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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 ' |