic to it, and this example decrypts it client-side.

1/ Setup

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

cp examples/wallets/export_wallet/.env.example examples/wallets/export_wallet/.env

2/ Running

set -a && source examples/wallets/export_wallet/.env && set +a && go run ./examples/wallets/export_wallet

Prints the wallet ID and mnemonic on success.

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export_wallet_account

Exports the raw private key for a single wallet account address. Like export_wallet, decryption happens locally via the enclave flow.

1/ Setup

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

cp examples/wallets/export_wallet_account/.env.example examples/wallets/export_wallet_account/.env

2/ Running

set -a && source examples/wallets/export_wallet_account/.env && set +a && go run ./examples/wallets/export_wallet_account

Prints the address and private key (hex) on success.

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import_wallet

Imports an existing BIP-39 mnemonic into Turnkey. The mnemonic is encrypted client-side before being sent — Turnkey's enclave decrypts it and stores the seed. The plaintext mnemonic is never transmitted.

1/ Setup

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

cp examples/wallets/import_wallet/.env.example examples/wallets/import_wallet/.env

2/ Running

set -a && source examples/wallets/import_wallet/.env && set +a && go run ./examples/wallets/import_wallet

Prints the new wallet ID and derived Ethereum address on success.