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# New account

## Create a new account

The first time you launch the example, you might want to generate a new account that will then be used.  There are two ways to do so: from the Unix example we provide or using Algorand's `algokey` tool.

Both ways will use the same format to store the keys using two files:

1. `private_key.bin` for the private key, stored in binary format;
2. `public_b32.txt` for the account address in plain text (base-32 format).

{% hint style="info" %}
In any case, you will then be asked to [fund your account](https://bank.testnet.algorand.network/) in order to execute new transactions.
{% endhint %}

### Using the Unix example

```
./examples/unix/unix_example [-n]
```

Use the flag `-n` to allow `unix_example` to generate a new random account. The account is then stored inside a binary file where the private and public keys are concatenated in binary format.

Below is the example running:

```
$ ./examples/unix/unix_example -n
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:217] 😎 Vertices SDK running on Unix-based OS
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:137] 🔑 Loading private key from: /path/to/c-vertices-sdk/examples/unix/config/private_key.bin
🟠 [examples/unix/main.c:145] 🧾 Creating new random account and storing it (path /path/to/c-vertices-sdk/examples/unix/config/)
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:194] 💳 Alice's account IZV2H3YRLCPOTUL5ATG5T3TRMUEXKLOGFWYO34NVKRMTXKZO2OOAJ34IWI
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:250] 🏎 Running on testnet-v1.0 v.2.5.0
🟢 [src/account.c:42] 👛 Added account to wallet: #0
🟢 [src/account.c:42] 👛 Added account to wallet: #1
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:263] 🤑 0.000000 Algos on Alice's account (IZV2H3YRLCPOTUL5ATG5T3TRMUEXKLOGFWYO34NVKRMTXKZO2OOAJ34IWI)
🔴 [examples/unix/main.c:268] 🙄 Amount available on account is too low to pass a transaction, consider adding Algos
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:270] 👉 Go to https://bank.testnet.algorand.network/, dispense Algos to: IZV2H3YRLCPOTUL5ATG5T3TRMUEXKLOGFWYO34NVKRMTXKZO2OOAJ34IWI
🟢 [examples/unix/main.c:271] 😎 Then wait for a few seconds for transaction to pass...
```

Taking a look at the log, you will see that:

1. The path to the file storing the keys is displayed `/path/to/c-vertices-sdk/examples/unix/config/`. 
2. The created account is also displayed in base-32 format: `IZV2H3YRLCPOTUL5ATG5T3TRMUEXKLOGFWYO34NVKRMTXKZO2OOAJ34IWI`.
3. Following the last two lines, you then need to go to <https://bank.testnet.algorand.network/> to fund the freshly generated account: `IZV2H3YRLCPOTUL5ATG5T3TRMUEXKLOGFWYO34NVKRMTXKZO2OOAJ34IWI`.

Once you have dispensed money on the account, you can go to the next step! 🙂

{% hint style="info" %}
You can use `-n` flag whenever you want to create a new account but make sure to have copied the generated files somewhere else if you want to keep the account otherwise, it will be overwritten and forever lost.
{% endhint %}

### Using Algokey

You can also choose to generate a new account using the tool provided with the Algorand node: [`algokey`](https://developer.algorand.org/docs/reference/cli/algokey/algokey/):

```bash
./algokey generate -f path_to/examples/unix/config/private_key.bin -p path_to/examples/unix/config/public_b32.txt

# to get the account public address:
cat path_to/examples/unix/config/public_b32.txt 
```

In order to use the account, you need to store the files in the example `config` folder. The example program will then be ready to use, as soon as you [dispense money on the account](https://bank.testnet.algorand.network/). You will find the public key in `public_b32.txt`.

You are now ready to send your first transaction 😎.