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Do expired .eth names affect wallet access?

No. A .eth name is a label that points at your wallet — losing the label doesn't change the wallet.

No. An expired .eth name doesn't affect your wallet. Your wallet, the funds in it and your private key don't depend on the name.

A .eth name is a label that points at your wallet. It isn't the wallet itself. Think of a contact in your phone: delete the contact and the number still works; you just have to dial the digits.

What stays the same

  • Your wallet address: same 0x address, same balance, same history.

  • Your other tokens and NFTs: still yours.

  • Your private key: signs transactions as before.

What changes

An upgraded name stops pointing at your address when it expires. A name not yet upgraded keeps pointing there until its 90-day grace period ends.

Once the name stops pointing at your address:

  • Payments sent to yourname.eth stop reaching you.

  • Apps that showed yourname.eth for your wallet show your 0x address instead.

If the name is in its grace period, anyone can still renew it at the normal price, and nobody else can register it. See Expiry & grace period.

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