Upon arrival to MEW’s website, you will see the following screen and options.

MyEtherWallet’s home screen view

The first step is to enter a password that your address will be encrypted against. It is imperative that you know this password as it will allow access into your wallet and associated functions.

After entering your chosen password, you will be met with the following screen:

Save your keystore file

SAVE your keystore file as noted in the options onscreen. MEW is incredibly clear on the importance of this step, and includes the following notices:

**Do not lose it!** -It cannot be recovered if you lose it. **Do not share it!** -Your funds will be stolen if you use this file on a malicious/phishing site. **Make a backup!** -Secure it like the millions of dollars it may one day be worth.

After downloading your Keystore file and selecting the continue menu, you will see the following onscreen message:

Save your private key

Again, SAVE your private key. The two necessary pieces of information necessary for access and recovery into an Ethereum wallet is your Public and Private key. Your public key can freely be shared to allow for funds to be sent TO you. DO NOT, however, in any way, share your private key. Doing so could allow for malicious activity and possible loss of any tokens or Ethereum stored.

We highly recommend printing paper wallets, as available within MEW’s onscreen notices. Doing so will allow you to store paper copies offline and in true cold storage. It is common practice to store copies in separate locations to offset the possibilities of catastrophic events affecting your access into your Ethereum wallets. A sample paper wallet will look like the following image below:

A sample example of a .PDF paper wallet

After printing your paper wallet backup, select to save your wallet. You will then be met with the unlock option screen, as seen below:

Unlock options for your MEW wallet

Several options of access are available and we urge you to research further to determine the access method that best meets your personal access and security concerns. For the sake of this tutorial, we will be accessing via our previously saved keystore file.

Select your previously saved keystore file

After selecting your previously saved keystore file, you will be asked to enter your password used to encrypt the file. Enter this password and select Unlock.

An example of a decrypted, unlocked address

Congratulations! You have successfully created, backed up & accessed your new ERC20 compatible wallet. At this time, one further step is necessary to prepare your wallet for LATX withdrawal. As previously mentioned, we need to add the custom token information to ensure you are able to see the inventory of any custom ERC20 tokens contained.

To begin, select Add Custom Token, then utilize the following custom token information: