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Wallet Setup

In this guide, we'll generate a wallet address on your workstation

Before We Begin

Make sure to have Akash client installed on your workstation, check install guide for instructions.

Shell Variables Required

Name Description
KEY_NAME Key name of your choosing. This documentation uses a value of "alice".
KEYRING_BACKEND Keyring backend to use for local keys. One of os (default), file, test.

Derive a New Key Locally

Derive a new private key and encrypt to disk using the command keys add, to generate a key with the named alice, run the below (please make sure to replace alice with a name of your choice):

akash \
  --keyring-backend "$KEYRING_BACKEND" \
  keys add "$KEY_NAME"

You'll see a response similar to below:

- name: alice
  type: local
  address: akash1cz87pqkad72gggrv3t7y2x9z56h9gqghlnx3j3
  pubkey: akashpub1addwnpepqtnydvj056gy64uuquldq5yx7mr8ncmn3ut59wwl9p83d8h2v4rtg5xa3vn
  mnemonic: ""
  threshold: 0
  pubkeys: []


**Important** write this mnemonic phrase in a safe place. It is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password.

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In the above example, your new Akash address is akash1cz87pqkad72gggrv3t7y2x9z56h9gqghlnx3j3 and generated mnemonic phrase is town wolf margin .... humble nest call

IMPORTANT: It's imperative your keep the mnemonic phrase is a safe place and it is the ONLY way to recover your private key incase you change or lose your device.

Derive a New Key using Ledger

To derive a key and store it on the ledger, add the --ledger flag keys add command. For example:

akash \
  --keyring-backend "$KEYRING_BACKEND" \
  keys add "$KEY_NAME" \
  --ledger

Will produce a similar output to:

- name: alice
  type: ledger
  address: akash1dt6wukc53dangle8qz7xjc792u0yrdc3esjlsp
  pubkey: akashpub1addwnpepqvcsl4dxvsrdjyvd839uth7g96qhjq7jcxrnlf5qt0rgchutwcp8wgp4yk9
  mnemonic: ""
  threshold: 0
  pubkeys: []

Recovering Your Keys Using Pass Phrase

The command to recover your key is:

akash \
  --keyring-backend "$KEYRING_BACKEND" \
  akash keys add "$KEY_NAME" \
  --recover

This will prompt the user to input a bip39 mnemonic and looks similar to:

> Enter your bip39 mnemonic
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- name: alice
  type: local
  address: akash1skzh3hywj8x5ws7ed30qnz8zf2fq2va6nwdw6t
  pubkey: akashpub1addwnpepqwyfrxddp5zs72qcyujlhky3rxlp80m7z7klyklpdq84mgw04aghvnr5rtz
  mnemonic: ""
  threshold: 0
  pubkeys: []

Exporting Your Private Keys

The command to export your private key is keys export. For example:

akash \
  --keyring-backend "$KEYRING_BACKEND" \
  keys export "$KEY_NAME"

will output a response similar to:

Enter passphrase to decrypt your key:
Enter passphrase to encrypt the exported key:
-----BEGIN TENDERMINT PRIVATE KEY-----
kdf: bcrypt
salt: DC5BA634306180096D7F9D19E94A7A9D
type: secp256k1

Hdv20eQY/mXdYD4a/zd6QPdBDkMHyyl2qY6Tun/UgQviUUyyTvzuVQgrrZ6tilRI
1FXXkwmeRPCOJ4v6oA2q536aM4Jmc5zYekgZ8OI=
=IGRD
-----END TENDERMINT PRIVATE KEY-----

Account Address

You can find your account address with:

akash \
  --keyring-backend "$KEYRING_BACKEND" \
  keys show "$KEY_NAME" -a