Creating Accounts

Introduction

Before you can start building and transacting, you’ll need to create an account.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of account creation using the command-line interface (CLI) and Initia’s JavaScript library, initia.js.

InitiaJS provides a Wallet class that can be used to create and manage accounts.

Creating an Account

• CLI
• InitiaJS

> initiad keys add [key-name]

- address: init17exjfvgtpn5ne4pgmuatjg52mvvtj08773tgfx
name: test-account
pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"Ap+WnRzOsJGgfgsrgc4APi/EiTzl3t52ruiKGev7X9LW"}'
type: local


**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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The mnemonic key is the only way to recover your account if you forget your password.

Importing an Account

Retrieving Account Data