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====== Account Setup & Recovery ====== | ====== Account Setup & Recovery ====== | ||
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Below is a walkthrough of setting up your Qortal account in the UI. Please keep in mind, Qortal is about true decentralization which means a little effort on your part will be needed, but it is painless with a little patience! | Below is a walkthrough of setting up your Qortal account in the UI. Please keep in mind, Qortal is about true decentralization which means a little effort on your part will be needed, but it is painless with a little patience! | ||
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===== Making A New Account ===== | ===== Making A New Account ===== | ||
- | First, you'll need to setup a node: 1) use an existing computer, 2) build a Raspberry Pi 4, or 3) buy a QORTector pre-configured from https:// | + | First, you'll need to setup a node: 1) use an existing computer |
+ | You could also set up a VPS. | ||
Once you have a node setup, you will run the core, then open the UI. Below is a screenshot of the UI page you should see: | Once you have a node setup, you will run the core, then open the UI. Below is a screenshot of the UI page you should see: | ||
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- | Here you will see the seedphrase for your account which is OPTIONAL for you to know and save. At this time, this is the only point where you will be able to see your seedphrase. This is a very important step. **Qortal is truly decentralized so there is no account recovery other than this seedphrase and the backup file we will show you shortly.** You can click the refresh symbol to the right of the seedphrase if you would like to find a better combination of words to set as your seedphrase. A lot of us Qortians have our seedphrase memorized but you could write this down and store somewhere safe. **Keep in mind that this seedphrase is master key, DO NOT SHARE WITH ANYONE, as with this key anyone can access your account then lock you out of it.** You can decide not to see your seed phrase and only store a backup file. | + | Here you will see the seedphrase for your account which is OPTIONAL for you to know and save. **WE DO NOT ADVISE NOVICE USERS TO BOTHER WITH THE SEEDPHRASE. YOU DO NOT NEED THE SEEDPHRASE, ONLY YOUR BACKUP FILE!** If you manually entered your seedphrase, there' |
3. Click ' | 3. Click ' | ||
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- | 5. Select where you would like to store your backup file. It is recommended that you do NOT save the backup file on your computer, but rather | + | 5. Select where you would like to store your backup file. It is recommended that you do NOT save the backup file only on your computer, but also a USB thumb drive so you can safely |
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- | 2. Here you will see your Public Key and Address. These are perfectly safe to share, such as sharing the public key with a sponsor or your Qortal wallet address to receive QORT to register a name (we will cover that shortly). **REMEMBER: NEVER SHARE YOUR SEEDPHRASE WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR PUBLIC KEY AND ADDRESS. YOUR SEEDPHRASE IS THE MASTER KEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.** | + | 2. Here you will see your Public Key and Address. These are perfectly safe to share, such as sharing the public key with a sponsor or your Qortal wallet address to receive QORT to register a name (which we cover on a different page on the wiki). **REMEMBER: NEVER SHARE YOUR SEEDPHRASE WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR PUBLIC KEY AND ADDRESS. YOUR SEEDPHRASE IS THE MASTER KEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.** |
3. Select ' | 3. Select ' | ||
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+ | ===== Activate Your Account ===== | ||
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+ | Now that you have made your account and secured backups for it, you will want to send a transaction on-chain to activate your account. Until you do so, the chain does not have your account on the chain. Simply send a message in Q-Chat General Chat! You could also register a name, join a group in the UI, or send coin to your account from another account. If you ask the community, someone will happily send you 0.001 QORT to at least activate your account. | ||
===== Account Recovery ===== | ===== Account Recovery ===== | ||
- | Qortal is truly decentralized. So if you lose your account | + | Qortal is truly decentralized. So there is no account recovery system like we’re used to seeing with centralized systems. Instead, |
1. Click ' | 1. Click ' | ||
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===== Name Registration ===== | ===== Name Registration ===== | ||
- | Qortal has no KYC/AML. We respect anonymity so it is not required | + | Go to the [[How To Register A Name]] page! |
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- | 1. Open and login to the Qortal UI. Then select 'NAME REGISTRATION' | + | |
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- | 3. Confirm the name: | + | |
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- | 4. Wait a moment for a confirmation message 'Name Registration Successful!' before closing. This can take a little longer than you may expect, but this is due to the nature of the transaction being submitted to the chain: | + | |
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