Pair with Polkadot Vault

How to pair Nova Spektr with Polkadot Vault

The following steps include actions you must perform on both your Polkadot Vault Device and your Nova Spektr Device.

They are valid in case you are adding your first wallet into Nova Spektr.

Actions for each device are clearly labelled below.

1. Open the Nova Spektr Application (Nova Spektr device).

2. Select the Polkadot Vault option (Nova Spektr device).

3. Open the Polkadot Vault application on your mobile device (Polkadot Vault Device).

4. On your (Polkadot Vault Device), select the public address below your account name (as shown in the video demonstration in the Nova Spektr application).

5. A QR code will now appear on your (Polkadot Vault Device), point the camera of your (Nova Spektr device) so that it captures the image of the QR code which is displayed on your (Polkadot Vault Device).

6. You can now name your wallet in the Wallet name field (Nova Spektr device).

By default, hard derivation path keys will be generated for each network based on each chain's chain spec details. For example, //polkadot for Polkadot, and //kusama for Kusama (Nova Spektr device).

In case you would like to add Custom derivation path keys...

1. Select the Add more keys button (Nova Spektr device).

2. From the Network dropdown list, select the network for which you wish to add a new derivation path key (Nova Spektr device).

3. Select the type of derivation path key you wish to add from the Type of key dropdown list – Nova Spektr provides you with some predefined options: Hot, Public, Staking, Governance (Nova Spektr device).

   • *Optional – if you wish to add a custom derivation path key, select Custom key from the dropdown list – you can then input your custom derivation path key in the derivation path field (Nova Spektr device).

4. *Optional - Tick the Sharded account option to create a multishard account then set the number of shards from 2-50 (Nova Spektr device).

5. Input the display name for this account under the Key display name field (Nova Spektr device).

6. Review the derivation path key in the derivation path field (Nova Spektr device).

7. Select the Add new key button to add this new derivation path key (Nova Spektr device).

4. Select Save (Nova Spektr device).

Sharding creates a set of different keys (shards) that are independent of each other but associated with each other in the Nova Spektr application for some operations.

A sharded account consists of multiple keys (shards) numbered from 0 to the total number of shards minus 1. Each shard is created with a hard derivation path (//0, //1, //2,...,//N-1)

To add accounts for each network, repeat the previous steps as many times as you want.

11. Select Continue (Nova Spektr device).

12. Using your (Polkadot Vault Device), scan the QR code that has appeared on your (Nova Spektr device).

13. A QR code will now appear on your (Polkadot Vault Device), point the camera of your (Nova Spektr device) so that it captures the image of the QR code which is displayed on your (Polkadot Vault Device).

14. Your Polkadot Vault wallet is now paired with Nova Spektr.