Create A new My Ether wallet, to hold ERC 20 tokens and Ethereum for Ico’s

in #create7 years ago

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First step: Make sure that the website you are visiting is correct.

Beware of phishing websites. https://www.myetherwallet.com/
This is the correct address and should be a secure website.

Second step : Enter a strong password and click on Create New Wallet.

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After setting up a password and clicking on Create New Wallet, you will arrive on this page.

Third Step : Download the Keystore File ( UTC /JSON), Click on I understand, continue.

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Now you will arrive on the page where it asks you to save your private key. This is important and should be kept in a safe place where no one has access to it except YOU ! Or the other option is to print paper wallet and keep it in a safe. ( Also don’t worry this is a demo account so that private key is useless, don’t waste your time on trying to get into it :).

Fourth Step : After successfully securing your private key, Click on save your address to go to the next page.

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You will arrive on this page. There are many different ways to access your My Ether Wallet, Metamask/Mist, Ledger wallet , Trezor and others.
Best and easy ways to use it through is the top 3
Ledger and Trezor being hardware devices that are the most secure or using Metamask chrome/brave browser plug in.

https://metamask.io/
You can use the above link to Download the Plug in.

Congratulations ! You have successfully setup My Ether Wallet.
Thank you.

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