Step 1: Confirm Where You Are
Step 1: Confirm Where You Are is best treated as a verification point rather than a background detail.
Practical checks for step 1: confirm where you are
Connecting a DApp establishes a session; it does not approve everything that follows. A connected site may still request a message signature, transaction signature, token approval, or network switch. Treat each request as a separate decision and verify its source and purpose.
A signature uses wallet keys to authorize specific data. A request with no visible transfer amount or gas charge can still carry meaningful permissions. If the content is unclear, unexpected, or unrelated to the action you intended, cancel it instead of signing through uncertainty.
The selected network determines which blockchain state receives the transaction. Similar names, matching address formats, or EVM compatibility do not make networks interchangeable. Before a transfer, contract call, or bridge operation, confirm that the wallet and destination service support the same network.
Step 2: Start the Connection
When working with step 2: start the connection, focus on what can be confirmed before you approve an action.
Practical checks for step 2: start the connection
Connecting a DApp establishes a session; it does not approve everything that follows. A connected site may still request a message signature, transaction signature, token approval, or network switch. Treat each request as a separate decision and verify its source and purpose.
A signature uses wallet keys to authorize specific data. A request with no visible transfer amount or gas charge can still carry meaningful permissions. If the content is unclear, unexpected, or unrelated to the action you intended, cancel it instead of signing through uncertainty.
The selected network determines which blockchain state receives the transaction. Similar names, matching address formats, or EVM compatibility do not make networks interchangeable. Before a transfer, contract call, or bridge operation, confirm that the wallet and destination service support the same network.
Step 3: Review Follow-up Requests
The practical value of understanding step 3: review follow-up requests is that it reduces ambiguity during real wallet use.
Practical checks for step 3: review follow-up requests
Connecting a DApp establishes a session; it does not approve everything that follows. A connected site may still request a message signature, transaction signature, token approval, or network switch. Treat each request as a separate decision and verify its source and purpose.
A signature uses wallet keys to authorize specific data. A request with no visible transfer amount or gas charge can still carry meaningful permissions. If the content is unclear, unexpected, or unrelated to the action you intended, cancel it instead of signing through uncertainty.
The selected network determines which blockchain state receives the transaction. Similar names, matching address formats, or EVM compatibility do not make networks interchangeable. Before a transfer, contract call, or bridge operation, confirm that the wallet and destination service support the same network.
Step 4: Complete the Intended Action
For step 4: complete the intended action, the safest workflow separates what the interface shows from what the blockchain actually records.
Practical checks for step 4: complete the intended action
Connecting a DApp establishes a session; it does not approve everything that follows. A connected site may still request a message signature, transaction signature, token approval, or network switch. Treat each request as a separate decision and verify its source and purpose.
A signature uses wallet keys to authorize specific data. A request with no visible transfer amount or gas charge can still carry meaningful permissions. If the content is unclear, unexpected, or unrelated to the action you intended, cancel it instead of signing through uncertainty.
The selected network determines which blockchain state receives the transaction. Similar names, matching address formats, or EVM compatibility do not make networks interchangeable. Before a transfer, contract call, or bridge operation, confirm that the wallet and destination service support the same network.
Step 5: Disconnect and Check
Use step 5: disconnect and check as a checkpoint: identify the network, the intended action, and the information you can independently verify.
Practical checks for step 5: disconnect and check
Connecting a DApp establishes a session; it does not approve everything that follows. A connected site may still request a message signature, transaction signature, token approval, or network switch. Treat each request as a separate decision and verify its source and purpose.
A signature uses wallet keys to authorize specific data. A request with no visible transfer amount or gas charge can still carry meaningful permissions. If the content is unclear, unexpected, or unrelated to the action you intended, cancel it instead of signing through uncertainty.
The selected network determines which blockchain state receives the transaction. Similar names, matching address formats, or EVM compatibility do not make networks interchangeable. Before a transfer, contract call, or bridge operation, confirm that the wallet and destination service support the same network.
Final check before you finish
- The address, network, and asset match the intended destination
- The signature or approval matches the action you intended
- No seed phrase, private key, or verification code has been shared