Getting started

(Testnet06 — test KDA is free; nothing here spends real money.)

You need three things: a key (your identity and signature), some test KDA (to pay gas and buy), and a chain (Kadena is 20 parallel chains; pick where you act).

1. Your key and account

Kadena accounts are named after their key: a key like a1b2… owns the account k:a1b2…. Whoever holds the secret key is the account — there is no password reset.

Two ways to get one:

• In the Gallery site — the site can generate a key in your browser (it never leaves your device) and shows your k: account name. Download/write down the secret key immediately: browser storage is not a safe long-term home, and clearing site data deletes it. Anyone with the secret controls the account; anyone without it never will.
• A Kadena wallet (Chainweaver or another wallet that lets you choose a custom network) pointed at the community testnet:
  • Network id: testnet06
  • API host: https://api.testnet.chainweb-community.org

Testnet keys are practice keys. Even so, build the habit: one purpose per key, secrets stored offline, never pasted into anything you don’t trust.

2. Test KDA from the faucet

Gas on testnet06 costs fractions of a cent-equivalent, but buying needs a balance.

• Faucet: https://tools.chainweb-community.org/faucet/new
• Give it your k: account and the chain you’ll use.
• Limits: up to 100 test KDA per request, with a ~30-minute cooldown.

The faucet creates the account on that chain if it doesn’t exist yet.

3. Pick a chain

Every token lives on exactly one chain at a time (its id even tells you where it was born — a token minted on chain 1 is named 1:something). Buying, selling, and browsing happen per-chain.

Just starting? Use chain 1. You can hold KDA and tokens on any of the 20 chains, and move tokens between them later — but keeping your first steps on one chain keeps everything simple. Make sure your faucet KDA and your marketplace activity are on the same chain.

4. Sanity check

Before your first transaction, confirm on the explorer (or in the Gallery site’s account panel):

• your k: account exists on your chosen chain,
• it has a balance,
• the network says testnet06.

Then go create something, or buy something.

Costs at a glance

Gas is charged to the transaction sender — you. The prices are the real economics: royalty and platform fee come out of the sale price, not on top of it.