# How to create a Custom Token/Token Issuer using CLI Creating a custom token involves writing and deploying smart contract code to a blockchain network. The smart contract defines the properties and behavior of the token, such as its name, symbol, and total supply. * Basic understanding of Command line * Basic understanding of Accumulate CLI commands To create a custom token, you will need to have a basic understanding of the Accumulate commands (CLI) and access to a development environment. The steps typically involved in creating a custom token are: 1. Creation of an ADI 2. Creation of your token Creating a custom token in Accumulate via CLI is straightforward. You do that by creating an ADI and using the ADI information to create your custom token. {% hint style="info" %} Your account connects to the accumulate **mainnet** by default. {% endhint %} If you want to connect to the testnet, add this flag and argument -s [https://testnet.accumulatenetwork.io/v2](https://devnet.accumulatenetwork.io/v2) **Example:** I will use the faucet command for this example. ``` ./accumulate faucet acc://5c33543157a40920252fa27d20079925807f611a9c4746c4/ACME -s https://testnet.accumulatenetwork.io/v2 ``` ### **Create an ADI** There are two ways to create an ADI in Accumulate: "Create new ADI for another ADI" and." Create New ADI from Lite Account " for this tutorial. You will use a lite account to create your ADI. **ADI create (Create New ADI from Lite Account)** Follow the steps below to create an ADI from a lite account * Generate a lite account * Get Faucets * Add credits to your lite account * Choose a name for the ADI * Generate a key * Create your ADI * Credit your keypage. {% hint style="info" %} To be able to process this transaction, you must have at least 500 credits of ACME {% endhint %} ### **1: Generate a lite account** Generate random Lite Identity and ACME Lite Token Account **Syntax:** ``` ./accumulate account generate ``` **Command:** ``` ./accumulate account generate ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` acc://809050d340268983b1cc6a4c2ea57faef7ad96823588ce48/ACME : bb25657569c503c96eb03a7d36287b77d5e20672aa57692ce8fb9af468f74bfe ``` ### **2: Get ACME from Faucets** **Syntax:** ``` ./accumulate faucet [(lite account]) ``` Example of a lite account: acc://809050d340268983b1cc6a4c2ea57faef7ad96823588ce48/ACME **Command** ``` ./accumulate faucet acc://809050d340268983b1cc6a4c2ea57faef7ad96823588ce48/ACME ./accumulate faucet acc://809050d340268983b1cc6a4c2ea57faef7ad96823588ce48/ACME ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` Transaction Hash : 3919c22fc05bdaa615e1e863d15c0feb4f46797fafd03e1d418c2e1bf1536b28 Envelope Hash : Simple Hash : 2ccc8e1da92ad7d70417e1c553287bb54c66d169f914a1a3317c6ffa235b4434 Error code : ok ``` ### **3: Add credits to your lite account** **Syntax:** ``` ./accumulate credits [(lite account]) [(lite identity]) [(cCredit amount]) ``` **Command:** ``` ./accumulate credits acc://3a9355bb9ad36221fdde3b9a8dc6565cf6c2be2560724785/ACME acc://3a9355bb9ad36221fdde3b9a8dc6565cf6c2be2560724785/ACME 100 ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` Transaction Hash : 5456edf0cc24173e5c6e841a0c5505b4600bdccf0cf7e1c1655d0e04692d8ac8 Signature 0 Hash : 52f26026c59945ad484a126a090c519dcb8c18324c21c927a24a7d117d2dd0e9 Simple Hash : 051c3aa0b829c88ef25ffd54f58efc927d1206f811a58ac74a2f77806f3552d9 Error code : ok Result : Oracle $0.05 / ACME Credits 10000.00 Amount 2000.00000000 ACME ``` ### **4: Generate a key** **Syntax:** ``` ./accumulate key generate [name for this key] ``` **Command:** ``` ./accumulate key generate key1234 ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` key1234 : e7f1541f7460fc38ef8ffeb5d483415074d68621b004614209d3d461d7abee12 ``` ### **5: Create an ADI** **Syntax:** ``` accumulate adi create [origin-lite-account] [adi url to create] [public-key or wallet key label] [key-book-name (optional)] [key-page-name (optional)] ``` **Example** ``` ./accumulate adi create acc://5a33ebee80f411ec8f9661e86c625ecb81d105aacfe3bd35/ACME acc://Tesla.acme key1234 acc://Tesla.acme/wize ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` Transaction Hash : 1396c5a52c7efd7f0464c9a9ab0e2f29ead9ec7da74009dc32892cfd7ded9e56 Signature 0 Hash : 756538bda02637b83590b1322ccd4218ce141dd4006c6c461b2214164ffd3f86 Simple Hash : ed71a4f1363f5de1137075ae92aff18446b4143586b926e22b5a95f1e75373b1 Error code : ok Result : ``` To create a token, you will need to credit your keypage with at least 100 credits. Because your keypage was generated by the system, it will look similar to this: ``` acc://Tesla.acme/wize/1 ``` ### **6: Credits your keypage** **Syntax** ``` ./accumulate credits [lite acount], [keybook url], [amount] ``` **Command** ``` ./accumulate credits acc://f327de65ed0a1bcde589d31ef0058a49d0636b5fb619f1d7/ACME acc://Teslaz.acme/wize/1 10000 ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` Transaction Hash : 5456edf0cc24173e5c6e841a0c5505b4600bdccf0cf7e1c1655d0e04692d8ac8 Signature 0 Hash : 52f26026c59945ad484a126a090c519dcb8c18324c21c927a24a7d117d2dd0e9 Simple Hash : 051c3aa0b829c88ef25ffd54f58efc927d1206f811a58ac74a2f77806f3552d9 Error code : ok Result : Oracle $0.05 / ACME Credits 10000.00 Amount 2000.00000000 ACME ``` ### **Create your custom token** **Syntax** ``` accumulate token create [origin adi or lite url] [adi signer key name (if applicable)] [token url] [symbol] [precision (0 - 18)] [supply limit] [properties URL (optional)] [flags] ``` **Example** ``` ./accumulate account create token acc://Tesla.acme key1234 acc://Tesla.acme/Tokens acc://WIZECOIN ``` The above command will return an output similar to the following: ``` Transaction Hash : d326bc6c904aae2db29b1120104f4564da2195c29e5baf3c48780865fea65630 Signature 0 Hash : fba7ee943b434cc61b8da949099a489ceefc09f4be8a9aae12a2b14134c7b747 Simple Hash : 79b96289f4d6648468b3334d15adb0f6ea0014dcff40d938f0db33ba4820f92c Error code : ok Result ``` You can view it on [Accumulate explorer](https://explorer.accumulatenetwork.io/) using the tx hash