There are several Crypto Wallet software that is very popular on the internet currently. In this tutorial we are going to install two different Crypto Currency Wallet, which describe below
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Metamask
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- Metamask act as a extensions installed on your chosen browser, and currently it supports most major browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Opera and MS-Edge
- Within your chosen browser, please point to https://metamask.io, and you will found a Download button to download extension that is appropriate for your browser
- Once you are done installing the extensions, the metamask button will appear on extension button and you are ready to create your cryptocurrency account. Below is the screen capture showing metamask is installed
- Then, please click on Create a Wallet button if you dont already have your wallet, and click on Import Wallet if you have your wallet data.
Creating your wallet account
- Proceed to Agreement Page, and click 'I Agree to allow improvement data to be collected.
- Continue to create your password, ensure that you stored it somewhere safe and put strong enough password.
Creating your wallet password
- This is the most important step. Back up your secret phrase properly. Do not store your secret phrase on your computer. Please read everything on this screen until you understand it completely before proceeding. The secret phrase is the only way to access your wallet if you forget your password.
- Click the buttons respective to the order of the words in your seed phrase. In other words, type the seed phrase using the button on the screen. If done correctly the Confirm button should turn blue.
- Please click Confirm button and followed the mentioned tips.
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- At this moment, you can see your ethereum balance
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Phantom
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- Phantom is Cyrpto Wallet software which function just like Metamask, however, at current time Metamask does not support Solana network. And below is the process on how to install Phantom. In general, the step-by-step process of installing Phantom is very similar to Metamask. First, please point your browser to Phantom Website, and click Download button and follow the instruction to install Phantom to your browser.
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- Please click the Add to Firefox or other browser that you are using.
- Once you are finished, phantom will display below screen to enable you creating your own accont. Please also noted that you cannto use or import Ethereum acccount.
- As mention above, this step is the most important, please safely stored your seed phrase into a safe location.
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- Create your login information account on Phantom
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- Once you finished with your password, the process of creating account on Phantom is done
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Create your marketplace account
This is the part that you need to link your Wallet account with your NFT Market Place account. The market place account can be created when you link your wallet account. Please follow below instruction to have your market place account ready to mint NFT.
Opensea is one of the most common NFT market place that is available on the internet, we will proceed to mint our digital asset on this platform. Please click OpenSea URL to proceed.
Once you open the platform, please click on upper right-hand corner to connect your wallet with platform. For this particular platform you will use Metamask on Polygon network.
Please click on Metamask icon and connect your wallet, at this position, your browser will bring your Metamask window, please login using your password to open Metamask. Once the connection is done you can see you profile is created on Opensea. For the first time before we mint our NFT, please complete your profile data by clicking on profile button next to the left of Wallet icon, then click on Settings.
Example of Completed Profile
Solsea is NFT marketplace for Solana NFT network. We are going to mint our NFT on this particular platform on. Please open Solsea.io and connect your wallet by clicking on top-right-hand button of Wallet. For this platform we are going to use Phantom wallet.