Elrond: creating a new wallet

Sever Moldovean | Elrond
Nov 5 · 2 min read

Please follow the next steps in order to create and access a new wallet on the Elrond test network.

Go to https://testnet.elrond.com/#/mywallet/

Enter a password in the “Password” field

Click on Generate Wallet

A JSON file protected by the password you entered earlier will be created and downloaded to your computer

Navigate to the download folder and observe the name of the file: if you are looking for a wallet in a specific shard, make sure you check the last character and find it in the table below

Once you created a wallet in the desired shard, open it.

Go to https://testnet.elrond.com/#/mywallet/

Click on “Browse” and select the JSON file

Enter the password in the “Password” field

Click on “Unlock Wallet”

Now you are inside the wallet and can perform transactions as per the available balance. Please note the address is the same as the JSON file name, for convenience.

The JSON file contains the private key for your wallet. It is important, so make sure you back it up for future use.

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