Create a Daedalus wallet in a few quick steps and start holding your ADA safely.

Daedalus is one of the most popular Cardano wallet applications in the community. Being open source and supported by Input Output HK, its one of the most trusted wallets to hold and manage your ADA.

Follow these easy steps to get started with delegating your ADA to a Stake Pool.

Download and Install Daedalus for your Operating System.

You can download the official wallet from the Daedalus website, https://daedaluswallet.io/.

Ensure you are on the right website and not downloading a fake version.

Install the wallet app by opening it and following the instructions.

Create Daedalus Wallet

Click "ADD Wallet" from the bottom of the app, and select "Create a wallet".

Give your wallet a descriptive name and create a sending password. This password is used to confirm that it is you that is sending ADA from this wallet or participating on the network using the wallet.

Create your 24 word recovery word phrase. This recovery phrase is used to restore your wallet on a new device or on a different wallet app such as the browser version of Yoroi or the Yoroi mobile app. The same wallet can be used across multiple wallet applications.

Ensure you keep your recovery phrase safe.

Create Daedalus wallet in one more step!

Click continue and finish creating your wallet.

Once you're done, you will need to sync your wallet with the Cardano network. The Daedalus app will download a local copy of the network to be able to quickly interact with it and pull in all of your wallets ledger activity. Since its a new wallet, you want see any transaction history.

You've now created your wallet ready to send, receive, delegate and vote with your ADA.

Learn how to delegate your Daedalus wallet to a Cardano stake pool.