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# How to setup a Burner Wallet ?

A Burner Wallet is a sub-wallet or a completely different wallet from your original one, a burner is used to connect to **unsecured websites** and is mostly used to **mint** with. \
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The “burner” in the wallet's name reminds users that it's **not secure** for long-term storage. If you use a burner wallet, you should regularly sweep funds/NFTs into a more secure wallet.\
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I use a Main wallet where I store most of my NFTs/liquidity and I send liquidity to different burners when I need to swap, trade or mint. I use my Main wallet only to buy/sell on MagicEden from time to time. I am also using a **Ledger**, it's super important especially when you start to have a decent amount of money on-chain. I will cover this technology later in the book.

## So how to create a Burner easily?

Well with <mark style="color:purple;">Phantom Wallet</mark>, it's quite simple!\
Open your Phantom Wallet extension and click on this icon : <br>

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2F8N64d6luNu4LfbIlGCkV%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=aa06a6b7-05b9-43f0-b21c-0a0dab7ee1f9)

And then, you create a new wallet from the following button, you can name it as you want, I'd go with **Burner #1** for example: <br>

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2Fb0xDtuYMK7Z15kgozEGt%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=9ea97b3e-7809-4b97-8d68-feabff2c6444)

And you're good to go! Your first burner wallet is up and running. Now you just have to keep your Main wallet safe and store liquid/nfts in it. Just send funds to your Burner when you need to do any kind of transaction. This is an easy way to prevent a large number of scams but as you should know, **you're never risk-free**.&#x20;