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Wallet Connection & Privacy

HL Vaults works without a wallet connection — browse vaults, check metrics, and track performance anonymously. Connect your wallet to see your own positions and unlock personalized features.

Do you need to connect a wallet?

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No. The app is fully functional in read-only mode. You can browse every vault, analyze metrics, and track public wallet performance without ever connecting a wallet.

Connect only when you want to:

  • View your own vault positions and deposit history from within the app
  • Use personalized features tied to your address

If you’re evaluating vaults or monitoring public wallets, skip the connection step entirely.

How does wallet connection work?

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  1. Navigate to the Account page.
  2. Click Connect Wallet.
  3. Approve the prompt in your browser wallet — MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and Brave Wallet all work. Any EIP-1193 compatible browser wallet is supported.

Your wallet address is persisted as a URL parameter (?wallet=) and carries across sessions. Close the tab, come back later, and the connection restores automatically.

Why use session delegation?

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Once your wallet is connected, you can delegate a session — a cryptographic handoff that lets the app read your Hyperliquid vault positions without keeping your wallet connected. This is the difference between handing someone a key every time they need it and giving them a limited-use pass that expires on its own.

  1. After connecting, click Authorize Session.
  2. Sign an EIP-712 typed data message in your wallet.
  3. A session keypair is generated and stored locally in your browser.

A background worker uses that session keypair to query your positions. Your wallet can disconnect or go offline entirely — the session continues to work.

Session states

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Status Meaning
Active Session is authorized and functioning normally
Delegating Delegation transaction is being processed
Expired Session needs re-authorization
Error Authorization failed — try regenerating

Each session has an expiration timer displayed on the Account page. Use Regenerate to create a fresh session or Remove to revoke it immediately.

Limitations

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  • Sessions are scoped to read operations only. No transaction signing, no position management.
  • Session keys live in your browser’s local storage. Clearing your browser data removes them.
  • Expired sessions require a new authorization — the app cannot auto-renew.

Keep your trading wallet privateGrowth

Your trading wallet never has to connect to HL Vaults. Connect any wallet you don’t mind sharing — even a spare with no funds — then set a tracked wallet to follow instead.

Here’s a real example: you trade on Hyperliquid with a hardware wallet. Without a tracked wallet, you’d have to connect that hardware wallet to HL Vaults to see your positions — which exposes your main wallet to this site. Instead:

  1. Connect a spare wallet and sign the agreement.
  2. In Settings → General → Wallet Tracking, paste the address of your hardware trading wallet.
  3. HL Vaults now follows that address — wallet summary, positions, alerts, and your grid columns — while your hardware wallet stays between you and Hyperliquid.

Two things never mix:

  • Authentication and subscription stay bound to the connected wallet.
  • Portfolio tracking follows the tracked wallet.

The tracked wallet is stored locally in your browser and used only to query public Hyperliquid data — it is never sent to our servers. An explicit ?wallet= lookup temporarily overrides the tracked wallet; clearing the search box returns to it.

When should you use privacy mode?

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Privacy mode masks sensitive data across the entire app. Use it when you’re working in public spaces, sharing your screen, or presenting — anywhere someone might see your portfolio details over your shoulder.

Two types of data are masked:

  • USD amounts — replaced with ***
  • Wallet addresses — partially truncated

How to activate privacy mode

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Method Action
Keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+H (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows)
Auto-on timer Activates after a configurable period of inactivity (default 30 minutes)
Manual toggle Settings → General → Privacy Mode

Peek reveal

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Hover or click any masked value to reveal it temporarily. The reveal duration is configurable in Settings (default: 5 seconds). Once the timer expires, the value re-masks automatically without any action from you.

Privacy state syncs across all open browser tabs via BroadcastChannel — toggle it once and every window follows.

Disconnecting

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Go to Account → Disconnect to remove your wallet and session. The app continues working in read-only mode — you won’t lose any vault data or saved settings.

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