The Solana command line tools or SolFlare are the only wallets that are capable of receiving and manipulating locked stake accounts. Either of these options can be used with or without a Ledger Nano hardware wallet.

Exchange wallets (such as Binance or FTX) or other Solana ecosystem wallets such as Phantom are not compatible with locked stake accounts. Providing an address to an incompatible wallet means you will not be able to access any incentives earned. Solana Foundation will not be responsible for any losses, and cannot assist you, if you provide an address for an incompatible wallet.

If you already have a SolFlare or command line wallet set up, you do not need to create a new one. Make sure your seed phrase is backed up, and provide your wallet’s address where prompted during sign-up.

If you are using the command line tools without a Ledger Nano:

Create a new keypair (.json) file using the solana-keygen new tool.
Make sure your seed phrase is backed up securely!
Display the pubkey of your keypair with solana-keygen pubkey
This pubkey is your wallet address, and will be assigned as the authority over any locked stake accounts you earn.
Copy-paste this pubkey exactly when prompted for your wallet address during the sign up process.

If you are using the command line tools with a Ledger Nano:

Set up the Ledger Nano according to its instructions.
Make sure your seed phrase is backed up securely!
Open the Solana app on your Ledger Nano.
Display the pubkey for a key derivation path on your Ledger Nano that you would like to use.
For example:
- solana-keygen pubkey usb://ledger
- solana-keygen pubkey usb://ledger?key=0
- solana-keygen pubkey usb://ledger?key=1
This pubkey is your wallet address, and will be assigned as the authority over any locked stake accounts you earn.
Copy-paste this pubkey exactly when prompted for your wallet address during the sign up process.

If you are using SolFlare:

Follow SolFlare’s guides either to set up a new wallet, or connect to an existing wallet.
Make sure your seed phrase is backed up securely!
Once you are connected to your SolFlare wallet, your Wallet Address will be displayed at the top of the screen.
Copy and paste this pubkey exactly when prompted for your wallet address during the sign up process.
Note: When new stake accounts are created and authorized to a SolFlare wallet, they will automatically appear under the Staking page.

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