Create and fund a wallet#
In order to make changes on Dash Platform, you need a wallet with a balance. This tutorial explains how to generate a new wallet, retrieve an address from it, and transfer test funds to the address from a faucet.
Prerequisites#
General prerequisites (Node.js / Dash SDK installed)
Code#
const Dash = require('dash');
const clientOpts = {
network: 'testnet',
wallet: {
mnemonic: null, // this indicates that we want a new wallet to be generated
// if you want to get a new address for an existing wallet
// replace 'null' with an existing wallet mnemonic
offlineMode: true, // this indicates we don't want to sync the chain
// it can only be used when the mnemonic is set to 'null'
},
};
const client = new Dash.Client(clientOpts);
const createWallet = async () => {
const account = await client.getWalletAccount();
const mnemonic = client.wallet.exportWallet();
const address = account.getUnusedAddress();
console.log('Mnemonic:', mnemonic);
console.log('Unused address:', address.address);
};
createWallet()
.catch((e) => console.error('Something went wrong:\n', e))
.finally(() => client.disconnect());
// Handle wallet async errors
client.on('error', (error, context) => {
console.error(`Client error: ${error.name}`);
console.error(context);
});
Mnemonic: thrive wolf habit timber birth service crystal patient tiny depart tower focus
Unused address: yXF7LsyajRvJGX96vPHBmo9Dwy9zEvzkbh
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Please save your mnemonic for the next step and for re-use in subsequent tutorials throughout the documentation.
What’s Happening#
Once we connect, we output the newly generated mnemonic from client.wallet.exportWallet()
and an unused address from the wallet from account.getUnusedAddress()
.
Next Step#
Using the faucet at https://testnet-faucet.dash.org/, send test funds to the “unused address” from the console output. You will need to wait until the funds are confirmed to use them. There is a block explorer running at https://testnet-insight.dashevo.org/insight/ which can be used to check confirmations.