Create an account

The account represents your account specific to the Hedera network. Accounts are required to utilize the Hedera network services and to pay network transaction fees. 
When creating a new account an existing account will need to fund the initial balance and pay for the transaction fee.
Constructor
Description
AccountCreateTransaction()
Initializes the AccountCreateTransaction object
new AccountCreateTransaction()
Basic
Method
Type
Description
setKey(<key>)
Ed25519
The public key generated for the new account.
setInitialBalance(<initialBalance>)
Hbar/long
Set the initial balance of the account, transferred from the operator account, in tinybar.
Example:
Java
JavaScript
Java
Transaction tx = new AccountCreateTransaction()
     // The only _required_ property here is `key`
     .setKey(newKey.PublicKey())
     .setInitialBalance(1000)
     .setMaxTransactionFee(Hbar.fromTinybar(1000))
     .build(client);
​
tx.execute(client);
​
// This will wait for the receipt to become available
TransactionReceipt receipt = tx.getReceipt(client);
​
AccountId newAccountId = receipt.getAccountId();
​
System.out.println("account = " + newAccountId);
JavaScript
const { Client, Ed25519PrivateKey, AccountCreateTransaction } = require("@hashgraph/sdk");
require("dotenv").config();
​
async function main() {
    const operatorPrivateKey = process.env.OPERATOR_KEY;
    const operatorAccount = process.env.OPERATOR_ID;
​
    if (operatorPrivateKey == null || operatorAccount == null) {
        throw new Error("environment variables OPERATOR_KEY and OPERATOR_ID must be present");
    }
​
    const client = new Client({
        network: { "0.testnet.hedera.com:50211": "0.0.3" },
        operator: {
            account: operatorAccount,
            privateKey: operatorPrivateKey
        }
    });
​
    const privateKey = await Ed25519PrivateKey.generate();
​
    console.log("Automatic signing example");
    console.log(`private = ${privateKey.toString()}`);
    console.log(`public = ${privateKey.publicKey.toString()}`);
​
    const transactionId = await new AccountCreateTransaction()
        .setKey(privateKey.publicKey)
        .setInitialBalance(0)
       // .setGenerateRecord Available in the JS SDK but not in the JAVA SDK
        .execute(client);
​
    const transactionReceipt = await transactionId.getReceipt(client);
    const newAccountId = transactionReceipt.getAccountId();
​
    console.log(`account = ${newAccountId}`);
    }
main();
Advanced
Methods
Type
Description
setAutoRenewPeriod(<autoRenewPeriod>)
Duration
The period of time in which the account will auto-renew in seconds. The account is charged tinybars for every auto-renew period. Duration type is in seconds. For example, one hour would result in the input value of 3,600 seconds.NOTE: This is fixed to approximately 3 months (7890000 seconds). Any other value will return the following error: AUTORENEW_DURATION_NOT_IN_RANGE.
default: 2,592,000 seconds
setReceiverSignatureRequired(<booleanValue>)
boolean
If true, all the account keys must sign any transaction depositing into this account (in addition to all withdrawals)
default: false
setReceiveRecordThreshold(<receiveRecordThreshold>)
Hbar/long
[deprecated v0.8.0]
Creates a record for any transaction that deposits more than x value of tinybars.

Note: You will incur a charge each time the record is generated.
setSendRecordThreshold(<sendRecordThreshold>)
Hbar/long
[deprecated v0.8.0]
Creates a record for any transaction that withdraws more than x value of tinybars.
​
Note: You will incur a charge each time the record is generated.
setProxyAccount(<accountId>)
AccountID
ID of the account to which this account is proxy staked

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Constructor	Description
`AccountCreateTransaction()`	Initializes the AccountCreateTransaction object

Method	Type	Description
`setKey(<key>)`	Ed25519	The public key generated for the new account.
`setInitialBalance(<initialBalance>)`	Hbar/long	Set the initial balance of the account, transferred from the operator account, in tinybar.

Methods	Type	Description
`setAutoRenewPeriod(<autoRenewPeriod>)`	Duration	The period of time in which the account will auto-renew in seconds. The account is charged tinybars for every auto-renew period. Duration type is in seconds. For example, one hour would result in the input value of 3,600 seconds.NOTE: This is fixed to approximately 3 months (7890000 seconds). Any other value will return the following error: AUTORENEW_DURATION_NOT_IN_RANGE. default: 2,592,000 seconds
`setReceiverSignatureRequired(<booleanValue>)`	boolean	If true, all the account keys must sign any transaction depositing into this account (in addition to all withdrawals) default: false
`setReceiveRecordThreshold(<receiveRecordThreshold>)`	Hbar/long	[deprecated v0.8.0] Creates a record for any transaction that deposits more than x value of tinybars. Note: You will incur a charge each time the record is generated.
`setSendRecordThreshold(<sendRecordThreshold>)`	Hbar/long	[deprecated v0.8.0] Creates a record for any transaction that withdraws more than x value of tinybars. Note: You will incur a charge each time the record is generated.
`setProxyAccount(<accountId>)`	AccountID	ID of the account to which this account is proxy staked