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Creating a wallet | ||
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This is a page that goes over the details of creating a new wallet in ElectrumSV. | ||
From ElectrumSV 1.3 and beyond, a wallet is now a container for your accounts. This guide shows | ||
you how to create an empty wallet with no accounts. After creating the wallet, you will of course | ||
want to add an account to it, in order to be able to start using it. | ||
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Choosing the location and file name | ||
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The first step is to choose where to store your wallet, and what it’s file name should be. | ||
If you choose not to store your wallet in the default location that ElectrumSV uses, it is | ||
likely that you will quickly be able to find it again in the “Recently Opened Wallets” list | ||
when you open it again in the future. | ||
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Start off at the wallet selection page. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-a-wallet-01-selection-page.png | ||
:alt: blah | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The wallet selection page. | ||
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You will be presented with a file dialog that lets you choose where your wallet will be stored, | ||
and what it will be named. It defaults to the standard ElectrumSV wallet location on your | ||
operating system. Enter a file name, and click “Save” (or press the enter key). | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-a-wallet-02-filename-dialog.png | ||
:alt: blah | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The wallet file name dialog. | ||
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Add a mandatory password | ||
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The next step is setting a password for your new wallet. We require a password and there is no | ||
way to opt out, but you can always enter something like “password” or “123456” if you wish. | ||
This is also required for hardware and watch-only wallets, where there is no key or seed word | ||
data to encrypt. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-a-wallet-03-add-password-dialog.png | ||
:alt: blah | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The wallet file name dialog. | ||
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Once you have entered a password, and confirmed it, the “OK” button will become enabled and you | ||
can click it (or just press the enter key) to open the new wallet. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-a-wallet-04-new-wallet-window.png | ||
:alt: blah | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The new wallet's wallet window. | ||
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Congratulations, you have created a new empty wallet. It will not be usable until you have | ||
created an account, and various parts of the user interface will indicate this. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-a-wallet-05-wallet-window-receiving-disabled.png | ||
:alt: blah | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The receiving tab is disabled. |
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Creating an account | ||
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This is a document where a user is creating an account. | ||
If you are reading this, you likely have a new wallet that has no accounts, and you want to add | ||
one to it. | ||
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We support addition of a wide variety of account types: | ||
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- A new “Standard” account. This is the equivalent of creating a new ElectrumSV seed-word | ||
based wallet in 1.2.5 and earlier. | ||
- A multi-signature account. Use this if you are creating a new multi-signature account, or | ||
restoring an existing one from master public keys, seed words and so on. | ||
- Importing from text. Use this to import your seed words, whether Electrum seed words, BIP39 | ||
seed words from another wallet, private keys, public keys, master public keys, master private | ||
keys, and so on. | ||
- Importing a hardware wallet. If you have an existing hardware wallet that has a seed set up on | ||
it, then you can use this to add an account that links to it and uses it to sign. If you have | ||
a hardware wallet that does not have a seed set up on it, you should also be able to use this | ||
to set it up unless the device is a Ledger. Do not buy a Ledger. | ||
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This guide solely covers creating a "Standard" account. | ||
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Adding an account | ||
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In the top-left-hand corner of your wallet window, you will see the “Add Account” button. | ||
Click it and it will open the account wizard which allows all supported types of accounts to be | ||
created. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-01-add-account-button.png | ||
:alt: The "Add Account" button highlighted. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The "Add Account" button highlighted. | ||
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The account wizard offers four different types of account addition, at the time of writing. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-02-account-wizard-types.png | ||
:alt: The Account Types page in the Account Wizard. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The Account Types page in the Account Wizard. | ||
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Creating a new “Standard” Account | ||
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Double-click on the “Standard” entry to proceed. Or if you prefer to work for it, click the | ||
“Next” button or press the enter key. You will be asked for your password so that the generated | ||
seed words and private key data can be encrypted into your wallet. This also verifies you have | ||
the ability to really use this wallet, and should able to add an account. | ||
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.. figure:: images/password-dialog.png | ||
:alt: The password dialog. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The password dialog. | ||
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You will immediately see that the account has been added to your wallet. You will note that at | ||
no point did you have to copy down your new seed words, or confirm them. You will be reminded to | ||
back them up by the wallet, and can do so at your leisure and own risk. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-03-wallet-window-receiving-tab.png | ||
:alt: The new account's receiving tab. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The new account's receiving tab. | ||
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Backing up your seed words | ||
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The wallet window now has a notification center, which is used to remind you to deal with | ||
important events, and point out how you can do it. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-04-wallet-window-notifications-indicator.png | ||
:alt: The wallet's notifications indicator. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The wallet's notifications indicator. | ||
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The initial backup notification | ||
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Clicking the notification icon will make the new “Notifications” tab the active one and show the | ||
initial notification about backing up your data. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-05-wallet-window-notifications-tab.png | ||
:alt: The initial backup notification in the wallet's notifications tab. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The initial backup notification in the wallet's notifications tab. | ||
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Follow the link to your secured data | ||
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If you click on the “account’s secured data” link, it will take you directly to that secured | ||
data. But first it will need your password so it can decrypt that data for display. | ||
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.. figure:: images/password-dialog.png | ||
:alt: The password dialog. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The password dialog. | ||
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Having entered the correct password you will see the secured data. | ||
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.. figure:: images/creating-an-account-07-secured-data-dialog.png | ||
:alt: The secured data dialog. | ||
:align: center | ||
:scale: 80% | ||
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The secured data dialog. | ||
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Congratulations, now write down the seed words somewhere safe. I recommend you look into | ||
`SAFEWORDS <https://coinstorage.guru/>`_ to help you with this. You can dismiss the notification | ||
by clicking on the “X” in it’s top right corner. |
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