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BTC Wallet Setup

📜 TL;DR:

  • UniSat, available as a browser extension and mobile app, is designed to let users easily manage their Bitcoin assets and interact with dApps.

  • This guide walks you through setting up your UniSat wallet.

🏁 Prerequisites

1. Add the UniSat Chrome extension

Navigate to the UniSat extension download and click 'Add to Chrome.'

Click 'Add extension.'

📚 Tutorial

Video

1. Open the UniSat Chrome extension

Open the UniSat extension and click 'Create new wallet.'

2. Create a password

3. Copy your secret recovery phrase

Make sure to save your private key. Your private key provides full access to your wallet and funds.

  • Hemi team members will never ask you for private keys.

  • Do not share it with anyone.

After you have saved your private key in a secure area, click 'Continue.'

4. Select address type

Hemi currently uses two primary address types:

  • Legacy (P2PKH): PoP mining currently requires a P2PKH address, although this may change at some point in the future.

  • Native SegWit (P2WPKH): For everything else on Hemi (i.e., Bitcoin tunneling), any address type can be used but P2WPKH will (generally) be the cheapest fee-wise.

We recommend creating a Native SegWit wallet to jumpstart in the Bitcoin ecosystem. New wallets and other address types can be created in the future.

After you have selected your address type, click 'Continue.'

5. Your UniSat wallet setup is complete! 🎉

Switch Bitcoin Networks

📜 TL;DR:

  • When setting up your UniSat wallet, the browser extension will default to the Bitcoin mainnet network.

  • If you plan on building on or interacting with Bitcoin testnet, you may need to change the network your UniSat wallet is set to in order to view your testnet assets.

  • This guide walks you through switching the connected network on your UniSat wallet.

🏁 Prerequisites

📚 Tutorial

1. Open the UniSat browser extension

2. Select the network dropdown

Click the network dropdown in the top-right corner to view all Bitcoin networks.

3. Select Bitcoin Testnet

Select 'Bitcoin Testnet' from the list of networks. From here, the dropdown should expand and you can click on 'Bitcoin Testnet'.

4. You are ready to interact on Bitcoin Testnet! 🎉

Your wallet is now ready to send, receive, and sign transactions on Bitcoin Testnet!