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Can you use Ethereum wallet to receive/send tokens of layer 2 blockchains?

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If I create a wallet for Ethereum blockchain, can I use the same wallet (and accounts) for layer 2 Ethereum based blockchains (like Polygon and MATIC coin) as well?

Side note: I've created a wallet using python-hdwallet and loaded that wallet to MetaMask. But I want to be sure if I can safely use this wallet for Polygon (and any other Ethereum based blockchain/currency as well).

wallets polygon layer-2 Share Improve this question Follow asked Feb 4, 2022 at 8:18 MehmedB MehmedB 240 2 2 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges Add a comment |

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Ethereum private keys and accounts (addresses) are the same across different Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) based blockchains. You can make a wallet work in another network by simply switching the Web3 provider to point to a different JSON-RPC endpoint. All JSON-RPC providers have copied the original Ethereum API.

(Note: Rootstock RSK is a notable difference as they are using a different checksum method)

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Feb 6, 2022 at 14:56 answered Feb 4, 2022 at 8:34 Mikko Ohtamaa Mikko Ohtamaa 22.1k 7 7 gold badges 65 65 silver badges 134 134 bronze badges 2 1 Your first sentence ends with accross different blockchains . Does that mean ethereum wallets also work for blockchains that are not related to ethereum? – MehmedB Commented Feb 5, 2022 at 7:07 1 Very good comment. I edited the answer and clarified. – Mikko Ohtamaa Commented Feb 6, 2022 at 14:56 Add a comment |

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