MM01 - How to set up a Metamask wallet

The following article will guide you through setting up a Metamask wallet using their Chrome extension app.

If this is your first time using Metamask, we suggest you take a moment to read the following guides to understand some important principles of Metamask:

• Metamask Security Guide
• Metamask Official Support

If you're viewing this guide to complete your onboarding to FinRev, this is Guide # 1 from our Master Guide. Please return to the Master Guide linked below once all steps are completed to work through the remainder of the steps.

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Video Walkthrough:

Creating Your Metamask Wallet Account

1. Go to www.metamask.io/download
2. Click on 'Install MetaMask for Chrome'

3. Click on 'Add to Chrome'

4. Click on 'Add Extension'

5. Click on the checkbox to agree to the Terms Of Use

6. Click on 'Create new wallet'
7. Click on 'Agree'

8. Type in a password
9. Confirm your new password
10. Click on the checkbox to confirm you understand
11. Click on 'Create New Wallet'

12. Click on 'Secure My Wallet'

13. Click on 'Reveal Secret Recovery Phrase'
14. Write down your Secret Recovery Phrase somewhere safe.

Critical Note: Your Secret Recovery Phrase is a unique 12-word phrase generated when you first set up MetaMask. It allows you to recover your wallet and funds if you ever lose your password. It is crucial to keep this phrase secure and never share it with anyone.

Your account cannot be recovered without this phrase, should you lose the password. Failure to record this phrase can result in you losing access to your Metamask account & the funds within it.

Failure to store this phrase securely can result in an unauthorised third party gaining access to your wallet, and potentially lead to a loss of funds.

Never share this phrase with anybody as it grants them full access to your wallet.

Step 15. Confirm your Secret Recovery Phrase by filling in the blank boxes.

Step 16. Click on 'Confirm'

Step 17. Click on 'Got it'

Step 18. Click on 'Next'

Step 19. Click on 'Done'

Step 20. In your browser, click on the puzzle piece icon

Step 21. Click on the pin icon next to Metamask

You should now see the Fox icon (Metamask) in your extension toolbar on your browser

To open your Metamask, simply click on the Metamask icon

Securing Your Metamask Wallet Account

1. Ensure that you have followed the steps above and recorded your Secret Recovery Phrase in a safe place from thieves, fire, flooding, winds, etc. It's a great idea to keep multiple copies in various trusted and safe locations incase you lose one of the copies.

   
   
2. Open the MetaMask extension in your browser and select the account for which you want to export the private key.
3. Click on the three dots next to your account name
4. Select “Account Details.”

5. Record your wallet address in a safe place from thieves, fire, flooding, winds, etc. It's a great idea to keep multiple copies in various trusted and safe locations incase you lose one of the copies.

   
   

6. Record your Metamask password in a safe place from thieves, fire, flooding, winds, etc. It's a great idea to keep multiple copies in various trusted and safe locations incase you lose one of the copies.

   
   
7. Click on “Show Private Key”
8. Enter your MetaMask password to verify yourself.
9. Click and hold the Blue button and your private key will be displayed
10. Record your Private Key in a safe place from thieves, fire, flooding, winds, etc. It's a great idea to keep multiple copies in various trusted and safe locations incase you lose one of the copies.

Save your (1) Private Key, (2) Secret Recovery Phrase, (3) Crypto Address of your wallet and (4) Password safely either as a physical copy, or save the credentials on your password program.

Keep copies in a place safe from theft, fire, flooding, winds, etc.

If you're viewing this guide to complete your onboarding to FinRev, this is Guide # 1 from our Master Guide. Please return to the Master Guide linked below once all steps are completed to work through the remainder of the steps.

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