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# Welcome to Merkle

## Stake with us

### Install Daedalus or Yoroi

Install one of the official Cardano wallet, you can either visit [Adalite](https://adalite.io/) (recommended for hardware wallets) or download [Daedalus ](https://daedaluswallet.io/#download)or [Yoroi](https://yoroi-wallet.com/) on your device.

### Create your own wallet

Create (or restore/connect) your wallet and send your ADA onto your newly created (or restored) wallet.

### Delegate to Merkle Validator Pool

Start delegating to us by choosing **\[MERK]** from the list of available pools or look us up using the Merkle Pool ID:

```
232b0ab2239204974aa236cf022ab95301a1772609f3c6907628cde2
```

{% hint style="danger" %}
**NOTE: WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR PRIVATE KEYS.**
{% endhint %}

### Still confused ? Need more help ?!?!?[ Visit our comprehensive guide ➡️](/cardano.md)


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