Create account

Since there are no Externally Owned Accounts (EOA) in StarkNet, all Accounts in StarkNet are contracts.

Unlike in Ethereum where a wallet is created with a public and private key pair, StarkNet Accounts are the only way to sign transactions and messages and verify signatures. Therefore an Account - Contract interface is needed.

Account contracts on StarkNet cannot be deployed without paying a fee. Creating an account is a bit tricky; you have several steps :

1. Decide on your account type (OpenZeppelin, Argent, ...).
2. Compute the address of your future account.
3. Send funds to this pre-computed address. The funds will be used to pay for the account contract deployment, and remains will fund the new account.
4. Actual deployment of the Account