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tags: cennznet, onfinality
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# Start a substrate/CENNZNet Chain with OnFinality in 2 miniutes

## 1. Overview
This guide will show you how to set up a substrate or CENNZNet chain in no time.

## 2. Sign Up
Go to the [OnFinality site](http://console.onfinality.io/) and sign up with your email address.

## 3. Create Organisation
An organisation can be a consortium, a development team or any grouping of related chains. You are required to have at least one organisation to start creating chains. Provide an `Organisation Name` and click `Create`.

## 4. Create a Network
A network is a managed blockchain customised to your needs. Click `Add Network` to create a new blockchain.

### 4.1 Configuration
Enter the name for the blockchain, keep other settings, and click `Next`. Note: a network/runtime upgrade (which is required in [xPay](https://hackmd.io/7cY50UffSSmFbJDLZ_VirA?view) tutorial) requires a longer blocktime to process, so set it to at least 10 seconds.

### 4.2 Members, Invitation, Deployment
Keep default settings and click through the guided process to deploy a new blockchain. Wait for the network to boot up and then check out the network status.

## 5. Explore the Network
In the `Tools` section
- copy the `Hostname` in `Tools` section of OnFinality

- [open the explorer](https://cennznet.js.org/cennznet-ui/#/settings), select `Custom` for endpoint
- paste the `Hostname` into the `remote node endpoint field` in the explorer, and click `Save&Reload`
- now you can explore your new blockchain


## 6. Set up Sudo account
Sudo account is the admin key for the chain, which can be used for upgrading the chain and many other admin activities. We can use it in development environment for convenience.
- copy the `Admin Key` in the `Tools` section of OnFinality
- In the explorer, navigate to the [accounts page](https://cennznet.js.org/cennznet-ui/#/accounts)


- enter the `name` of the account
- for the second field, select `Raw Seed` as type, then paste in the copied `Admin Key`, you should see there's a non 0 balance appear on the left
- enter a password you choose, which will be used later when transacting with this account
- click `Save`