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Externally owned account
Definition: An externally owned account, or EOA, is an Ethereum account controlled by a private key rather than by smart-contract code.
An EOA can initiate transactions and has a nonce and ETH balance; authorization comes from cryptographic signatures.
How this concept appears in Terenval Wallet
A normal Ethereum account controlled through Terenval is conceptually an EOA whose signing authority remains with the user's wallet keys.
Important: Anyone obtaining the controlling private key can potentially authorize EOA transactions.
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