# Getting Started

### 1. Educate Yourself <a href="#id-1-educate-yourself" id="id-1-educate-yourself"></a>

Confidentiality is having the agency to decide when you reveal personal information. It is a particularly valuable quality today, when the collection and storage of personal data is taking place at unprecedented levels. We are in an age where data is of high value, and Beldex aims to equip individuals with tools to obfuscate their information and interactions with the internet. Protecting your data keeps power on your side.

Beldex's confidentiality tools offer free communication by incentivising indviduals through its cryptocurrency block reward to keep the network confidential, secure and untraceable.&#x20;

Before you start using Beldex, you should [educate yourself](/master.md) on how Beldex will help you obfuscate your data.

### 2. Choose Your Wallet <a href="#id-2-choose-your-wallet" id="id-2-choose-your-wallet"></a>

The Beldex wallets are a gateway into confidential, decentralised transactions and communications. They allow you to hold private keys, secure Beldex, stake Beldex and trade peer-to-peer.&#x20;

If you are unsure about which wallet to choose, you should go to the [Which Wallet To Use](/wallets/what-wallet-to-use.md) page.

### 3. Acquire Beldex <a href="#id-3-acquire-beldex" id="id-3-acquire-beldex"></a>

Beldex can be purchased on exchanges (currently listed on MEXC, Gate.io, KuCoin and other exchanges which can be found here: <https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/beldex/#Markets>).

You can also aquire Beldex by staking it on masternodes & earning rewards in BDX for your contribution. Staking BDX on masternodes is process by which users can participate in the Beldex network and earn rewards by validating transactions made on the Beldex blockchain.

### 4. Stake and Earn Beldex <a href="#id-4-stake-and-earn-beldex" id="id-4-stake-and-earn-beldex"></a>

You can stake Beldex to receive rewards by running a Master Node with peers or by yourself.&#x20;

To operate a [Master Node](/master-nodes/overview.md), an operator [time-locks a significant amount of Beldex](/master-nodes/staking-requirement.md) and provides a minimum level of bandwidth and storage to the network. In return for their services, Beldex Master Node operators receive a portion of the [block reward](/master-nodes/guides/master-node-full-guide.md) from each block.


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