---
id: "wallet-address-resolution"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "wallet address resolution"
language: "en"
category: "Alternative naming systems"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/wallet-address-resolution/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/resolucion-direcciones-monedero/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/wallet-adressaufloesung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/resolution-adresse-portefeuille/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/risoluzione-indirizzi-wallet/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/resolucao-enderecos-carteira/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/razreshenie-adresa-koshelka/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/qianbao-dizhi-jiexi/"
---

# wallet address resolution

Looking up a readable name to find the long cryptocurrency address that payments should go to. It is the main use of blockchain names. It is not a DNS lookup: wallet software reads the record from a blockchain, so it works only in apps that support that naming system.

## related terms

- [blockchain domain](https://tldlog.com/glossary/blockchain-domain/)
- [ENS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ens/)
- [Unstoppable Domains](https://tldlog.com/glossary/unstoppable-domains/)
- [blockchain name resolution](https://tldlog.com/glossary/blockchain-name-resolution/)
- [resolver](https://tldlog.com/glossary/resolver/)