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description: Create your Smart Vault
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# Create your Smart Vault

First of all, to get started with Orbit, it's necessary to mint the Smart Vault, a smart contract that is used as an account to handle tokens.

This operation is simple and cheap and needs to be done **only once**.

![How to create your Smart Vault](https://2371142289-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FC0dNfuWhqzAJYGnc5VXE%2Fuploads%2FKPUN0IJq3QST8vq6SFTW%2Fezgif.com-gif-maker%20\(7\).gif?alt=media\&token=4d6da617-e188-4ebb-9e8b-d98f04a870f2)

Once created, you are ready to start using Orbit!
