Install your wallet
7 screens · 5 min · Your wallet
Install a wallet of your own from the official place, write down the phrase and check the address.
Where will you use it?
We recommend a computer. A phone also works for the whole trail.
- Bigger screen to check addresses
- Works with a hardware wallet
- Extension for Chrome, Brave, Edge or Firefox
Open the store and click “Add to Chrome”
Open it from the official link below. In the Chrome Web Store, check: MetaMask, by Consensys Software Inc., with the verified badge.
Stuck here?
- An extension with a similar name showed up
- Go back and use the button above. Check: Consensys Software Inc., with the verified badge.
- I use Brave, Edge or Firefox
- MetaMask's official page takes you to the right store for your browser.
- The store asks for payment
- A real wallet is free. Stop and don't pay anything.
Click “Create a new wallet”
If it asks for a password, create one. It only unlocks the app on this device.
Stuck here?
- It asked for my email or phone
- Some do, that's fine. Your recovery phrase, never.
- I only see “Import”
- Import is for people who already have a wallet. Look for “Create a new wallet”.
- It offered to sign in with Google or Apple
- To follow the trail, choose to create it with a Secret Recovery Phrase: that's the one you write on paper.
Write the 12 words on paper
In order, by hand. Check them twice.
No screenshot, no photo, no cloud. No one but you should see this screen.
Stuck here?
- The app won't let me take a screenshot
- That's on purpose. Write it by hand.
- It's 24 words, not 12
- That's fine. Write them all, in order.
- I don't have paper right now
- Stop here and come back later. Don't skip this step.
Practice: tap them in order
The app will ask for the words in the right order. Practice here with made-up words.
Let's check it
In the app: Receive → Copy address. Paste it here. We only read public data: no signature, nothing to connect.