Your first smart account

Deploy a governed smart account on Sepolia from the Bloxchain Platform, fund it, and see where everything lives.

Where: bloxchain.app → Accounts → Deploy account · You need: a browser wallet on Sepolia, a little Sepolia test ETH, two spare addresses for Recovery and Broadcaster

Alpha · Testnet · Local-first. Sepolia only; use test funds.

Before you start

• Install a browser wallet and switch it to Sepolia. The Platform reads the network from the connected wallet and locks the deployment to it.
• Use a regular wallet (an EOA), not a smart-contract wallet such as a Safe. The deploy needs almost all of the gas one transaction may use, so only a direct call from a regular wallet fits.
• Get Sepolia test ETH from any public faucet. Deployment plus a few transactions is enough.
• Have two other addresses ready. The Recovery address must differ from the Owner, and Broadcaster addresses must differ from the Owner too. A second browser wallet account, a hardware wallet or a trusted teammate all work. For a test run, any address you control is fine.
• No sign-in is needed. Your account list is stored in this browser (This device).

Steps

1. Connect your wallet

1. Open bloxchain.app and choose Connect wallet in the top bar.
2. Approve the connection in your wallet. The button becomes a network pill and your short address. If it says Wrong network, switch the wallet to Sepolia.

2. Open the deploy dialog

You can start from either place; both open the same dialog.

• Accounts in the top bar, then Deploy account. On a fresh device you see the empty state "No accounts yet".
• Discover in the top bar, then pick a preset such as Personal security and follow its call to action.

Accounts on a fresh device. Deploy account opens the two-step dialog.

Today every preset deploys the same governed account. Presets describe a job; the capabilities for that job are configured after deployment.

3. Step 1 of the dialog: name and network

Step 1 fixes the network to your wallet's chain and shows the wallet that will become Owner.

1. Account name (optional): a display name stored on this device, for example Test vault. You can change it later.
2. Network: read-only, taken from your wallet ("Uses your connected wallet network · chain 11155111").
3. Wallet: your connected address, marked (You). It becomes the Owner on the next step.
4. Choose Continue.

4. Step 2 of the dialog: Protocol Security

Step 2 sets the three protected roles and the time lock. These are on-chain security roles, not app permissions.

1. Owner: your connected wallet. The official factory mints the account only for the wallet that sends the deploy.
2. Broadcaster addresses: add one to three addresses that may submit signed transactions and pay their gas. Use + Add another for more than one. Each must be unique and must not be the Owner. Only the first address is written on-chain by the deployment; add any others afterwards under Policies → Security.
3. Recovery: an address that can take ownership in an emergency. Use a cold wallet or a trusted party. It must differ from the Owner.
4. Governance → Time-lock and Unit: the minimum wait before a delayed request can be approved. The official factory accepts 1 day to 90 days. For a test run choose the shortest, 1 Days. For real funds pick a longer wait.
5. Leave Advanced alone. The default Base shell is right for most accounts. (Web3 adds EIP-1271 signature verification for external apps and requires a time lock of at least one day.)
6. Choose Deploy Smart Account. The dialog shows "Waiting for wallet…"; confirm the transaction in your wallet and pay the gas.

If a field is wrong the dialog tells you exactly what to fix, for example "Owner and Recovery must be different wallet addresses." or "Choose a time-lock greater than zero (for example 1 hour or 15 minutes)."

What you see

When the transaction confirms, the account opens on Overview.

Overview of a freshly opened account. Needs attention (1) will list the setup steps still outstanding.

• Total balance reads "No balance yet. Receive assets to fund this account."
• Contract security lists Owner, Recovery, Time-lock and Broadcasters and should read Security configured.
• The left rail shows Overview, Assets, Approvals, History, then ON-CHAIN ACCESS (Signers and Roles). Policies is its own rail entry below that group, and at the bottom sit + New request and your My access card.

Your new account is a Vault: it can hold assets, but no action is configured to move them yet. That is the intended starting state. The Needs attention card and Help list what to configure next.

The account also appears on Accounts and has a link of the form https://bloxchain.app/workspace/11155111/0x…. Anyone with the link can open it read-only; acting requires a wallet with a role.

Fund it

1. On Overview or Assets, choose Receive.
2. The Receive assets drawer shows a QR code and the smart account address. Scan it with a wallet app or Copy address.
3. Send a small amount of Sepolia ETH from your wallet. It appears under Holdings once the transfer confirms.

Receive assets. Only send supported assets on the account's network.

Only send assets on the same network as the account. Tokens sent on the wrong network may be lost permanently.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Connect wallet does nothing	Unlock the wallet extension, then try again. See Connect a wallet.
Top bar says Wrong network	Switch the wallet to Sepolia.
Continue is replaced by Connect wallet	Step 1 needs a connected wallet to lock the network.
Deployment transaction fails	Check you have enough Sepolia ETH for gas, that Recovery and Broadcaster differ from Owner, and that you deploy from a regular wallet (EOA).
Account missing after clearing browser data	The list lives on this device. Import it again by address from Accounts → Import, or restore a backup from Settings → Backup.

Next steps

• Your first governed request: allowlist a recipient, request a transfer, approve it after the time lock.
• Personal security guide or Team treasury guide to configure the account for its job.
• Backup to keep a copy of your account list.

Related

• Deploy an account
• Import an account
• Overview
• How it works