This guide outlines the distinct functional properties of the wallet types deployed across the Gambit DAC platform. Each variant serves a dedicated operational role. Understanding their underlying technical behaviours is essential before initializing corporate deposits, processing network withdrawals, or configuring automated fund sweeps.
Workspace Segmentation
Within the Gambit DAC architecture, every master Asset Wallet is split into two distinct logical environments:
🔥 Hot Workspace: The active, transaction-oriented operational environment.
🧊 Cold Workspace: The isolated, high-security asset preservation environment.
This foundational segregation ensures institutional-grade security custody, drives automated liquidity management, and maintains strict corporate compliance separation rules.
🗂️ Workspace Structure
Workspace | Wallet Types Included | Primary Operational Purpose |
|---|---|---|
🔥 Hot Workspace |
| Operational layer for day-to-day transactions |
🧊 Cold Workspace |
| Long-term, secure storage layer with minimal access |
Detailed Wallet Roles Within Each Workspace
🔥 Hot Workspace
1. Root Wallet
The primary hub handling your organization's on-chain digital asset liquidity.
On-Chain Settlement: Acts as the primary clearing house for institutional digital assets directly on the blockchain network.
Transaction Execution: Facilitates outbound fund withdrawals to external third-party destination addresses and manages directional sweeps to or from the Cold Workspace.
Platform Nomenclature: Commonly referred to simple terms as the "Hot Wallet" when processing real-time operational flows.
2. Deposit Wallet
A client-facing collection node linked seamlessly to your master framework layer.
Address Architecture: Provisions unique smart contract addresses or standalone network coordinates underneath the parent Asset Wallet structure.
Inbound Collection: Deployed exclusively to clear arriving funds sent from end-clients, public digital asset exchanges, or external matching systems.
Automated Consolidation: To optimize asset pooling, funds arriving here are programmatically swept into the main parent Root Wallet.
🧊 Cold Workspace
1. Cold Wallet
A vault-grade secure holding framework providing absolute insulation against network risks.
Air-Gapped Isolation: A high-security, less frequently accessed asset vault created under the isolated protection of the Cold Workspace.
Access Restrictions: Completely shielded from direct interaction with standard end-users to mitigate security exposure risks.
Treasury Preservation: Reserved exclusively for storing large asset reserves and uncommitted corporate treasury balances.
Liquidity Rebalancing: Funds are manually or policy-swept between the Cold Wallet and the Root Wallet to maintain day-to-day liquidity thresholds or clear large approved withdrawal lines.