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# 💼 6. Create Wallet (Keypair)

### 🧰 Step 1: Create Your Wallet (Key Pair)

This will generate a new wallet address to become a validator.

```bash
qied keys add validator --home "$HOME/.qieMainnetNode"
```

This command ask for wallet password , to unlock the wallet.\
\
Output -

```
 address: qied19y2ul696lc6lz640pldete7h7jzdc0xj32wt6j
  name: validator
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/ethermint.crypto.v1.ethsecp256k1.PubKey","key":"A6ZBh5i6s/ToIdY8PhV9XRO5EKYeK1MPYolKpEJreEB3"}'
  type: local
```

📌 **What this does**:\
It creates a wallet inside the folder $HOME./qieMainnetNode . You’ll see:<br>

* An address like `qie1xyz...` (your validator wallet)
* A public key (used for staking)