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# Creating a CLI wallet

How to create a wallet with shentud

### Pre-requisites

Make sure shentud is running and is on the same blockheight as the chain.\
You can check step 1-8 at [Setting up a validator](/shentu-chain/validators/setting-up-a-validator.md)

### Creating the wallet

You can easily create a CLI wallet following these steps.

You can see the options here:

```
shentud keys help
```

You can create the wallet through shentud now:

```
shentud keys add <your-wallet-name>
```