Unboxing and setting up your Wicrypt Hotspot Hub is now easier than ever. With this guide, you should be well on your way to earning in less than 10 minutes.
STEP ONE: Set up a Wicrypt account
It is expected that while you anticipate getting a Wicrypt device, you should have created a Wicrypt account as you await the arrival of your device after placing your order. Your account can be created through the mobile app platform and Web platform.
Mobile App:
- Download the mobile application from Playstore or Apple Store.
- Click on the sign-in option. You can sign in with an existing Google or iCloud account, or sign in with a fresh email.
- Input your desired four-digit pin (please use a pin you can remember).
- Your account has been successfully registered.
Web:
- Open https://dashboard.wicrypt.com on your browser (chrome, safari, etc.)
- Click on “Create an account”.
- Fill in your information as required.
- Create a four-digit PIN
- Your account has been successfully registered.
Complete and Submit Your KYC for Verification
To have more knowledge about our customers, we ask that they all fill out profile information.
- Lunch your mobile application
- Click on the “PROFILE” icon at the bottom right of your mobile application
- Click on “SETTINGS”
- Click on “VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY”
- Follow the instructions to complete your KYC request.
NOTE: KYC requests are attended to within 24hrs. The result is dependent on the verification documents provided.
STEP TWO: Staking on the Wicrypt network
Stake $150 worth of WNT for each device owned.
This is a major aspect of the Wicrypt token mining criteria. Users must have staked a minimum of $150 worth of WNT to enable them to mine. Two ways to stake on the system are via the website or mobile application. Both platforms are calculated together when the staking criteria are considered during reward distribution. Please see the staking requirements to mine WNT per device here.
There are two types of staking, FIXED AND FLEXIBLE. You can choose your type of staking, depending on your knowledge of both and your preference.
FIXED Staking: When you choose fixed staking, it means you will have to lock your staking for a specific period, so the amount staked and duration are used to determine your staking score, which impacts your earnings. APR for fixed is higher than that of flexible staking
FLEXIBLE STAKING: Flexible, as the name implies, means you can stake and unstake after seven days of staking and also top up your stake 24 hours after initial staking.
Staking on the Web:
- Visit the website https://dashboard.wicrypt.com
- Login with your email and pin
- On the menu bar click “wallet” and click “stake”
- A page will pop up with a message “ Stake your WNT to earn interest”, click WNT (Wicrypt network token), and then your staking page will come up.
- On your staking page, choose the staking type you wish to perform “fixed or flexible”
- Enter the amount of token you wish to stake. If all, click “max”.
- Agree to the terms and conditions, click stake, and your token is staked successfully.
Video: How to Stake WNT on the Wicrypt Web Dashboard
Staking on the Mobile Application:
This method is more user-friendly and direct, where the gas fee is not incurred during transactions. To stake on the application;
- Lunch your mobile application
- On the home page, click staking.
- The staking interface is open ( please make sure you have funded your WNT wallet with the required WNT)
- Click STAKE with the white icon
- On the next page, you can choose your staking type, FIXED or FLEXIBLE
- Enter the amount of WNT or click MAX for all
- Agree to the terms & conditions, then click stake.
- Your stake should be successful
Video: How To Stake WNT on the Wicrypt Mobile App
STEP THREE: Device Setup.
Finally, your order(lynx/spider) has arrived, and you need to set up your device to start your mining journey.
Kindly follow the steps below to get started!
Connect Your Device to the Internet
It is assumed you already created a Wicrypt account on the mobile application while waiting for your device to arrive. Now your device is here. You will start your setup by registering your device to your account:
- Open the device and find the sim port (considering your type of device, LYNX or SPIDER)
- Insert your sim card, it must be a micro sim that has a data subscription ( for the LYNX device here) or connect an ethernet cable from the LAN port of your existing router to the WAN port of your spider device, ( for the SPIDER device here)
- Press the power button to turn on the device ( for LYNX) or plug the device into a power supply(SPIDER)
- Wait at least 3 minutes for the device to boot, Then connect to the device.
How to Update Your OS on the Wicrypt Network
- On your browser, visit www.wicryptlogin.net or 192.168.4.4 while connected to the device
- Login with the default user name “root” and default password “admin”.
- After logging in, depending on your view, click on the menu bar (the three lines at the upper left of the page) if you are on your phone and click “SYSTEM” or click “SYSTEM” at the top of the page if connected with a PC.
- A page “checking for update” will pop up, and it will show “update available” if the OS needs to be updated then you click on the “ update available” button, and your device will restart itself after some seconds of clicking the button
- Wait for 5 minutes and connect back to the device.
Video: How to Update Your OS on the Wicrypt Network!
How To Register Your Device
- On your browser, visit www.wicryptlogin.net or 192.168.4.4 while connected to the device
- Login with the default user name “root” and default password “admin”. You can change the default password to any desired password from the ‘Quick Setup’ page.
- After logging in, depending on your view, click on the menu bar (the three lines at the upper left of the page) if you are on your phone and click register hotspot hub or click register hotspot hub at the top of the page if connected with a PC.
- Input your email address used in opening your Wicrypt account and the four-digit PIN created.
- Your device will be successfully registered.
Video: How to Register Your Hotspot Hub on the Wicrypt Network
How To Change Your Device Name-SSID (optional)
- On the same page (wicryptlogin.net) after registering your device
- Click on “QUICK SETUP”
- On the next page, you can edit your device name (SSID) to a preferred name port.
- Click save change after you’ve changed your SSID (device name)
- Then reconnect to the device again, as it will disconnect itself from your device.
Video: How to Change Your Device Name on the Wicrypt Network
STEP FOUR: How To Enable Business Mode
Enabling Business mode is an essential step to perform when setting up your device.
- Visit wicryptlogin.net
- Log in with “root” as the username and “admin” as the password ( you can decide to change the password on quick set-up)
- Click on business
- Click on enable and save the change.
Give the device some time to restart itself before connecting back. Estimated wait time is 5 minutes.
Video: Wicrypt Onboarding Step 4: How to Enable Business Mode on the Network
STEP FIVE: How To Log Into the Splash Page:
After enabling business mode, you must log into the splash page using three methods when connecting to the device.
- Email and router code: this page is the first page on the splash page to log in requesting your email and router code. You can find your router code on your application;
- Lunch your mobile app
- On the home page, click on Connect to WiFi.
- There you will find your email and router code. The code changes every 5 minutes.
Video: https://youtu.be/Qh6Igjz6tKc?si=h_rSWeRUFORhMk07
How to Whitelist Your Devices (Optional)
- Visit the device configuration portal at www.wicryptlogin.net or 192.168.4.4
- On the first page which is the “OVERVIEW”, click on connected devices.
- Then a page with the list of connection devices will open.
- Click “whitelist” by the side of the device you wish to whitelist
- Input the device name and click “ADD”
- You should get a successful message that your device has been whitelisted
Video: How to whitelist your connected devices on Wicrypt.
How To Check That Your Device is Active on the Explorer
- Visit scan.wicrypt.com
- Click on “devices” and click “latest devices” You will see your device as one of the latest devices.
- You can also search your device name (SSID) on the search bar and then click on the device when the name appears
- The device information will open.