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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.

Before you start

  • About 10 minutes, unhurried.
  • A pen and paper — or a trusted password manager — you'll record a password and, later, your recovery words.
  • Chrome, Brave, or Edge on a computer — or just your phone.

You'll finish with your own self-custodied Cardano wallet, safely backed up.

Setting up on mobile or desktop?

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Up next: Install the browser extension

Install the browser extension

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

Build your wallet

  1. Good password managers: Proton Pass, Bitwarden, mSecure, NordPass. (A dedicated comparison article is on the way.)

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

🔐 Back up your wallet — the important part

No rush here. These few steps are what keep your ADA yours, always — worth doing slowly and once.

  1. ⚠️ 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.

  2. The words shown in this guide's screenshots are intentionally compromised and will never hold funds.

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