Lesson 5: deploy.js who owns the wallet?

[0xDeju]

Hi Folks,

In lesson 5 deploy.js, we learn about deploying the SimpleStorage contract using Ganache. I find that the context surrounding the wallet variable is still a little unclear to me. Who owns this wallet? Is it the person who deploys the contract, is it the smart contract itself, or something else?

In other words, if I were to revise the naming of the variable, what would be most accurate?
const ownerWallet = new ethers.Wallet(PRIVATE_KEY, provider);
OR
const contractWallet = new ethers.Wallet(PRIVATE_KEY, provider);

[alymurtazamemon]

@0xDeju Yes, this is a variable name, you can name it whatever you want, the actual thing is PRIVATE_KEY, if here let say you gave it private key from metamask account, then the owner of that wallet/account will be the owner. And the owner is not the right word, we can say the deployer of the contract.