Install daedelus

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You only and always need the hardware wallet recovery seed and your chosen passphrase s if you're using the passphrase feature. Also, you can use the same hardware wallet to recover your Cardano wallets on multiple computers and differnt software wallet programs like Daedalus and Yoroi in parallel. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Here you will find different platforms available for both Yoroi and Daedalus wallet. For Daedalus only desktop version is available as you need to run full node on your local computer. Click on Daedalus and it will take you to the official page of Daedalus wallet. Click on download to go to the download page directly. You can find here the latest version available for different platforms. At the time of making the guide version 2.

We will download the windows version here for explanation but the process is same across all other platforms. Click on download and it will start downloading the executable file.

Locate the downloaded file by clicking show in folder. Generally it is downloaded in the download folder. Click on the downloaded file Daedalus By default it will get install under program files. You can change the destination folder. But it is better to keep under program files.

Wait for sometime for the installation process gets complete. Now you will find Daedalus mainnet wallet icon has appeared on your desktop screen. Click on the desktop icon and it will start synchronizing with the mainnet by downloading the database of the entire blockchain on your computer. Thus you are running the full node on your local computer. By default AppData folder will be hidden.

It will take around 45 min for the first time to get synchronize with the mainnet depending on the speed of your internet connection. Manage any number of wallets with our hierarchical deterministic HD wallet implementation. Have more control over how your funds are organized. Use our powerful back-up and restoration features to recover your funds if necessary.

All major desktop operating systems are supported. Daedalus runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Daedalus is built with web technologies on top of Electron, a battle-proven open-source platform for writing cross-platform desktop applications. The newsfeed delivers news to Daedalus users directly via the user interface. News can be delivered in two ways, depending on its importance.

News can be delivered in the newsfeed sidebar, to the right of the Daedalus window — where it can be opened and closed.