Getting Started

To start building with the Lit SDK, we recommend that you first familiarize yourself with Lit Protocol by reading the What is Lit Protocol and How Does Lit Work guides.

Prerequisites

An Ethereum Wallet

With Lit Protocol being a blockchain-based protocol, you'll need an Ethereum wallet to interact with the protocol. An Ethereum wallet is widely used within the Lit SDK, but is most importantly used to sign messages to provide identity and ownership, as well as to pay gas fees for transactions.

Lit tstLPX Tokens

Lit Protocol uses a custom EVM rollup, Chronicle Yellowstone, for Lit's backend infrastructure. To pay for transactions on the rollup, users must use the tstLPX token.

Please be aware that tstLPX are test tokens. When the live token is released, the mainnet Lit networks will require its use instead.

If you need tstLPX tokens, you can get them at the faucet.