When cryptocurrency first began to make waves, wallets were pretty much just code-heavy tools designed for storing private keys. Back then, most folks had to deal with clunky interfaces or even run full nodes just to send some coins. But as crypto adoption surged and the use cases expanded, the demand for user-friendly, secure wallets exploded.At the most basic level, wallets fall into two categories: cold wallets, which are offline and often used for long-term storage (like hardware wallets), a