Create Wallet

Creating A Wallet

To send transactions on the aelf blockchain, you must have a wallet.

Run this command to create aelf wallet.

Terminal

aelf-command create

Acquiring Testnet Tokens for Development

To deploy smart contracts or execute on-chain transactions on aelf, you'll require testnet ELF tokens.

Get ELF Tokens

CLI

Run the following command to get testnet ELF tokens from faucet. Remember to either export your wallet address or replace $WALLET_ADDRESS with your wallet address.

Terminal

curl -X POST "https://faucet.aelf.dev/api/claim?walletAddress=$WALLET_ADDRESS" -H "accept: application/json" -d ""

To check your wallet's current ELF balance:

Terminal

aelf-command call ASh2Wt7nSEmYqnGxPPzp4pnVDU4uhj1XW9Se5VeZcX2UDdyjx -a $WALLET_ADDRESS -p $WALLET_PASSWORD -e https://tdvw-test-node.aelf.io GetBalance

You will be prompted for the following:
Enter the required param <symbol>: ELF
Enter the required param <owner>: $WALLET_ADDRESS

You should see the Result displaying your wallet's ELF balance.

Web

Go to this url https://faucet-ui.aelf.dev. Enter your address and click Get Tokens.

With our wallet funded with the necessary test tokens, we are now ready to proceed to our next exercise!