Hedera Hashgraph How to create your Hedera Wallet: Is MetaMask an Option?

How to create your Hedera Wallet: Is MetaMask an Option?

Author: @Mycryptoview Token

Last Updated: December 04, 2024

When intending to buy Hedera, the first place is to identify the right wallet to use in storing your coins. But with an abundance of choices now on offer, how do you decide which one to opt for?  Fear not! In this guide, here are the answers to the following questions: 

What wallet can hold Hedera? 

The options include Ledger Live, MyHbarWallet, Atomic Wallet, Trust Wallet, ExodusBlade wallet and Hashpack Wallet. 

Is MetaMask an option?

 Hedera smart contract service is EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) compatible which means developers can continue utilising familiar Ethereum development tools such as Web3.js, Truffle, Ethers, Hardhat, and Foundry to build on Hedera using the JSON-RPC Relay.

Additionally, you can add Hbar to MetaMask using Hashio's JSON-RPC Relay using the configuration from Hashio's github https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-json-rpc-relay, which is currently in beta at the time of writing.

What is the best wallet for Hedera? 

The best wallet will therefore vary depending on a user’s preference but recommended wallets included ledger live, blade wallet, Hashpack Wallet, and MyHbarWallet. Making your Hedera(HBAR) wallet creating process looks and feel like MetaMask follow the steps below: 

  1. Go to https://www.hashpack.app/
  2. Click on Get HashPack

      3. Scroll down and click Install on Chrome button             

       4.  Click the Add to Chrome button              

       5. Click the Hashpack icon on your Chrome             

        6.  Click the Create a new wallet button                

           7.  Create a new password for your HashPack wallet                   

        8. Click the create a new wallet button            

 

         9.  Select ECDSA Account                 

        10. Save your seed phrase, keep in a safe place, never share with anyone and verify your seed phrase.    

       11.  Name your HashPack account and select currency display and click the create wallet button.      

        12.  Once you’ve created your wallet you can send and receive HBAR with your HashPack wallet.

                 

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