Get started
Five steps, about fifteen minutes, from nothing to your first review or article on TestNet.
This is TestNet, the practice network: everything is real except the money. ALGO are free, and nothing you do here carries over to MainNet, which opens later.
0 of 5 done. Each step ticks itself when it is done.
Connect a wallet
Your wallet is your account on Cabdell: no e-mail, no password. Install Pera, Defly or Lute, create an account and write down its recovery phrase somewhere safe (nobody can recover it for you). Then connect it.
Get free TestNet ALGO
Every action is a transaction: a small network fee, and for most actions a non-refundable storage deposit that stays locked in the application for ever. About 0.3 ALGO lets you publish an article and write a first review. On TestNet ALGO are free and worth nothing.
Open the TestNet dispenser Lora's dispenser asks you to sign in with a Google account (and may ask you to prove you are a person), then sends test ALGO to the address you paste.
Choose where your files are stored
Articles, reviews and comments are files on IPFS that you keep available; Cabdell then keeps a second copy. Use a Filebase bucket (free plan), a Pinata key, or your own IPFS node. The key stays in this browser.
In Filebase: create a bucket on the IPFS network used for Cabdell alone (so that its token reaches nothing else), then Access Keys → IPFS RPC API → choose that bucket and generate a token. Paste that token here (not the S3 access key and secret). The key stays in this browser, is sent only to Filebase, and you can forget it at any time. Cabdell never sees it. A key limited to uploading files is the safest kind.
Link your ORCID iD
Required for your reviews to count toward an article's Peer-reviewed seal, and for your own articles to get it (every author needs one). Readers then see your name, and citations use it. It never changes your reputation.
Take part
- Find an article in your field and review it (at least 200 words for it to count toward the seal). How to review
- Publish an article, short notes or a dataset. Your first article, step by step
- Follow people from their profiles, and turn on notifications in your inbox.
Bring your colleagues
Cabdell works when people of the same field review each other. Invite two or three colleagues: there is an invitation you can copy, in English and Spanish, in the documentation. Send them the link to this page.