Installing Concordium Wallet

This section walks you through installing and configuring Concordium Wallet, performing transactions, exporting keys, and importing keys into Concordium Client Configuration.

Introduction to Concordium Wallet

The Concordium Wallet is a digital tool designed to securely store and manage assets on the Concordium blockchain network. It provides users with a convenient interface to interact with their Concordium accounts, facilitating transactions, account management, and asset transfers.

Step 1: Install Concordium Wallet for Web

Install the Concordium Wallet extension on your preferred Chromium web browser by clicking "Add to Chrome" on your Chrome web store:

Screenshot of the Concordium Wallet for Web on Chrome web store.

Next, add the Concordium Wallet as an extension by clicking "Add extension":

Screenshot showing a prompt asking you to add Concordium Wallet as an extension.

After a successful download, you will see the following prompt on your screen:

Screenshot showing that Concordium Wallet has been added to Chrome as an extension.

Step 2: Create a New Wallet

1. Access your Concordium Wallet by navigating to the puzzle icon on the right-hand side and top of your browser, and click "Concordium Wallet":

Screenshot showing the puzzle icon that displays the Concordium wallet

2. Accept the terms and conditions, then click "Continue":

Screenshot showing the start of the Concordium Wallet

3. Set up your passcode, which must be at least six characters, and click "Continue":

4. Create a new wallet by selecting "Create":

Screenshot showing the "Create" button that creates a new wallet

Selecting the "Restore" button recovers an existing wallet.

5. Copy and save your 24-word secret recovery phrase securely:

Screenshot showing the 24-word secret recovery phrase

The wallet utilizes a 24-word secret recovery phrase to enhance security. It's essential to safeguard this recovery phrase as it grants access to your wallet.

Step 3: Configure Concordium Wallet for Testnet

1. Log in to your newly created wallet by entering your passkey and typing in your 24-word recovery phrase, and clicking "Continue":

Entering the 24-word recovery phrase

2. Choose the network to connect your wallet, either Concordium Mainnet or Testnet. For this tutorial, select "Concordium Testnet":

Choosing the network to connect to.

3. Verify that you have connected your wallet to the Concordium Testnet network by navigating to your menu and selecting "Wallet Settings", then click "Network settings":

Verifying that the wallet has been connected to Concordium Testnet Network

4. Request an identity from one of the identity providers by clicking "Request Identity":

Requesting an Identity

5. Choose "Concordium testnet IP" from the list as your identity provider to request an identity:

Choosing Concordium testnet IP as your Identity provider.

Afterward, an external web page will open, as shown in the next step.

6. Enter the information requested by the Concordium testnet identity provider:

External web page that requests information for the Concordium testnet Identity provider

Note: The information required might vary depending on the identity provider.

After submitting your information, your request will be sent to your identity provider for verification. It usually takes a while to see the result of the verification:

Information submitted to the Identity Provider

Note that no ID is required for creating identities on the Concordium testnet IP. Test identities are exclusively meant for testing purposes on the testnet environment.

Step 4: Create an Account

1. Click "Create Account" to create an account in your wallet:

Creating an account in the wallet

2. Select the Identity to use for the account by clicking "Concordium identity":

Selecting the identity to use for the account.

3. Click "Create new account" to create the account using the Concordium identity:

Clicking "Create new account" to create account with the identity

Afterward you will see the following showing that your account has been created:

Page shown after account has been created

Step 5: Perform Transactions

1. Click the menu icon at the bottom of the wallet interface and click "Request CCD":

Clicking the menu icon at the bottom

This will prompt the faucet to send you CCDs (Concordium Crypto Dollars) for the testnet:

CCDs sent

2. Utilize the Concordium Wallet interface to access the transaction window and initiate transactions by clicking the green button circled below:

Showing the Transaction Window.

3. Within the transaction window, you can specify the desired amount of CCDs and the recipient's address:

showing the amount of CCDs to transfer

Take note of the 'Estimated transaction fee,' which is 0.018306 for this transaction. This allows you to estimate the costs beforehand and helps you calculate your business expenses in the future.

4. Click "Continue" and the address of the sender and reciever will be displayed along with the amountv of CCDs being transfered:

Showing the amount, sender address and receivers address

5. Click "Send" to submit the transaction:

Showing that the transaction has been submitted

6. Click "Finish" and your public balance total, public amount at disposal, stake/delegation amount, and the amount of CCDs transferred will be diplayed:

Showing the public balance total, public amount at disposal, stake/delegation amount, and the amount of CCDs transferred.

Step 5: Export Keys

Following transaction activities, you need to export the keys associated with your Concordium Wallet for future use.

1. On your wallet, go to "Accounts" and click the following icon circled and click "Export private key":

Clicking "Export private key"

2. Enter your passcode and click "Show private key":

Entering the passcode.

3. Click the "Export" button to view and copy your private key or download the file containing the keys in the same directory that contains your "concordium-client":

Exporting the file containing the keys.

The exported file will have a name like this <YOUR PUBLIC ADDRESS>.export. It also contains these keys signKey, verifyKey.

4. Open the exported file in a text editor to view and copy your signKey and verifyKey:

Screenshot of the exported file

These keys will be necessary for deploying and interacting with contracts on the Concordium blockchain.

Step 6: Import Keys into Concordium Client Configuration

1. Transfer the exported key file to the directory where your Concordium client tool operates.

2. In the directory, import the keys into the Concordium client configuration by running the following command in your terminal:

concordium-client config account import <Wallet.export> --name <Your-Wallet-Name>.json

Replace <Wallet> and <Your-Wallet-Name> with the name of your exported file, which is your wallet's public address.

3. Enter your encryption password:

Entering encryption password

4. Your keys will be imported into your Concordium Client Configuration:

Keys imported into the Concordium Client Configuration

Note: This step ensures seamless integration between your Concordium Wallet and the client tool.