> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get set up

> Accept your invite, sign in with a wallet or email, and register your confidential account so companies can pay you.

Before a company can pay you, you set up your payout method once. It works like adding your
bank details, except you keep the keys and Confiroll pays the network fee. The whole thing takes
a couple of minutes and you only do it a single time.

## What you see

When you open your invite, you land on a short setup screen with three regions:

* **A welcome line** that names the company that invited you, for example "Acme Studio invited
  you to receive payouts privately."
* **A sign-in panel** offering a Stellar wallet or email.
* **A registration card** with your account status and a single button to register your
  confidential account.

Your status moves through a small set of states as you go:

| Status     | What it means                                                    | Can you be paid |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| Invited    | The company has invited you, and you have not signed in yet      | No              |
| Onboarding | You have signed in and are registering your confidential account | No              |
| Ready      | Your confidential account is registered and live                 | Yes             |
| Inactive   | Your account has been paused by the company                      | No              |

## Get set up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open your invite" icon="envelope">
    The invite link opens your setup screen. You see "\[Company] invited you to receive payouts
    privately," so you know exactly who is paying you before you do anything.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in with a wallet or email" icon="wallet">
    Connect a Stellar wallet and sign the challenge, or sign in with your email. The email path
    creates an embedded wallet for you, with no seed phrase to write down. Either way you get one
    account that Confiroll routes to the contractor portal. See
    [Getting started](/guide/getting-started).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Register your confidential account" icon="user-plus">
    This is a one-time on-chain setup that lets you receive private amounts. You sign it yourself,
    so you stay in full self-custody, and Confiroll sponsors the fee, so it costs you 0 XLM. Your
    status shows as Onboarding while it settles.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You are Ready" icon="circle-check">
    Your status flips to Ready and the company can pay you. From now on, any payout from any
    company on Confiroll flows straight to your confidential balance without setting up again.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  **Why registration is required.** A private payout is encrypted to your public viewing key, and
  that key only exists on-chain once you have registered. Setting up before your first payout is
  what gives the company something to encrypt to. Until you are Ready, there is no key to send a
  confidential amount to.
</Info>

<Warning>
  Registering is self-custody. You hold both your wallet signing key and your confidential viewing
  key, and both stay on your device and are never uploaded. Confiroll holds zero keys and cannot
  recover them for you, so keep your wallet safe and back it up. If you signed in with email, your
  embedded wallet is protected by your login, so guard that login the same way.
</Warning>

## Frequently asked questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I don't have a wallet yet. Can I still get set up?" icon="envelope">
    Yes. Sign in with your email and an embedded Stellar wallet is created for you automatically,
    with no seed phrase to record. You can add or connect a self-custody Stellar wallet later if
    you prefer to manage your own keys directly.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does any of this cost me money?" icon="gas-pump">
    No. Registration is an on-chain action, and Confiroll sponsors the network fee, so you pay
    0 XLM. You do not need any XLM in your wallet to get set up or to receive payouts.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How long does setup take?" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    A couple of minutes. Signing in is instant, and registering your confidential account is a
    single signature that settles on-chain in seconds. Once it settles, your status flips to
    Ready and you can be paid.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What if I lose access to my wallet?" icon="key">
    Because you self-custody, Confiroll cannot restore your keys. Keep your wallet backup safe. If
    you signed in with email, keep access to that login. If you do lose access, you register a new
    confidential account on a new wallet and ask the company to pay that account going forward.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I use my company email instead of a crypto wallet?" icon="user-plus">
    Yes. Email sign-in is a first-class path. It creates and secures an embedded wallet for you
    behind your login, so you get the same private balance, fee-free payouts, and withdrawals
    without ever touching a seed phrase.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>