Sign in to pump.fun: email wallet or your own wallet?

The two ways in

	Email sign-in (Privy wallet)	Connect your own wallet
Setup	An email and a one-time code	Install a wallet app first, write down its seed phrase
Who holds the key	You, via Privy’s embedded wallet; pump.fun has no access (§30.1)	You alone
Getting back in	Your email login; add a backup login	Your seed phrase
Use the same funds elsewhere	After exporting the key	Yes, in any Solana app
Main risk	Losing the email account, or someone tricking you into sharing a login code	Losing or leaking the seed phrase
Good for	A small first try in the app	Anyone keeping more than pocket money

Both are self-custodial: no company can move your coins for you, and no one can reverse a transfer you sign.

Option 1: email sign-in

1. Choose Sign in on pump.fun or in the app.
2. Enter your email and choose Send sign-in code.
3. Enter the code. The app shows “Provisioning your wallet” while Privy creates it.

Then do two things straight away:

• Add a backup login. The app has “Set up another login”, so losing one email account doesn’t lock you out.
• Export the private key with the app’s Export wallet option. The app shows “Before You Export” tips and the warning “Pump.fun will never ask you for your private keys or seed phrase”. Write the key down offline. Never paste it into a website, a chat or a cloud note.

The terms say the wallet “is provided by Privy.io and shall remain the responsibility of Privy.io and you” (§30.1), and that pump.fun has “no control over your Wallet”. If something goes wrong with the wallet itself, pump.fun isn’t responsible (§30.2).

Option 2: connect your own wallet

1. Install a Solana wallet such as Phantom or Solflare from its official site or app store.
2. Create a wallet and write the seed phrase on paper. It’s the only way back in if you lose the device.
3. On pump.fun choose Sign in, then or connect a wallet, and approve the connection.

Each trade then asks your wallet to sign. Read every prompt: a buy or sell shows a swap, not a broad permission.

Which to choose

• First time, small amount: email sign-in is fine, as long as you export the key and add a backup login.
• Larger amounts, or you trade elsewhere too: your own wallet. Your coins are then reachable from any Solana app, which matters if pump.fun ever restricts your account (Terms §15).

The EVM wallet

If you trade coins on EVM chains inside the app (for example Robinhood Chain or Base), pump.fun creates a separate EVM wallet for your account with its own address and key. Back that up too; the app warns that some EVM wallets can’t be recovered from the recovery phrase.

Protect whichever you pick

Most losses come from scams, not from the wallet type: fake support DMs, “verify your wallet” sites and fake airdrops. pump.fun “will never ask you for your private keys, seed or recovery phrases, social-login or email credentials, one-time codes or similar” (§12.2(c)). Read pump.fun scams next, then fund your account.