Accounts

WAX accounts are named on-chain identities used to hold assets, sign transactions, deploy contracts, and own data.

What Makes WAX Accounts Different

• They use human-readable names instead of long hexadecimal addresses.
• They work with a permission system rather than a single flat signing authority.
• They interact directly with on-chain resources such as CPU, NET, and RAM.

Common Account Roles

• user accounts for holding tokens and NFTs
• contract accounts for smart-contract deployment
• service accounts for automation, integrations, and operations

Account Name Validation

WAX account names follow this regex pattern:

(^[a-z1-5.]{1,11}[a-z1-5]$)|(^[a-z1-5.]{12}[a-j1-5]$)

What an Account Owns

A WAX account can control:

• token balances
• NFTs and other digital assets
• permissions and keys
• smart-contract code and tables
• on-chain configuration and metadata

Read next:

• Permissions
• Resources