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Set up a Vespr Cardano wallet

A Vespr wallet is your personal, self-custodied home for ADA on Cardano — and it works across browsers and on your phone. This guide walks you through it step by step. First, head to vespr.xyz and choose how you want to set up — then follow along, checking off each step as you go.

Setting up on mobile or desktop?

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Install the browser extension

  1. Vespr's desktop extension supports Chromium browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge). On Safari or Firefox, use the mobile app instead.

    Click the link for the browser you use — Chrome, Brave, or Edge. It opens that browser's extension store to install the Vespr extension.
  2. You'll arrive at the extension store page. (This guide shows Brave — the steps are identical on Chrome and Edge.)
  3. Click “Add to Brave” (or “Add to Chrome” / “Add to Edge”).
  4. Click “Add extension” to confirm.
  5. A small popup appears at the top of the browser confirming the extension was added and how to manage it.
  6. Click the Vespr icon in your browser toolbar to open the wallet beside this guide.

Build your wallet

  1. Select “Create a new wallet.”
  2. Read and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, check the boxes, and click “Continue.”
  3. Good password managers: Proton Pass, Bitwarden, mSecure, NordPass. (A dedicated comparison article is on the way.)

  4. Spaces count as characters. If you use one, note it — it's easy to add a trailing space by accident.

    Create a password, write it down carefully, then click “Continue.”
  5. Confirm your password and check the boxes to confirm you understand each point.
  6. 🎉 “Wallet Created!” — just a few more steps.
  7. Click “Continue,” then “View your wallet.”
  8. This next part is optional but STRONGLY encouraged: click “Back up now.”
  9. ⚠️ NEVER screenshot, photograph, email, text, or paste these words into a document. Store them ONLY on paper somewhere safe, or in a trusted password manager. Anyone with these words controls your wallet — and CP Health will never ask for them.

    Your recovery words are blurred until you reveal them. Reveal them and write them down — in order — in your notebook or password manager.
  10. Read “How to back up your wallet,” then click “Continue.”
  11. Confirm you understand “Keep it secret. Keep it safe,” then click “Show Recovery Phrase.”
  12. Enter your password and click “Accept” to reveal the recovery phrase.
  13. The words shown in this guide's screenshots are intentionally compromised and will never hold funds.

    Write the words down in order (number them), or save them in the same password-manager entry as your password. Check the box to confirm, then click “Continue.”
  14. Your wallet is now backed up. Use the back arrow at the top to return to your main wallet view.
  15. 🎉 Congratulations — your Vespr wallet is set up!

You did it — what's next?

Next, fund your wallet — see How to Buy ADA with Vespr (coming soon). Once you have ADA, connect your wallet on our Rewards page to delegate to CarPool — helping secure the global Cardano network — which unlocks your Fullscript member discount that grows over time.

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