Account Management

Understanding the Private and Public accounts

Hinkal gives every wallet two types of accounts:

Balance	Colour theme	Lives where?	Best for
Private account	Green UI	Inside the Hinkal smart contract	Storing value and making the most private transactions.
Public account	Grey UI	Smart contract wallets that acts like EOAs	Any stateful dApp action (e.g. staking, lending)

Switching between accounts

1. Tap the account switcher in the top bar.

2. Pick Private (green) or Public account (grey).

Why are Public accounts needed

Many dApps request stateful transactions—open orders, collateral, votes, NFT listings, etc. Those actions can’t originate from a hidden balance, so Hinkal routes them through one of your Public accounts. Example uses:

• Staking on Lido

• Providing liquidity on Curve or Balancer

• Supplying collateral to Aave or Compound

Tokens that increase in amount (rebasing tokens) also need to be stored on Public accounts to accrue yield. When stored on the Private account, they can not increase in amount.

Example tokens:

• Lido's stETH

• Aave v3 aTokens like aDAI or aWETH

Moving funds between the two balances

1. Unshield — move assets to a Public account (Private → Public)

1. In the Private home, press Unshield.

2. Select tokens from your Private account.

3. Enter the amounts (quick 50% / max buttons help).

4. (Optional) Choose Gas Token

5. Hit Unshield to confirm

Step 1 - Click Unshield

Step 2 - Select Tokens

Step 3 - Input and Unshield

Result

2. Shield — move assets back into Private account (Public → Private)

1. On the Public home, click Shield.

2. Pick the tokens that are currently in the Public.

3. Type the amounts (50 % / max shortcuts available).

4. Confirm the gas-token choice if needed.

5. Press Shield; those assets move from the Public and re-enter your Private account.

Step 1 - Click Shield

Step 2 - Choose Tokens

Step 3 - Input and Shield

Common patterns

Goal	Action sequence
Supply collateral on Aave	Unshield → Supply collateral (from Public)
Swap privately	Private account → Swap
Receive tokens privately, keep them private	Private account → Receive
Send tokens privately to another wallet	Private account → Send