Wallet Initial Setup

Power on Citadel Wallet

Press and hold the left button for at least 2 seconds and the device will boot up.

This is the screen you will see when it boots up very first time:

Press Initial Setup and application will jump to next page!

Create a New Wallet

After selecting the Initial Setup, 2 options will be displayed:

Wallet display is touch screen so select one of the options provided. Since this section is focused on creating a new wallet, you will select the New Wallet option.

Choose a Wallet Type

There are 2 Wallet types available on Citadel Wallet:

Touch select the preferred option to move to the next step.

Add Passphrase (Advanced and Optional)

Next you will be given an opportunity to select a passphrase option. Passphrase adds an extra layer of protection to your 12 or 24 Mnemonic Phrase and will be inputted yourself compared to the Mnemonic Words generated by the wallet itself.

Passphrase will be required along with the mnemonic words to recover your account. Even if you have the 12 or 24 word mnemonics but have forgotten or lost your Passphrase you won't be able to recover your keys. So when using this option make sure your are familiar with how it works.

Create a New PIN

Input a 6 digit PIN on the touch pin pad displayed and press the enter touch button under 9.

Verify the new PIN by inputting it again on the next page.

Record the Mnemonic Phrase

12 or 24 word Mnemonic Phrase will be generated by the wallet and displayed on the screen.

Scroll the screen using touch to see all the words.

Once scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page, you will notice an icon pops up on the right bottom corner of the display indicating right physical OK button can be pressed to move to the next page.

Verify Mnemonic Phrase

On the next page you will be prompted to verify some of the words randomly from the phrase presented to make sure user has recorded the words. 4 options will be provided to choose the specific word from:

Once selection is made, press the OK button to move to the next word:

After successfully verifying the words wallet will be created and ready to sign Hedera transactions.

Import Passphrase (!Advanced and Optional)

If you had selected Yes for the Passphrase, You will be prompted to input up to 12 letter passphrase in 2 pages. Each page will allow to import 6 letters and numbers.

On the first page, scroll each box until you have selected all 6 letters/numbers:

Once all 6 have been selected the Icon to press the OK button will pop up. Press and move to the next page:

Repeat the same steps for the rest of letters/numbers 7 through 12 and press the OK button:

Verify Passphrase (!Advanced and Optional)

Verification of the passphrase is critical because the whole account recovery will depend on it. Therefore you will be prompted to repeat the same steps and re-enter your passphrase to verify you imported the right letters/words. So follow same steps above to re-enter the passphrase to complete the Wallet Initial Setup: