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This page provides definitions for key terms used throughout the Privy documentation. This would help developers understand the concepts and terminology used in Privy’s APIs and documentation. Jump to section:

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Authorization key

A P256 keypair (or public key – used interchangeably) that can be an owner or a signer and signs requests to Privy API.

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HD Wallet

A collection of wallets that share the same underlying entropy and can be ported through a seed phrase.

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Intents

An intent to execute an action in the wallet API, that must be asynchronously authorized by a key quorum.

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Key quorum

A resource that can be composed of any combination of a user, authorization key, and Dashboard team member that can be registered as the owner or signer on a resource.

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Owner

An entity (user, business, agent) that can update, delete, or use a restricted resource in the Privy API.

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Policy

A set of rules that restrict the actions that a signer can take with a wallet.

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Signer

An entity that can sign RPC requests for a wallet. An owner is a signer, but not all signers are owners.

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User

A user in Privy’s authentication system, which can be an owner or a signer.

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User signing key (USK)

The ephemeral signing key issued to an authenticated user to sign Privy API requests.

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Wallet

A cryptographic keypair used for signing messages and transactions and holding assets.