Create a channel

1. Click Create a channel.

1. Configure your channel:

• Channel name: enter the name for your channel;

• Member name: enter your nickname or leave the field empty to use your wallet’s address;

• Max. messages: specify the maximum number of messages to be displayed in the chat; each message is a blockchain transaction, which means it’s subject to a transaction fee; the total transaction fees in SOL for all messages in the chat are automatically calculated based on the entered value;

• Private/Public: choose Private for an encrypted channel that requires authorization of new users or Public for an unencrypted, publicly available channel with unrestricted writing and reading rights;

• Members can approve (for private channels only): toggle to let any authorized member approve requests from users who want to join the channel.

1. Click Create channel.

If you don’t have enough SOL, an alert will pop up. Click Get SOL to have 2 SOL airdropped to your wallet on Devnet.

1. After the channel has been successfully created, a confirmation message will be displayed, and your channel will be added to the channel list and marked with a golden star.