How do I create a cycles wallet through the Cycles Faucet?

Overview

This guide explains how to use cycles faucet to acquire your first amount of 10T free cycles that could be used to deploy your dapps on the mainnet.

 

Prerequisites

  •  Install Internet Computer SDK following this guide.

 

Step 1: Get a coupon.

 

First, you will need to navigate to https://faucet.dfinity.org. You will need to put in a request for cycles on the DFINITY dev official Discord server. You can click on the REQUEST CYCLES button on the faucet page to join the Discord server.

 

Getting Coupon

 

Step 2: Once inside the Discord server, navigate into the #cycles-faucet channel.

Cycles-faucet

 

Step 3: In this channel, execute the following slash command:

/request

 

Step 4: After you send this message, you are prompted to fill out a survey.

Please ensure that your Discord settings are set to allow direct messages from other users. If you do not have this setting enabled, you will not receive a direct message from the faucet bot.

 

Step 5: Once completed, our team will review your submission. If accepted, the faucet bot will send you a private message with a coupon code.

 

Step 6: Head back to the https://faucet.dfinity.org webpage.

Now, click NEXT STEP to continue.

 

Step 7: Redeem the coupon.

Now that you have a coupon code, enter your coupon code within the faucet UI.

Enter Coupon

 

Click NEXT STEP to continue.

 

Step 8: Setup the IC SDK.

Next, confirm your computer has dfx installed. Run this command to check the version of dfx on your computer:

dfx --version
 

If your dfx version is below 0.12.0, please run this command:

sudo dfx upgrade
 

Setup SDK

 

Click NEXT STEP to continue.

 

Step 9: Create a new identity to claim your cycles.

To create a new identity, use the command:

dfx identity new MyNewIdentity
 

Your identity's seed phrase will be returned. Be sure to save this in a secure location.

Then, set this identity to be used by default:

dfx identity use MyNewIdentity
 

 

Step 10: Now, claim your cycles.

You will need to claim your free cycles by running this command:

dfx wallet --network ic redeem-faucet-coupon <your-coupon-code>
 

Claim Cycles

 

Click NEXT STEP to continue.

 

Step 11: Verify wallet canister.

The last step is to verify the wallet is setup correctly, by checking its balance using the dfx wallet --network ic balance command:

 

Verify Wallet Canister

 

Conclusion

Now you are ready to host a website on the IC or follow one of our dapp tutorials, which can be found here.

 

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