If you create a BitShares Wallet first time, check my previous post "User Guide -- Light wallet? or Web wallet?" to understand some terminologies.
Your Web Browser is your Wallet. When you create your first BitShares account, your BitShares Cloud Wallet will be automatically created in your browser.
web wallet link: https://wallet.bitshares.org
1. Create Account - New User (create Cloud Wallet as a default wallet login mode)
2. Login - Existing User (login to Cloud wallet)
3. Restore from a backup (restore from a .bin backup file)
4. Advanced - Create a local wallet containing an account
You create a Cloud wallet. And Cloud Wallet Login will be BitShares Wallet default Login Mode.
In order to use BitShares, you will need to register an account. Your account name needs to be unique, as it will be registered publicly on the blockchain and will be your identifer for any transactions you make.
This comes with many advantages: Besides improved scalability, we have separated the identity from the transaction authorizing signature. In practice, owning an account name is independent from being able to spend its funds. Furthermore, both rights (we call them permissions) can split among an arbitrary complex relation of people (we call them authorities) using weights and a required thresholds.
During the process, you will find your account name and identicon. You created BitShares "Cloud Wallet".
After you created your BitShares Cloud Wallet, let's login/logout.
In contrast to any other platform you have ever used: Creating an account at one of our partners will make your account available at ALL the other partners as well. Hence, your account name can be seen similar to a mail address in such that it is unique and every participant in the BitShares network can interact with you independent of the actual partner providing the wallet.
The identicon at the top can be used to verify your account name to third parties. It is derived from your account name and gives a second verification factor.
We have incorporated an optional QR code in place of the identicon now. All you have to do is click on it to change it permanently, or click again to switch it back. Clicking the Deposit BTS button also changes it. Also added text to explain that the username (e.g. bitshares-ui) is your address.
If you type your account name, your identicon will appear.
If you have a backup (.bin) file and would like to restore your wallet, use this fumction. Restore from a .bin file. This is completely safe as the file is not uploaded anywhere and never leaves your browser.
Your backup file name would be a similar format like this "bts_default_20171121.bin" (bts_fedault_YearMonthDate.bin ).
(I will explain more in another post.)
In order to fund your account you have options:
Transfers: Ask a partner or exchange to send funds to you.
To do so, you will only need to provide them with your account name.
Transfers: Use BlockTrades direct exchange service.
(--> I will explain more about Backup/Restore in my next post.)
You create Local Wallet.
Restore from a .bin file. This is completely safe as the file is not uploaded anywhere and never leaves your browser.
In order to restore from a brainkey, you will need to create a new local wallet. Please provide a password and name for your new local wallet below, then enter your brainkey.
This User Guide would be a part of my BitShares Documentation project contents. I have been adding more new images and information to improve the contents.
I am planing to post other contents also. If you have questions, let me know. I'll try to find out and post here.
My previous post
How to fund your first BTS - BlockTrades - Direct Exchange Service.
Thank you.
