Pick your poison
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Alright we should now have
- bitshares-account-name
- private-key
So now we just need to decide what to call your steem-account-name and how you are going to fund it.
Steem names must start with a letter, and must be at least 3 characters long. They can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, -'s and .'s. If you use a . each substring on either side of the dot must be at least 3 characters long.
Now think of a name. Take as long as you want...
No rush...
Make it a good one...
Got it?
Okay now lets see if anyone else has already taken this name. Open a new browser tab and type in steemit.com/@thenameyouwant
If this loads a page that looks like this
Then sadly your name is already taken on the steem network. You're gonna have to think of another name.
Keep trying this until when you type in steemit.com/@thenameyouwant you get a page that looks like
Yay!!! you have a steem-name you can use on the steem network. Congratulations. Now we just need to figure out how you are going to fund it. Please choose below.
I have STEEM on bittrex.com or know how to purchase it
I have open.steem on the bitshares network or know how to purchase it
I don't have any steem, but I have bitcoin
What the heck is a bitcoin Sorry I don't have time to explain.