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How to create a secret
Create Secret
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The generated secret
should be kept safe and should be told to nobody. All digital assets are tied to this secret. If you loose this secret you will loose all your digital assets.
Don’t reuse this secret
on differnet GNY networks (localnet
, testnet
, mainnet
). You make yourself vulnerable to Replay attacks
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::: tip
This secret (BIP39 standard
) is used to access your funds on the GNY Blockhain and activates forging (if you are a delegate).
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Here
With CLI
First install the @gny/cli
via npm:
npm install --global @gny/cli
Then execute the genaccount
command:
gny-cli genaccount
? Enter number of accounts to generate 1
The result:
[
{
"address": "G2iZ5kf5z8NnyoTV17b6rSNEYQYzA",
"secret": "source express orange puppy spy...",
"publicKey": "96ac2d8076bd2858d391d0e22dd63a4edc879a9447d0fe2f8a1d175e36f105c8"
}
]
::: tip
The secret
is the key secret
starting with: source express orange...
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::: tip
In order to start forging you need to add your secret
to your node configuration.
Visit run-node/configure for details
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