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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 store it somewhere other than on your computer. These are really affordable so it would be wise to store the backup on more than one USB thumb drive. Maybe have a family member keep one at their place as well? It is password protected so it is perfectly safe to do so. The password will be set as the one you chose for saving your account to the browser - if you would like to make a different password, then skip saving the backup file now, we will show you how to do this shortly. Assuming you are ok with using the password you used for saving your account to the browser, below we are prompted to select where to store the backup file. In this example we are selecting a USB thumb drive connected to the computer: |
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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 (which we cover on a different page on the wiki). **REMEMBER: NEVER SHARE YOUR SEEDPHRASE | + | 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 SEED PHRASE |
3. Select ' | 3. Select ' | ||
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===== Account Recovery ===== | ===== Account Recovery ===== | ||
- | Qortal is truly decentralized. So there is no account recovery system like we’re used to seeing with centralized systems. Instead, you will either need your 1) backup file or 2) seedphrase. Otherwise, there is no way to recover your account. During account creation, is the only time you’ll be able to see your seedphrase, but fear not! You don’t NEED the seedphrase. The seedphrase | + | Qortal is truly decentralized. So there is no account recovery system like we’re used to seeing with centralized systems. Instead, you will either need your 1) backup file or 2) seed phrase. Otherwise, there is no way to recover your account. During account creation, is the only time you’ll be able to see your seed phrase, but fear not! You don’t NEED the seed phrase. The seed phrase |
- | 1. Click ' | + | 1. Click ' |
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- | 2. If you are using your seephrase, simply enter the seedphrase, make sure you have correct space between words as that counts as part of the seedphrase. Make sure there is no space before the first letter in the start of the seedphrase, and no space after the last letter at the end of the seedphrase. Then save to browser with a name and password: | + | 2. If you are using your seed phrase, simply enter the seed phrase, make sure you have correct space between words as that counts as part of the seed phrase. Make sure there is no space before the first letter in the start of the seed phrase, and no space after the last letter at the end of the seed phrase. Then save to browser with a name and password: |
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