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Launch the program by clicking on the Arizen icon

The first form you can see is asking to log in or offers an options to create a new wallet

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rootArizen User Manual

Original Content by Tigger on September 5, 2018

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Creating Your Wallet


First, launch your Arizen wallet.

The first window opened presents data entry lines for your login credentials for an existing wallet. There is also the option to "Create Wallet". See Figure 1.3.

NOTE: your account/wallet file is encrypted and stored ONLY on your local system - backup is ; offline backups are highly recommended.

There are three possible situation what do as the actions for your next step:

  1. You have already worked with Arizen wallet on your computer (and your computer wasn’t reinstalled or you haven’t reinstalled the Arizen wallet) – Fill the Wallet Name, and Password and click on Logincreated a wallet and have established login credentials.

    • Fill the "Wallet Name", and "Password" and click on "Login". Continue in using Arizen as usual.

  2. You haven’t worked with Arizen before and don’t have any previous back–up – You have are a new Arizen user and need to create a new wallet.

    • Click on

     
    • "Create Wallet". Then, you’re asked to fill the

     
    • "Wallet Name",

     
    • "Password", and

     
    • "Password" again. Then, click on

     
    • "Create Wallet". See

    Fig. 
    • Figure 1.4.

    During the
    •  

    • While filling in your credentials, you can

    mentioned
    • will notice some

    restriction
    • restrictions regarding

    the Wallet Name and Password, as it’s shown in the Fig. 1.5, 1.6.
    • the Wallet Name and Password. See Figures 1.5 and 1.6. 

    • Notice the warning about creating a backup of your encrypted *.awd (Arizen wallet database) or *.uawd (un-encrypted Arizen wallet database) file. See Figure 1.7.
    • After successful creation of your new wallet, you can normally

     
    • "Login."

    • "Backup" your wallet file to a secure location.See Figure 1.10: Backup your wallet file to a secure location. You must also keep a record of your login credentials.
  3. You have

    had

    a previous

    back–up

    backup of your Arizen wallet

     -

    and wish to restore it.

    • On the first page (see

    Fig. 
    • Figure 1.3), click on

     
    • "Create Wallet". Now you can see the form for

    creation of
    • creating a wallet (

    see Fig. 
    • See Figure 1.4).

    Then, click in
    • Check the box next to

     
    • "Do you have previous backup

     
    • ?" and select your

    back–up
    • backup.

    • Your previous

    back–up
    • backup can be

    saved as 
    • restored from a encrypted *.

    uawd
    • awd (

    uncrypted
    • Arizen wallet database)

    or 
    • or *.

    awd
    • uawd (un-encrypted Arizen wallet database

    = encrypted
    • ) file, see

    Fig. 
    • Figure 1.

    7,
    • 8 and 1.

    8
    • 9.

    • You can choose the file by clicking

    on button Browse. If you have an imported wallet in *.awd format
    • on "Browse" button and select a wallet available in the *.awd format from your backup, you have to fill your

     
    • "Old Wallet Name

     
    • " and

     
    • "Old Password".

    Please note
      • NOTE: the "Wallet Name" of your new wallet

    has to have thesame name as a
      • MUST have a different name from the name of your

    back–up! It means if your back–up is called Test.awd or Test.uawd you have to fill in the Wallet Name word Test, see Fig. 1.7, 1.8
      • backup! See Figure 1.8 and 1.9.

    • Click on
     
    • "Create Wallet".
    • Now your wallet has been created and you can
    go ahead to Login with your credentials.
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    • "Login" with your credentials.

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Figure 1.3: The window seen after launching the Arizen wallet.

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Figure 1.4: First time users should start by creating a new wallet.

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Figure 1.5: Wallet name must have at least four characters.

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Figure 1.6: Password must conform to strict requirements.


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Figure 1.7: Acknowledged the need to keep a backup of your wallet(s) file(s) and login credentials.

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Figure 1.8: Choosing a *.uawd wallet to restore from requires no additional credentials to restore. A fakepath file location is used to mask file location from potential eavesdroppers.

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Figure 1.9: Choosing a *.awd will require additional credentials from the old wallet being restored. Note that the new wallet name must be different from the old wallet name.


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Figure 1.10: Backup your wallet file to a secure location.


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