Hot Wallet Creation
Step 1: Log in to your account on https://app.bitgo.com/
Step 2: On the homepage click on “+Create Wallet”, you’ll walk through a three-step process to set up your wallet.
Step 3:
- Input a “Name” for your wallet
- Select “Asset” type as “Arbitrum Ethereum (ARBETH)” or “Optimism Ethereum
- Select Wallet type as “Self-Managed Hot”
- Click on “Continue”
Step 4: Setup Wallet password
- Select “Multisignature”
- Setup your “Wallet password”
- Click on Continue
Step 5: Select how you want to manage your Backup Key
Step 6: Input the activation code from your keycard
You should print the KeyCard and/or save the PDF to an offline storage device. The print-out or USB stick should be kept in a safe place, such as a bank vault or home safe.
- Enter the “Activation Code”
- Check “I have secured my KeyCard offline and deleted file from my computer”
- Click on “Create Wallet”
Important: If you haven't provided an external backup key, then the original PDF should be deleted from any machine where the wallet will be regularly accessed to prevent malware from capturing both the KeyCard and your wallet passcode
You have successfully created your Self-Managed Hot Wallet.
To initialize the wallet, user needs to deposit any amount of the tokens supported.
Custodial Wallet Creation
- Follow the steps as described above:
- Step 3: Select wallet type as “Custodial”
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