# Setting Up MetaMask

This educational content is designed to get you set up and running with MetMask as a chrome browser to enable you to get involved in Glue's AlphaNet. 

### 1. Download MetaMask Extension

You can find MetaMask extension for chrome browser [here](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn?hl=en) from chrome web store and click on 'Add to Chrome'. 

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Ensure the MetaMask extension is the correct and legitimate extension before downloading.  
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### 2. Create a New Wallet

Once MetaMask is launched, it will automatically prompt you into a new webpage.

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After reading and agreeing to MetaMask's terms of use, click on 'Create a new wallet'&#x20;

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### 3. Create Password

Create a strong and hard to guess password for your wallet.&#x20;

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### 4. Secure Your Wallet

Read the instructions carefully and make sure you understand them. Once ready, click 'Secure my wallet (recommended)'.

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### 5. Write Down Your Secrete Recovery Phrase&#x20;

At this stage, MetaMask will reveal your secret recovery phrase. Ensure to write down the 12 words with good hand writing, in correct order and store it as safely as possible. Once ready, click on 'Reveal Secret Recovery Phrase' to view and to write down the 12 words.&#x20;

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Never share your secret recovery phrase with anyone. Glue members or anyone associated with Glue will never ever ask, request or demand your secret recovery phrase.&#x20;
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<figure><img src="https://896423194-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F37ainNYLJfxc4Gvn5BhT%2Fuploads%2F6PNzSjga1hykk5bdAApN%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=aaf1bf0f-c77d-409a-8bd3-8a94f451d822" alt=""><figcaption><p>Revealing the secret recovery phrase for private viewing and writing it down for secure storage</p></figcaption></figure>

### 6. Confirm Secret Recovery Phrase&#x20;

Meta\<ask will show the 12 words with a few missing. This is your chance to confirm what you have wrote down. One you completed the missing words, click on 'Confirm'.

And thats it! You now have a MetaMask wallet ready to use for Glue's AlphaNet.&#x20;