Create an account

Create an account using the account create API

A transaction that creates a Hedera account. A Hedera account is required to interact with any of the Hedera network services as you need an account to pay for all associated transaction/query fees. You can visit the Hedera Developer Portal to create a previewnet or testnet account. You can also use third-party wallets to generate free mainnet accounts. To process an account create transaction, you will need an existing account to pay for the transaction fee. To obtain the new account ID, request the receipt of the transaction.

When creating a new account using theAccountCreateTransaction()API you will need an existing account to pay for the associated transaction fee.

Account Properties

Account Properties

Transaction Fees

• The sender pays for the token association fee and the rent for the first auto-renewal period.

• Please see the transaction and query fees table for the base transaction fee.

• Please use the Hedera fee estimator to estimate your transaction fee cost.

Transaction Signing Requirements

• The account paying for the transaction fee is required to sign the transaction.

Maximum Auto-Associations and Fees

Accounts have a property, maxAutoAssociations, and the property's value determines the maximum number of automatic token associations allowed.

Property Value	Description
0	Automatic token associations or are not allowed, and the account must be manually associated with a token. This also applies if the value is less than or equal to usedAutoAssociations.
-1	The number of automatic token associations an account can have is unlimited. -1 is the default value for new automatically-created accounts.
> 0	If the value is a positive number (number greater than 0), the number of automatic token associations an account can have is limited to that number.

The sender pays the maxAutoAssociations fee and the rent for the first auto-renewal period for the association. This is in addition to the typical transfer fees. This ensures the receiver can receive tokens without association and makes it a smoother transfer process.

Reference: HIP-904

Methods

Method	Type	Requirement
setKey(<key>)	Key	Required
setAlias(<alias>)	EvmAddress	Optional
setInitialBalance(<initialBalance>)	HBar	Optional
setReceiverSignatureRequired(<booleanValue>)	boolean	Optional
setMaxAutomaticTokenAssociations(<amount>)	int	Optional
setStakedAccountId(<stakedAccountId>)	AccountId	Optional
setStakedNodeId(<stakedNodeId>)	long	Optional
setDeclineStakingReward(<declineStakingReward>)	boolean	Optional
setAccountMemo(<memo>)	String	Optional
setAutoRenewPeriod(<autoRenewPeriod>)	Duration	Disabled

Account Alias

If an alias is set during account creation, it becomes immutable, meaning it cannot be changed. If you plan to update or rotate keys in the future, do not set the alias at the time of initial account creation. The alias can be set after finalizing all key updates.

Java

//Create the transaction
AccountCreateTransaction transaction = new AccountCreateTransaction()
    .setKey(ecdsaPublicKey)
    //Do NOT set an alias if you need to update/rotate keys in the future
    .setAlias(ecdsaPublicKey.toEvmAddress())
    .setInitialBalance(new Hbar(1));

//Submit the transaction to a Hedera network
TransactionResponse txResponse = transaction.execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the account ID
AccountId newAccountId = receipt.accountId;

System.out.println("The new account ID is " +newAccountId);

//Version 2.0.0

JavaScript

//Create new ECDSA key
const ecdsaPublicKey = PrivateKey.generateECDSA().publicKey

//Create the transaction
const transaction = new AccountCreateTransaction()
    .setKey(ecdsaPublicKey)
    //Do NOT set an alias if you need to update/rotate keys in the future
    .setAlias(ecdsaPublicKey.toEvmAddress())
    .setInitialBalance(new Hbar(1));

//Sign the transaction with the client operator private key and submit to a Hedera network
const txResponse = await transaction.execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
const receipt = await txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the account ID
const newAccountId = receipt.accountId;

console.log("The new account ID is " +newAccountId);

//v2.0.5

Go

//Create the transaction
transaction := hedera.NewAccountCreateTransaction().
        SetKey(ecdsaPublicKey).
        //do not set if you need to rotate keys in the future
        SetAlias(ecdsaPublicKey.ToEvmAddress()).
        SetInitialBalance(hedera.NewHbar(1))

//Sign the transaction with the client operator private key and submit to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := AccountCreateTransaction.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Request the receipt of the transaction
receipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Get the account ID
newAccountId := *receipt.AccountID

fmt.Printf("The new account ID is %v\n", newAccountId)

//Version 2.0.0

Get transaction values

Method	Type	Description
getKey()	Key	Returns the public key on the account
getInitialBalance()	Hbar	Returns the initial balance of the account
getAutoRenewPeriod()	Duration	Returns the auto renew period on the account
getDeclineStakingReward()	boolean	Returns whether or not the account declined rewards
getStakedNodeId()	long	Returns the node ID
getStakedAccountId()	AccountId	Returns the node account ID
getReceiverSignatureRequired()	boolean	Returns whether the receiver signature is required or not

Java

//Create an account with 1 hbar
AccountCreateTransaction transaction = new AccountCreateTransaction()
    // The only _required_ property here is `key`
    .setKey(newPublicKey)
    //Do NOT set an alias if you need to update/rotate keys in the future
    .setAlias(newPublicKey.toEvmAddress())
    .setInitialBalance(new Hbar(1));

//Return the key on the account
Key accountKey = transaction.getKey();

JavaScript

//Create an account with 1 HBAR 
const transaction = new AccountCreateTransaction()
    // The only _required_ property here is `key`
    .setKey(newPublicKey)
    //Do NOT set an alias if you need to update/rotate keys in the future
    .setAlias(newPublicKey.toEvmAddress())
    .setInitialBalance(new Hbar(1));

//Return the key on the account
const accountKey = transaction.getKey();

Go

//Create an account with 1 hbar
AccountCreateTransaction := hedera.NewAccountCreateTransaction().
    SetKey(newPublicKey).
    //Do NOT set an alias if you need to update/rotate keys in the future
    SetAlias(newPublicKey.ToEvmAddress()).
    SetInitialBalance(hedera.NewHbar(1))

//Return the key on the account
accountKey, err := AccountCreateTransaction.GetKey()