Step 4

Set up your wallet

Install one wallet, secure the recovery details, and prepare the clean bridge from exchange funding into the market.

SetupStep 4

Summary

Tutorial-ready scaffold for the wallet step in the public Polymarket access funnel.

This guide is now prepared to accept the later founder-tested wallet walkthrough, screenshots, and final tutorial copy.

Guide status

Status: Content-ready scaffold

Author: Rateshift

Updated: 2026-03-22

Last verified: 2026-03-22

Primary recommendation

MetaMask

Secondary alternative: Coinbase Wallet

Tools in this guide

MetaMaskCoinbase Wallet

Content-ready guide shell

This page is intentionally structured as a clean public scaffold. Final founder-tested walkthrough logic, screenshots, and step-by-step tutorial polish still need to be completed before this guide should be treated as finished.

Tutorial-ready guide shell

This wallet page is now prepared for the later real walkthrough. The final version still needs the founder's exact wallet steps, screenshots, and backup guidance.

Funnel progress

Step 4: Set up your wallet

Step undefined of undefined

Next in the public funnel: Step 5: Make your first trade

Current MVP choice set

Wallet picks for the current public funnel

The public MVP keeps this step narrow too: one primary wallet recommendation and one secondary alternative.

Primary recommendation

MetaMask

MetaMask stays the current primary wallet recommendation for the public MVP.

Secondary alternative

Coinbase Wallet

Coinbase Wallet stays visible as the secondary wallet alternative.

Planned walkthrough

How the final wallet tutorial should flow

These blocks define the slots where the founder's real wallet pass and Claude's final walkthrough copy will land later.

Walkthrough step

Install or open the wallet flow

Click-by-click slot

Goal

Show the exact starting point for the wallet setup the user should follow in this funnel.

Click-by-click placeholder

Later, insert the real clicks for installation or wallet opening, together with the first screen the user should expect.

Screenshot slot

Wallet starting screen

Screenshot pending: wallet install or first-run screen

Planned alt text

Placeholder alt text for the wallet installation or first-run screen in the tutorial

Planned caption

Placeholder caption for the moment where the wallet setup begins in the funnel

Instruction placeholder

This slot will later hold the screenshot and exact instruction telling the user how to begin wallet setup.

Note: The finished tutorial should make the first wallet action feel safe and controlled, not rushed.

Walkthrough step

Reach the ready state for the final Polymarket step

Click-by-click slot

Goal

Capture the exact state where the wallet is prepared, backed up correctly, and ready for the last step.

Click-by-click placeholder

Later, insert the real clicks for backup, confirmation, and the final prepared wallet state.

Screenshot slot

Wallet ready state

Screenshot pending: wallet backup prompt or ready state

Planned alt text

Placeholder alt text for the wallet state that is ready for the Polymarket handoff

Planned caption

Placeholder caption for the completed wallet setup state used in this funnel

Instruction placeholder

This is where the final tutorial should explain what the user should check before leaving the wallet step.

Warning: The final tutorial should treat backup and recovery details carefully and never normalize unsafe storage behavior.
Tip: Claude can later add a short redaction-safe reminder here without turning the page into a full security manual.

Checklist

Founder capture checklist for this page

Before you continue

Make sure the wallet step is actually complete before the final trade page

Next step handoff

Hand off into the final public step

Once the wallet is ready, the last tutorial should take the user from prepared setup into their first real Polymarket trade.

Next step in the funnel: Step 5: Make your first trade

Next action

Back to the full setup guide

Keep the public funnel simple: jump back to the full setup guide or move straight into the next step while the context is still fresh.

Next step available: Make your first trade.

Previous setup step

Buy USDC on Binance

Approved Binance tutorial-ready guide for creating an exchange account, completing KYC, depositing fiat money, and buying USDC before wallet setup.

Next setup step

Make your first trade

Tutorial-ready scaffold for the final first-trade step in the public Polymarket access funnel.

Partner disclosure

How partner mentions work on this page

Rateshift may earn from some recommendations on this page, and all partner linking is designed to flow through our own `/go/[partner]` layer when redirect targets are approved.

Potential monetized partners on this page: Coinbase Wallet.

Editorial or non-monetized mentions on this page: MetaMask.