Create Accounts
Step 1: Initiate the clients
In the first step, the transfer_coin example initializes the Aptos client:
const APTOS_NETWORK: Network = NetworkToNetworkName[process.env.APTOS_NETWORK] || Network.DEVNET;const config = new AptosConfig({ network: APTOS_NETWORK });const aptos = new Aptos(config);
By default, the Aptos client points to Aptos devnet services. However, it can be configured with the network input argument
Step 2: Creating local accounts
The next step is to create two accounts locally. Accounts represent both on and off-chain state. Off-chain state consists of an address and the public/private key pair used to authenticate ownership. This step demonstrates how to generate that off-chain state.
const alice = Account.generate();const bob = Account.generate();
Step 3: Creating blockchain accounts
In Aptos, each account must have an on-chain representation in order to receive tokens and coins and interact with other dapps. An account represents a medium for storing assets; hence, it must be explicitly created. This example leverages the Faucet to create and fund Alice's account and to create but not fund Bob's account:
await aptos.fundAccount({ accountAddress: alice.accountAddress, amount: 100_000_000,});