UI/Wallet Setup - Windows
7/31/21 v1.2
The primary way to access the ScPrime network right now is the ScPrime UI or CLI (Command Line Interface). This software acts as a wallet for your ScPrime Coins (SCP) as well as a gateway for you to become an ScPrime Storage Provider if you so choose. This article will help you get started using the ScPrime UI and CLI to receive and store your SCP!
Once there, navigate to the resources tab, and click on ‘Software’
You will want to download UI version 1.5.1 for the operating system you are using. There is also a ‘bootstrap’ you can download that will speed up the time it takes to sync the UI with the network, but it isn’t necessary. More on that later. Once downloaded, run the executable.
When the UI opens, you will see the above screen. Since this is a getting started guide, we will assume you are starting a new wallet, so click on ‘Create new wallet’.
Once clicked, the UI will generate your ScPrime seed or key. Your seed is important and will need to be backed up and then placed in a safe location. Your seed is the only way to access your SCP if something should happen to the computer that the UI is on. At the same time, because the seed gives access to your SCP, it needs to be kept private. Click on the ‘Copy Seed to Clipboard’ button.
Open up Notepad or another similar program and paste the seed into it. Keep it open for now as you will need it for the next step, but once that step is completed, it is a good idea to secure the seed. You could print a copy and then keep that hard copy in a safe place, or perhaps put the notepad file on a USB stick. Either way, you don’t want to keep your seed anywhere someone else can easily find it, so don’t keep it in a text file on your desktop or a centralized cloud server. You want to keep it safe but ‘off the grid’ if possible. So it would be a good idea to delete this notepad file after your seed is secured.
Once you hit ‘Next’ on the generated seed page, you will be asked to fill in the blank seed words to ensure you have possession of the seed. Once filled in, click ‘Done’.
You will then see this above screen as the index is being built and the blockchain is being scanned. This can take some time (several hours), but once done, re-syncing the wallet in the future will be much quicker as it only scans from the block it was on when you closed your UI last.
Another option, as mentioned above, is to download the ‘bootstrap’ and place the consensus file (you will need to unzip it first) in the ScPrime folder. The location will depend on your OS. Commonly it would be one of these;
This would speed up the process of syncing your wallet, but isn’t necessary.
Once the UI is synced with the network, you will see ‘Synced’ in the top right hand corner. You can then click on the ‘Wallet’ tab.
Once inside the ‘Wallet’, you will want to click on ‘Receive’
You will then click on ‘Generate New Address’. An address will be generated below. From there you can then receive SCP using that address.
It could also be a good idea to change your UI password as well. Your UI password is different then your seed, but by default, your password will be your seed. You can change it to something else so you don’t have to re-enter your seed every time you access your UI. To change your password, click on ‘More’ in the ‘Wallet’ tab and then click on ‘Change Password’. Once again, a person that has access to your UI has access to your coins, to be sure to make it a password only you will know!