Lesson 5: Desktop: Where the Door Begins

This is where noise ends and intent begins.Before you can hold assets, you have to build the space that can hold trust.Ava calls this the clean room — one browser, one purpose, one act of precision.You’re not installing software; you’re shaping the conditions for reliability.When the setup feels slow, that’s the point — attention is the security layer.

Verified Groundwork — Start From the Source

Ava gestures toward your browser.
“This is where most people lose their keys before they even get them,” she says.
“They rush. They Google. They click the first thing that glows.
But search results are not truth — they’re advertisements.”

She points to your bookmarks bar — empty except for one folder marked Ava’s Safe Path.
“The official page,” she says. “That’s where your wallet begins.
No search. No shortcuts. Only verified links.”

You open the page: Rabby — Official Site, MetaMask — Official Site, or TrustWallet — Official Site.
It loads with no countdowns, no banners, no “limited offer” pop-ups.
Plain. Unexciting.

Ava nods.
“Plain is good. Real infrastructure doesn’t beg for attention. It just works.”

A Clean Room

“Before you install,” Ava says, “you make space.”
You open your browser settings and create a new profile — Rabby-Practice or MM-Practice.

“No history, no saved passwords, no random extensions,” she adds.
“This isn’t paranoia. It’s separation.
When one browser profile holds both your trading habits, your streaming logins, and your crypto keys — you’re handing every extension in that room a spare copy of your door.”

You name the profile, set its color, and pin it to your taskbar.
It feels empty — but intentional.

“Think of it as a clean apartment,” she says. “The fewer people with a key, the safer your space stays.”

The Install

You return to the wallet’s official page and click Install.
A small window appears — minimalist, unfamiliar.

“This is the first doorframe,” Ava says.
“The software is free. What costs something is your attention.”

You watch the extension load.
It takes less than a minute, but Ava doesn’t speak until the icon appears — the small fox or calm Rabby mark beside your toolbar.

Then:
“That’s the outer shell. The structure’s up. Now we build the lock.”

The Seed: The Words That Hold Everything

Ava rests the pencil on the page and studies the small icon now glowing in your toolbar.
“The frame is built,” she says softly. “But the lock isn’t real until you define it.”
She slides a blank page toward you — the one that will soon hold twelve words.
“What comes next isn’t digital,” she adds. “It’s the moment where ownership moves from code to you.”