Wallet Setup Guide

looks like you're ready to start you have arrived at the wallet setup guide! this document will help you set up and start using our platform in no time here's what you'll discover step by step instructions to configure your account how to connect to the lightning network tips for testing your integration by the end of this guide, you'll be ready to send and receive payments seamlessly description of terms environment an environment is an organization tool to provide segregation of testing vs production workflows api keys are locked down by environment wallet a wallet is where your funds and credit balances are managed in a ui format there are two wallet types development and mainnet if you went through voltage sales, you may already have an environment set up for you if so, you may proceed directly to the developer guide if you are going through the self serve flow, the following guide will walk you through initial setup to generate your first wallet for development and testing your first wallet now you can test a payment, generate your api keys, and start building next, see our developer guide on how to get started with app and service integration