Using web3 wallets!
Cosmos based wallets
Prerequisite: make sure you have installed and setup Keplr wallet.
- Open your Chrome browser and look for the puzzle piece in the top right corner. Click it to see your extensions. A drop down menu will appear and within it you'll find
Keplr
as an option; click it to open your wallet. - Type the password you previously created into Keplr and click
unlock
. At the top of the Keplr window between the hamburger menu and the icon of a person you'll see a network name articulated; probablyCosmos Hub
. - Click this network name and a drop down menu will appear. Scroll down to find the network you wish to use; for instance if you select
Regen
as your network then where you sawCosmos Hub
will now readRegen
instead. - Below in the Keplr interface this you'll see the name you chose for your wallet, below that you'll set of characters which looks like
regen1pc6x4v4sxlf...05cy3tt4w
; this is your wallet address or public key. This public key or always starts with the name of your 'home chain', so in this example it'sregen
. - Click this text to copy it and you'll see a notification saying
address copied
. You can then share this address with others in order to interact with them (sign transactions, make exchanges, send tokens etc.). Alternatively you can click thedeposit
button and a QR code will pop up, which another person can then scan with their camera to send you a transaction. - Ask a friend to send you a test transaction of a few tokens just to make sure everything's working. You can check these have been received by opening Keplr and looking at the purple
available
tag - this may take a short amount of time to show up. Assuming you see the tokens showing, all is good and you have received your first transaction! - If you have tokens in your wallet you can also send a transaction. In your Keplr wallet interface, you just need to click the
send
button on the home screen. Doing so will open up a screen asking for an address; paste the address you want to send to and choose the denomination you wish to transfer and selectsend
. (Instructions may be less exact on this point) - Celebrate; you're now a 'crypto initiate' having successfully overcome several user experience issues of web3! W00p 🎉