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Cycles

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.

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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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