Greetings Artanian! Welcome to Artano Walkthroughs, a series of step-by-step guides on how you can set up your Artano account! This particular guide will focus on opening an exchange account at Coinbase. We are in no way correlated to them, but we found that most of our users use coinbase to exchange fiat for crypto. We’re more than happy to help you succeed as an artist or a collector on our platform, so if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask us! In order to mint (upload) artworks on Artano, or buy pieces, you will have to exchange fiat currency (USD, EUR…) for ADA (Cardano’s currency). Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to successfully open an exchange account.   Step 1 Go to Link and select “Get Started”     Step 2 Fill in your information, first name, last name, email account, type in a strong password and confirm that you agree with User agreement and Privacy Policy. Then click on “Create account”.   Step 3 You will receive an email from Coinbase to the email address you provided on the previous screen. Go to your inbox, open the email from Coinbase and verify that it is the address you would like to sign in with.     Step 4 Set up two step verification and add a phone number for added security.     Once you receive the code on your mobile phone, type it in on the next screen and click submit.     Step 5 Connect your Coinbase account with your bank card so you can easily transfer fiat currency to your Coinbase account.     Make sure that the name on the card matches the name with which you registered on Coinbase. Type in the card number, expiration date, CVC and Postal code, then click on “Add Card” Now you have successfully created an account on Coinbase! Before you go on to purchase cryptocurrency, you have to verify your identity.   Step 6 To verify your identity simply click on “Buy/Sell” in the upper right corner of the screen. This will bring up a pop up window asking you to verify your identity before you purchase cryptocurrency.     Select “Verify your ID” and fill in the form that comes up regarding your personal information, reasons for using Coinbase, source of funds, employment status and once you’re done filling out the form select “Continue”.     The next step is to select the ID type you would like to use during the verification process and then choose a device on which you would like to continue the verification process.     If you’re using a mobile camera to complete the process, you will receive a link in a text message on your phone.     Click on the link and it will take you to a window where you can complete the verification process. Follow the instructions on the screen. Take a photo of the front of your ID and the back of your ID and select “Complete verification”.     On your desktop you will see the following message.     You might wait for an hour or longer until the verification of your ID is completed. After that you are ready to use your Coinbase account to purchase ADA.