Installing a wallet

Get a wallet ready before you connect to Pulse.

What is a wallet?

A wallet is an app that lets you manage tokens and approve what happens to them. You need a Midnight wallet to use Pulse. To move tokens from Cardano, you also need a wallet with Cardano support.

Already have a supported wallet? Go to Connecting a wallet.

Install your wallet

Pulse supports 1AM and Lace for Midnight. Start from the wallet’s official website:

• 1AM
• Lace

1. Open the official website and follow its link to install the browser extension. An extension adds the wallet to your browser.

2. Open the wallet. Follow its instructions to create a new wallet, or restore a wallet you already own.

3. If you create a wallet, save the recovery phrase it gives you. Set a password when asked.

4. Leave the wallet installed in the same browser you will use to open Pulse. Unlock it when you are ready to connect.

Keep your backup safe

Your recovery phrase is a secret list of words that can restore your wallet. Anyone with those words may be able to take your tokens. A private key can also give someone control of them.

Keep your secret words to yourself

Store your recovery phrase somewhere safe. Never enter it into Pulse, send it to support, or share it in a chat. If you restore a wallet, enter it only inside the official wallet app.

Your wallet password and recovery phrase do different jobs. The password unlocks the wallet on this device. The recovery phrase helps you restore it if you lose access.