Accounts¶
Create an account¶
https://www.stellar.org/laboratory/#account-creator This is a web tool that allows you to create and fund accounts. It will also allow you to fund that account on the testnet.
Click to Generate keypair:
An account is just a public/private keypair, like so:
Account access is controlled by public/private key cryptography. For an account to perform a transaction–e.g., make a payment–the transaction must be signed by the private key that corresponds to that account’s public key.
Friendbot: fund a test network account¶
Make sure that you have “test” selected in the upper right. This is critical!
Then fund it, like so:
