Mainnet Accounts
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To interact with and access the various Hedera Mainnet services such as accounts, topics, tokens, files, and smart contracts, you will need a Hedera account. Your Hedera account also holds a balance of HBAR, which can be used to make transaction fee payments or transfers to other accounts.
Create free mainnet accounts by visiting any of these wallet providers:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
✅ Private Key Viewable | You have access to the private key associated with the mainnet account the wallet created for you |
✅ SDK-compatible Passphrase | The passphrase created by the wallet is compatible with the SDKs and can be used to recover the private keys for the account the wallet created for you |
Once you have obtained your mainnet account from a supported wallet, you can use the SDKs to create additional mainnet accounts.
To do this, you will need to point your Hedera client to mainnet (Client.forMainnet())and use the AccountCreateTransaction API to create a new account. The transaction fee payer (referred to as the operator in the SDKs) information should be set to the mainnet account you created from one of the above wallets (setOperator(<mainnetAccountId, mainnetAccountPrivateKey)).
