How to Create a New Account

This guide explains how to create a new account using Aztec.js.

Relevant imports

You will need to import these libraries:

create_account_imports

import { getSchnorrAccount } from "@aztec/accounts/schnorr";
import { getDeployedTestAccountsWallets } from "@aztec/accounts/testing";
import { Fr, GrumpkinScalar, createPXEClient } from "@aztec/aztec.js";

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Define arguments needed

define_account_vars

const PXE_URL = process.env.PXE_URL || "http://localhost:8080";
const pxe = createPXEClient(PXE_URL);
const secretKey = Fr.random();
const signingPrivateKey = GrumpkinScalar.random();

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Create the wallet with these args

create_wallet

// Use a pre-funded wallet to pay for the fees for the deployments.
const wallet = (await getDeployedTestAccountsWallets(pxe))[0];
const newAccount = await getSchnorrAccount(pxe, secretKey, signingPrivateKey);
await newAccount.deploy({ deployWallet: wallet }).wait();
const newWallet = await newAccount.getWallet();

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Now you have a new wallet in your PXE! To learn how to use this wallet to deploy a contract, read this guide.