Claim your handle
Getting an X1ID takes a few minutes. Everything happens at app.x1id.io — you’ll need a wallet and a little XNT (X1’s native token) to cover the one-time registration fee.Search a name to see instantly if it's free, its price, and register in one step.
1
Open the app and connect your wallet
Go to app.x1id.io and connect the wallet you want your handle tied to. This is the wallet that will own the handle, so use one you control and intend to keep.
2
Search for a name you like
Type the name you want — say
you — into the search box. The app tells you whether @you is available and what it costs. Shorter names cost more (see Fees). If it’s taken, try a variation until you find one that’s free.Handles are letters, numbers, and simple characters only — no emoji and no lookalike symbols from other alphabets. That’s deliberate: it stops anyone from registering a name that looks identical to yours. More on that in Trust & transparency.
3
Register it
Confirm the registration in your wallet. You pay the one-time fee once, and
@you is yours from that moment on — no renewals, ever. The name is now registered on-chain to your wallet.4
Point it at your addresses
Open your handle and add the addresses you want it to resolve to — your X1 address, and optionally your Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin addresses. Now when someone sends to
@you, their wallet looks up the right address for the chain they’re on.5
Build your profile (optional)
Add an avatar, a website, your social links, and a link to your decentralized site. This is what turns
@you from a routing label into an identity people recognize.6
Set it as your primary name
Mark
@you as your primary name. This is the reverse link: apps that support X1ID will now show your wallet as @you instead of a raw address, everywhere you appear.That’s it
You now have a name that works across chains, a profile behind it, and an identity apps can display. From here you might want to:Get paid to your handle
Share the QR code and payment link that come with
@you so anyone can pay you by scanning or tapping.Add a subname
Create
pay.you or docs.you for specific purposes, all under the handle you already own.Set up recovery & locks
Give yourself a way back in if you lose access, and a way to freeze your handle in an emergency.
Understand the fees
What you paid, why shorter names cost more, and the live pricing curve.
Looking someone up? The search on app.x1id.io works two ways: type a name to check if it’s free to register, or look up a handle that already exists to see whose it is, what it points to, and whether it’s for sale. It’s how you find a name to claim — and how you check a handle before you trust or buy it.