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An Ethereum account is an entity with an ether (ETH) balance that can send transactions on Ethereum. Accounts can be user-controlled or deployed as smart contracts.
An Ethereum account is an entity with an ether (ETH) balance that can send messages on Ethereum. Accounts can be user-controlled or deployed as smart contracts.

## Prerequisites {#prerequisites}

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**Contract**

- Creating a contract has a cost because you're using network storage
- Can only send transactions in response to receiving a transaction
- Can only send messages in response to receiving a transaction
- Transactions from an external account to a contract account can trigger code which can execute many different actions, such as transferring tokens or even creating a new contract
- Contract accounts don't have private keys. Instead, they are controlled by the logic of the smart contract code

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