# Creating and editing accounts

Creating an account is an Administrator action. You pick the asset, name the account, set its governance rules, and submit it for approval by the admin quorum. The flow keeps everything you've entered visible and editable until you submit, so nothing is lost as you build it up.

## Start

From the **Accounts** list, use the **create account** action to start a new account. To change an existing one, **edit** it from the list or from its detail page.

## Create an account

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### Choose the asset

Only assets supported on your workspace appear. Search by name or ticker; each result shows a logo, name, and ticker. Once selected, the asset stays visible in the form and can be changed or removed (removing it clears the dependent sections).
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### Choose the network *(if applicable)*

If the asset exists on several networks, pick the one you want. A single-network asset or a layer-1 coin is added directly with no network step. The selected asset then shows its name, ticker, network, and logo.
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### Name the account

Names must be at most 19 characters, contain no special characters, and be unique. If a name is rejected, the reason is shown.
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### Set the rules

Define the **send rules** (and any other rule types available for the asset, such as staking). See [Governance rules & whitelists](/helpcenter2/governance-rules-and-whitelists.md) for what each rule does and how to build them.
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### Add a note *(optional)*

Up to 256 characters, carried through into the request.
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### Submit

The final confirmation button activates only when all mandatory fields are filled and there are no conflicts; hovering it while inactive tells you what's still wrong, section by section. Submitting starts a review on your PSD, after which the request goes to the admin quorum for approval.
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## Edit an account

Editing opens the same form, pre-filled with the account's current settings and shown in a confirmed state, so you click into a section to change it. You can edit everything **except the coin and network**, which are fixed once an account exists. Submitting an edit starts a dedicated review on your device and then goes to the admin quorum.

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Pending requests block edits. If an account has requests that haven't been approved yet, you can't edit it. Webapp 2.0 lists the blocking requests so you can open and review them (without acting on them) before trying again once they've cleared.
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## Network-specific setup

A few networks change account setup. See [Network-specific guidance](/helpcenter2/when-network-behaviour-differs.md), in particular:

* [Solana: SPL token accounts](/helpcenter2/network-specific-guidance/solana-spl-token-accounts.md): token accounts must be attached to an existing Solana account, and may need activating.
* [Ethereum: staking & Replace by Nonce](/helpcenter2/network-specific-guidance/ethereum-staking-and-replace-by-nonce.md): staking is enabled via a dedicated staking ruleset.
* [Hedera: HBAR & HTS tokens](/helpcenter2/network-specific-guidance/hedera-hbar-and-hts-tokens.md): HBAR and HTS token accounts, and how token accounts relate to a parent HBAR account.


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