What is the difference between custodian and non-custodian address?

Created by Nrithya Theetharappan, Modified on Fri, 8 Aug at 4:44 PM by Nrithya Theetharappan

A custodial address is a blockchain address provided, owned and managed by a Financial Institution or a Digital Asset Platform, for example, Binance.sg.

In most cases, users do not hold the private keys for those custodial addresses.

A non-custodial address is a blockchain address fully controlled by the user. Addresses generated by hardware wallets, like Trezor or Ledger, are typical non-custodial addresses. Addresses on any wallet software where the private keys are controlled by the user should also be considered non-custodial addresses.

In most cases, users hold and control the private keys for those non-custodial addresses.

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