How to generate a BELLS receiving address using the Bellscoin full node wallet

* This tutorial is only applicable to Windows platform

Section 1: Download the Bellscoin full node wallet executable program.

Enter the version list interface: https://github.com/Nintondo/bellscoinV3/releases

Check out the latest release. As of 2024-10-24, the latest version is shown in Figure 1. Click to download: bells-3.0.0-rc2-win64.zip

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Section 2: Create a personal wallet and generate a payment address.

2.1 Go to the download folder, unzip bells-3.0.0-rc2-win64.zip and run bells-qt.exe (see Figure 2).

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2.2 Double-click to run xxx.exe to enter the interface in Figure 3, use the default data directory (the wallet backup uses this path).

Click the "Hide" button in Figure 4 to enter the interface in Figure 5, and click the "OK" button to complete the wallet node initialization.

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2.3 After completing 2.2, you will enter the interface shown in Figure 5. Click the "Create a New Wallet" button to create a new wallet. Enter the wallet name (preferably in English) and click the "Create" button.

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2.4 Click the "Receive" button to enter the interface, and click the "Create a new payment address" button to create a new payment address. You have now completed the creation of a new payment address.

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Section 3: Wallet backup and recovery

3.1 Wallet backup

On the wallet page, click "File", "Backup Wallet", select the save path on the left side of the pop-up interface, and then fill in the file name. It is recommended to use English or numbers.

Click Save, and a dat file will be generated in the specified path on the computer, completing the wallet backup.

The path selected in Figure 4 is by default: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Bells\wallets\<wallet name>.

Note: The backup file must be properly stored to prevent leakage. Anyone who obtains this file can fully control your wallet and all the assets in the wallet.

3.2 Wallet Recovery

On the wallet page, click "File", "Restore Wallet", select your wallet backup file (dat file generated in 3.1) in the pop-up interface, click "Open", and then name the wallet to complete the wallet recovery.