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Create a Polkadex wallet

To hold, send or stake PDEX, or to vote in Polkadex governance, you need a wallet that works with Polkadex. It takes about ten minutes. Your wallet keeps your keys on your own device: the Polkadex team never sees them and will never ask for them.

1. Choose a wallet

All of them work with the Polkadex Explorer, which is where you stake, vote and send PDEX. Install wallets only from the official website or your phone's official app store.

2. Create your account

  1. Open the wallet and choose to create a new wallet or account (not import).
  2. The wallet shows a secret recovery phrase of 12 or 24 words. Write the words on paper, in order, and keep the paper somewhere safe and offline.
  3. Never take a screenshot of the phrase, store it in a notes app, email or chat, or type it into any website. Anyone with these words can take everything in the wallet. If you lose the phrase, nobody, including the Polkadex team, can recover the wallet.
  4. Confirm the phrase when the wallet asks, and set a password or PIN for the app or extension.

Wallet notes

  • Nova Wallet: tap "Create a new wallet". You can back up manually ("Continue with manual backup") or to your Google or Apple cloud with a separate backup password.
  • SubWallet: choose "Create a new account", then "Create with a new seed phrase".
  • Talisman and Polkadot.js: choose to create a new account.

3. Find your Polkadex address

A Polkadex address starts with "es". The same account has a different-looking address on each network, so always copy the Polkadex one.

  • Nova Wallet: tap Receive and search for PDEX, then Copy Address. If the address does not start with "es", open View Address Formats. If PDEX is not listed, use the explorer check below.
  • SubWallet: use Get address and search for Polkadex. If it is listed, copy the address; if not, use the explorer check below.
  • Talisman: click Receive, choose your account, and search for the Polkadex network. If it is listed, copy the address; if not, use the explorer check below.
  • Polkadot.js: the address display format can be changed in the extension settings. If Polkadex is not offered, use the explorer check below.

Easiest check: connect your wallet to the Polkadex Explorer (next step). The explorer always shows your Polkadex address.

Never send PDEX to an address that starts with "0x", or to an exchange deposit address that is not for PDEX on Polkadex. Transfers cannot be reversed. Send a small test amount first.

4. Connect to the Polkadex Explorer

On desktop

  1. Open explorer.polkadex.ee (type it, or use a bookmark).
  2. Click My Account, then Connect, and approve the request in your wallet.
  3. Pick your account. The explorer opens your wallet dashboard and remembers your choice.

On your phone

  1. Open Nova Wallet or SubWallet and go to its built-in browser (in Nova, the DApps or Browser tab).
  2. Type explorer.polkadex.ee/stake and open it.
  3. Tap Connect Wallet and approve the request in your wallet.

You can also look up any address without connecting, in view-only mode.

5. Get PDEX

  • Swap into native PDEX on BuyPDEX.com (a community project) from USDC, ETH or USDT.
  • Or receive PDEX from another Polkadex address: share the "es" address from step 3.

Keep at least 1 PDEX free in your account for transaction fees. Accounts also need a small minimum balance to stay active.

6. What you can do next

Stay safe

  • The Polkadex team never sends you a direct message first and never asks for your recovery phrase, keys or a signature on our behalf. Anyone who does is not us.
  • Only use explorer.polkadex.ee and polkadex.ee, typed in or from your bookmark, never from a link someone sends you.
  • Read every signing request in your wallet before you approve it.
  • Hardware wallets: Ledger support for Polkadex is not confirmed yet. This page will be updated when it is.
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