> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.panofx.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up your node in the app

> Seven steps, no terminal, about ten minutes.

The app walks you through seven steps. Each step explains itself and waits for you.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create or restore a wallet">
    The app creates a wallet from a 12-word recovery phrase, or restores one from a phrase you already have.
    To sign with Turnkey or MPCVault instead, choose **Use a wallet I already have**: see [MPC signers](/resolvers/runbook/mpc-signers).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write down the recovery phrase">
    The phrase restores the wallet in Panofx Node, MetaMask or any standard wallet. Keep it on paper and never
    type it into a website. The app will not go on until you confirm you have written it down.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name your node">
    The name is public and appears on the explorer. The region is informational. The alert email is private
    and used only to reach you about your node.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set your prices and limits">
    Your spread either side of the reference rate, the largest single fill, the daily cap, and the balances
    below which the node stops quoting. The defaults are sensible for a first node.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add money">
    Send the wallet the tokens you want to sell, plus about 0.001 ETH for the approvals. The app shows the
    address, and a QR code, and watches the balances arrive.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable trading">
    One approval transaction per token, once. This is the only gas you ever spend.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live">
    The app registers your node with the relay and starts quoting. The dashboard shows requests, offers and
    declines as they happen.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  The app answers on this computer only. To reach it from anywhere else, pair a browser: see
  [Run on a server](/resolvers/headless), or **Advanced → Remote access** in the app.
</Note>

## What the app does that the command line does not

* Notifies you when a balance runs low, when the market moves more than you asked, when your node stops quoting, when the network pauses your node, and (if you like) on every swap it fills.
* On a Mac, keeps the Mac awake while your node is live, and stores your wallet passphrase in the keychain instead of a file.
* Lists every other corridor the network runs under **Corridors**, so adding one is a click rather than a policy edit.

## After setup

Day-to-day operation, alerts, corridors and upgrades are under [Day to day](/resolvers/operate/day-to-day).