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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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- | 2. Click ' | + | 2. Click ' |
- | Here you will see the seedphrase | + | Here you will see the seed phrase |
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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 ===== | ===== Activate Your Account ===== | ||
- | 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 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. | + | 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 |
===== Account Recovery ===== | ===== Account Recovery ===== |