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Hyperliquid API wallet mistakes we keep seeing

2026-08-27 · Vire

Hyperliquid-style API wallets are delegated signers. The main wallet holds funds. The API wallet signs. Confusing those roles is the fastest way to “it should work” debugging at 2am.

Mistakes

  1. Generating a random private key offline and expecting the venue to honor it without authorization
  2. Putting the main wallet key on the bot host “just for a minute”
  3. Funding the API wallet and wondering why margin lives elsewhere
  4. Skipping dry-run because “the key is a trading key so it must be fine”
  5. Pasting keys into group chats, tickets, or screenshots

Working pattern

Authorize an API wallet in the official UI flow. Store only that key in a secret manager or host env. Keep funds on the main wallet. Bot process signs; it does not become your cold storage.

Agent note

Vire will not take custody of your main wallet and will not ask you to paste a seed phrase into chat. If a vendor needs that, leave.

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