# Sign Up

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If you are an **exchange** you can skip this wallet and kyc section
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To run a node on COTI Mainnet or Testnet, you’ll need a COTI Pay Wallet aka Viper, and then you can generate a seed and extract the private key.

To create a COTI wallet, you’ll need to register for a wallet if you don’t have one already. You can do this at via <https://cps.coti.io/signup>. You'll be able to see us registering one below in the screenshots.

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**Do NOT** use the same phrase as your secret key that you use for your password
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**NEVER** give **ANYONE** your seed or secret key, not even to coti staff else you risk **losing** your funds.
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