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# First Steps / Onboarding

Are you completely new to crypto and blockchain technology? This is the place to be! And if you are someone used to the space, you’ll still find some useful information here.

If you want to jump right in, we have FIRST STEPS below, which will get you started right away! \
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If you want a more in-depth introduction, [**please read.**  ](new-to-crypto)

**Join Project ONE Discord if you have any questions:** [https://discord.gg/projectone](https://discord.gg/projectone)\
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**1. Download a Cardano wallet**&#x20;

:white\_small\_square:A Crypto wallet gives you 100% ownership of your crypto & NFTs. You must have your own wallet to buy & sell NFTs. \
:white\_small\_square:Make sure to securely save your seed phrase.\
:white\_small\_square:There are many wallets, these are the ones most widely used.\


:white\_small\_square:**TokeoPay: Simple to use, lots of features, works for:** [**https://theoneplatform.io/**](https://theoneplatform.io/) [**https://tokeopay.io/**](https://tokeopay.io/)

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:white\_small\_square:[**GeroWallet**](https://gerowallet.io/)**:** provides a secure and UX friendly UI for you to manage your tokens and NFTs on Cardano with Built-In Swap swap ADA and any Cardano native assets directly within the wallet. With :white\_small\_square:[**Cardano Shield** ](https://www.cardanoshield.com/)built in. Which is an Open-Source wallet extension backed by Project Catalyst Fund10 Proactive protection from Phishing via websites and transactions using Machine learning modules and community insights.

:white\_small\_square:Vespr: Mobile wallet, great UI: [https://vespr.xyz](https://vespr.xyz/)\
:white\_small\_square:**GeroWallet:** [https://gerowallet.io](https://gerowallet.io)\
:white\_small\_square:**Lace** : Desktop quick wallet:  [https://www.lace.io/](https://www.lace.io/)\
:white\_small\_square:Eternl: More robust, with advanced features: [https://eternl.io/app/mainnet/faq](https://eternl.io/app/mainnet/faq)

:white\_small\_square:Once you have Ada, set a 5₳ collateral in your wallet. This is found in your wallet's settings.\
:white\_small\_square:This may be necessary when using some DEXs and other Dapps on Cardano.\


**2. Fund your wallet**

**Two most common ways**

1. Buy directly through your Cardano wallet with your credit card.
2. Through a Centralised exchange.

[**Exchange**](new-to-crypto/defi-exchanges)\
:white\_small\_square:Once you have created an account, passed KYC, you can buy Ada and send it to your Cardano wallet.&#x20;

:white\_small\_square:We advise you not to hold Crypto on a Centralised exchange, as whoever holds the keys (seed phrase) owns the Crypto. If something were to happen with an exchange, you may lose access to your Crypto.

**Centralised Exchange**\
:white\_small\_square:Gemini: [https://www.gemini.com/](https://www.gemini.com/)\
:white\_small\_square:Binance: [https://www.binance.com/en](https://www.binance.com/en)\
:white\_small\_square:Coinbase: [https://www.coinbase.com/](https://www.coinbase.com/)\
:white\_small\_square:Kraken: [https://www.kraken.com/en-gb](https://www.kraken.com/en-gb)

**Decentralized Exchange**\
:white\_small\_square:Changelly: [https://changelly.com/](https://changelly.com/)\
:white\_small\_square:FixedFloat: [https://fixedfloat.com/en/](https://fixedfloat.com/en/)\
:white\_small\_square:ChangeNOW: [https://changenow.io/](https://changenow.io/)

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**Swap from other chains**\
:white\_small\_square:[**Simpleswap**](https://simpleswap.io/)\
This is a very easy way to move from one exchange to another, for example from Ada to Eth. We have found this to be among the cheapest to use.

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**3. SET COLLATERAL**

:white\_small\_square:Set a 5₳ collateral in your wallet, this is found in your wallet's settings.\
:white\_small\_square:This may be necessary when using some DEXs and other Dapps on Cardano.\
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**NFT TOOLS**

**NFT Marketplace** \
:white\_small\_square:This is where you can buy & sell NFTs. \
:white\_small\_square:JPG is the main Cardano NFT marketplace: [https://www.jpg.store/](https://www.jpg.store/)

**Cswap Dex** \
:white\_small\_square:The first Dex for NFTs on Cardano. Instant liquidity: [https://www.cswap.info/](https://www.cswap.info/)

**NFT Ranking, Rarity & Roles**\
:white\_small\_square:CNFT.TOOLS The only site used by Cardano NFT projects for rarity: [https://cnft.tools/](https://cnft.tools/) \
:white\_small\_square:Most projects also use their services for Discord roles, which show authentic ownership of NFTs & Tokens. You will need to verify your wallet in their Discord. They have a lot of other great bots too.\
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**TOKEN TOOLS**

How to connect to a Dex or marketplace \
:white\_small\_square:There will be a wallet in the top right. \
:white\_small\_square:Click then connect and sign in.

**Cardono Dex** \
:white\_small\_square:Used for buying Cardano native Tokens like our own token $pugchip \
:white\_small\_square:Minswap is the most popular: https://app.minswap.org/swap

**Dex Aggregator**\
:white\_small\_square:A dex aggregator will find the best price from all Cardano Dexes. \
:white\_small\_square:Dexhunter: [https://dexhunter.io/](https://dexhunter.io/)

**Token Charts**\
:white\_small\_square:Taptools: [https://www.taptools.io/](https://www.taptools.io/)\
:white\_small\_square:Used to track all Cardano Native Tokens (CNTS)\
:white\_small\_square:You can trade directly on TapTools with Dexhunter.\
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**HOW TO FIND YOUR STAKE KEY**\
[**Pool.pm**](https://pool.pm/)\
[**Cardanoscan.io**](https://cardanoscan.io/)

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**HOW TO FIND YOUR TX ID**\
[**Nami**](https://namiwallet.io/) & [**Eternl**](https://eternl.io/app/mainnet/faq)

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