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🤖 IDO participation guide
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IDO Participation; early access to all protocols on Solana – here's how to get in!

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# Complete Tutorial for IDO participation on SolanaPrime.

New to the SolanaPrime ecosystem? Not sure how to participate in our IDOs? Please take a moment to read through this step-by-step guide for buying and staking PRIME tokens (which are needed for IDO participation) and receiving your project IDO tokens!

We’ve updated this guide for our brand new interfaces!

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The first step is wallet creation. SolanaPrime IDOs will be compatible with many Solana Web 3.0 wallets, but for the moment we will only have Phantom compatibility. If you already have a Phantom wallet, you can skip to step 2.

Step 1 — Phantom Wallet Creation
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Whether you use Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Brave browser, Phantom has a safe and easy-to-use Web3 crypto wallet that you can easily add to your browser as an extension. To add this lightweight extension to your browser head over here and choose the extension button of your preferred browser.

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Next, click on the Add/Install button for the extension to be added, following the necessary instructions that may be provided by Phantom. Once the extension is downloaded, open it, and this screen will show up:

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As you do not have a wallet of your own, you will click “Create new wallet” and follow all instructions provided by Phantom; these include:

1. Creating a password.
2. Writing down a 12-word secret phrase somewhere safe.

**ALWAYS** remember that this phrase is for your eyes only; any third parties who have access to this phrase will have full access to your wallet's funds.

If you need help creating a Phantom account, or troubleshooting the download process, check out their handy FAQs [here](https://help.phantom.app/hc/en-us/sections/4406292677267-FAQ). Please note that we can’t assist with issues at the Phantom account creation stage, if you need help here, please contact Phantom support.

ProTip — Never share or digitally store the seed phrase you’re given when creating your Phantom account. If you lose this seed phrase, or it’s stolen, any funds in your wallet could be irrevocably lost. We will never ask you for your seed phrase. Neither SolanaPrime nor any other entity can assist you if your seed phrase is lost or stolen, it is your sovereign responsibility to ensure its safety.

That’s it! You now have a Wallet to support all SPL tokens and NFTs in the Solana ecosystem! 

Congratulations!

Step 2 — Buy PRIME
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Purchase PRIME by clicking on the “Buy PRIME Token” on our landing page:

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Please take a moment to double-check the URL and that the page has a valid SSL certificate (lock symbol to the left of the URL) and that the URL is: https://solanaprime.com/. This will ensure that you are taken to the correct swap. 
 
You should be taken to Raydium’s DEX, with the swap pair already set to USDC -> PRIME. 

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Once you’ve reached this point, you can click on “Connect Wallet” and exchange a crypto asset of your choice for PRIME. Follow the steps in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViFSfsAqSLg) if you’re unsure how to buy assets on Raydium, and appeal to [this FAQ](https://raydium.gitbook.io/raydium/trading-on-serum/faq) for any further doubts that may arise.


Step 3 — Connect Phantom to SolanaPrime app.
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Visit our landing page => https://solanaprime.com/, and click the "Launch App" button!

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Please take a moment to double-check the URL is: https://solanaprime.com/ and that the page has a valid SSL certificate (lock symbol to the left of the URL).
Now you’re ready to connect your Phantom wallet to SolanaPrime. Opening the SolanaPrime app can result in a couple of different scenarios, depending on your browser, cache, etc.
A button can be easily found to connect your wallet.

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After clicking this button, a menu of wallets will show up for you to choose from. In this case, click on Phantom. If you use another Solana compatible wallet, this is the time for you to pick your wallet of choice.
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Whether a Phantom window automatically opens in the top right corner when you arrive in SolanaPrime, or you have picked the Phantom option manually, log in to your wallet and then click “Approve” as shown below:

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Once the wallet connection is successful, you should see the following image containing the amount of PRIME tokens in your wallet.

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Also, you should have a little wallet icon with your wallet address on the right side of the application where you can make sure that the connected address is the correct one and where you have funded the PRIME tokens  (not another sub-wallet in your Phantom).

Step 4 — Stake your PRIME
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In this step, you need to stake the PRIME you bought. To start, click on the “Staking” button in the app’s header - outlined in red below.

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This will take you to the following Staking terminal within the application:


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You can now connect your wallet by clicking on the “Connect wallet” button, the same way you would as described in step 3, unless the application has already picked up your wallet. This is the Staking terminal, where you have three steps: "Stake", "Unstake" and "Claim".

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The first step is to stake the PRIME tokens you bought, explained in step 2. Once connected you should be able to see a clickable “Stake PRIME” button in blue. You can also click ‘Max’ to stake all of your available PRIME tokens, or input the specific amount of tokens you wish to stake. 

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A Phantom window will pop up. Click Confirm. If you do not have enough SOL for transaction fees to complete the staking transaction, the Confirm button will be greyed out.

Add more SOL to your Phantom if required and finish the process. Once you have staked PRIME and passed the KYC, you can register for an IDO. 

Once your transaction has been confirmed on the Solana blockchain, you will see both the pop-up window congratulating you for staking, as well as Phantom transaction confirmation.

Step 5 — Registration
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To register for an IDO, you must wait until the registration terminal is open in the pool — announced on our social media channels.

You will need to connect your wallet to be able to register it into the pool. Once that is done, you will be able to click on the now blue “register button”:

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If the registration has not yet opened, the register button will say “Register soon” in the same place as the register button.

Once you have chosen to register into the pool, the following disclaimer should appear:


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Click “Confirm Registration” and you’re set!

**Pro-Tip**: Notice that once registration phase is finished, there will be a "Pre-Launch" phase that counts down the exact time before the "Sale" begins!


Step 6 — Participate in the IDO !
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Finally, you’re ready to participate in the IDO. Once registered, and the IDO’s “Pre-launch” countdown is over, you will see the Sale phase pop up like so:


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Make sure you have connected your Phantom wallet to the SolanaPrime dApp, explained in step 4, and that you have linked the address with your funds in USDC.
 
Now you are ready to send USDC in exchange for the IDO tokens! 
 
Enter the amount of USDC you want to use, or hit “MAX” to use all your wallet’s available funds. You should be able to see the corresponding tokens that you would receive. 
 
Once you have entered the correct amount of USDC tokens the “Enter an amount” button should turn blue and say “BUY” like so:

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Click on the buy button, and a confirmation message will appear in the top right hand corner of the page:

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This is Phantom’s way of verifying the transaction you are about to make. Once you have approved this transaction, making sure that all transaction details correspond to what you wish, the following message should appear from the dApp;


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You may check the transaction in SolScan explorer by clicking the first option, or head back to the dApp by clicking OK.


Step 7 — Claim your IDO tokens
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This part of our tutorial only addresses the process of claiming SPL tokens that have launched in the SolanaPrime ecosystem. Keep in mind that sometimes a portion of the IDO tokens are locked. This is always clarified in IDO announcements, so make sure to check beforehand.
 
If a portion of IDO tokens are locked, this means you can claim a portion of the tokens almost immediately after the IDO, and the rest of the tokens via the same principle — at a later time. If you are aiming to save on gas fees, it is best to wait until all tokens are unlocked, and then withdraw them all at the same time.
 
If an IDO happens to have a distribution timeframe, you would have to wait until the “Distribution” countdown has ended, like in the example below:


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Notice the "Available claim" area, which prompts how many tokens you can withdraw at the time. Once the countdown has ended, and the claiming is available, the "Claim" button should turn blue.

After clicking on the claim button, confirm the transaction via the Phantom pop-up and wait for the transaction to be completed.

Once you see the ‘Congratulations’ message, it means that the transaction has been completed and the tokens you purchased via the IDO are in your Phantom wallet.

Congratulations, you have successfully participated in an IDO on our platform!

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