Create Development Accounts

Overview

This article gives a brief summary of the concept of account and provides instructions on how to create a new account.

Account

An account on the blockchain holds a set of authorizations and serves to identify a sender or recipient. Its flexible authorization framework allows ownership by individuals or groups ,depending on the configured permissions. An account is required to send or receive a valid transaction on the blockchain.

In this practical tutorial series, we utilize two user accounts, bob and alice, along with the default sysio account for configuration purposes. Additional accounts are also created for various contracts in the future articles.

Creating an account

Prerequisites

• public key from the key pair you've created in Create Development Wallet tutorial.
• Ensure your wallet is unlocked

Steps

Step 1: Use clio to create test accounts

clio create account sysio bob $PUBLIC_KEY
clio create account sysio alice $PUBLIC_KEY

Here is the output of the first command, confirming that the transaction has been broadcast:

If you encounter errors ensure you are correctly loading environment variables and that your wallet is unlocked.

• inspect value of $PUBLIC_KEY by echo $PUBLIC_KEY

Step 2

You can retrieve the account by executing:

clio get account alice

Quick Account Facts

For a clear understanding of how Wire accounts and their associated public keys function, please refer to the table below:

Label	Details
Account Identification	Each account is uniquely identified by its account name, not by its public key.
	Changing the public key does not alter the ownership of the sysio account.
Owner and Active Public Keys	The account (e.g., alice) has both an owner and an active public key.
	sysio’s authorization structure uses separate keys for owner and active permissions for enhanced security.
Security Practices	Store the owner key in a cold wallet to minimize exposure.
	If the active key is compromised, the owner key can be used to regain control of the account.
Authorization Hierarchy	With owner permission, you can change the private key of the active permission.
	The active permission cannot change the owner key.

Troubleshooting

[clio: Failed to connect to nodeop at ](http://127.0.0.1:8888/); is nodeop running?

Doublecheck if nodeop is running; and restart the process if needed.

pidof nodeop