To ensure you receive your yield payments on assets held outside of your Kinesis account, it is essential to link your wallet address to your associated Kinesis account. Address Linking is necessary to identify the wallet address and associated Kinesis account that will receive the yields.
Note that the vast majority of Kinesis accounts are automatically pre-linked. Only a small minority of Kinesis users owning external wallets, such as a Kinesis wallet or CoolWallet, may need to manually link their addresses.
However, Kinesis urges all users to check their status and ensure that all accounts that they mint to are listed on their Kinesis profile in the Yields tab. You only need to link your address if the external wallet or any account you mint to is unlinked.
If all addresses you have minted to are already listed, no action will be required.
Remember, that the Kinesis account is where all your yields will be credited to, even if you mint to other addresses and wallets.
Note: A fully verified Kinesis account and “external wallet” (stand-alone wallet) will be required to complete the linking process.
Learn how to set up a new Kinesis account here.
Learn how to set up an external, standalone Kinesis Wallet here.
You can create a new standalone Kinesis Wallet at this link.
ADDRESS LINKING:
Step 1: Navigate to the Yields tab and press the “+ Link a new address” button.
This is the Yields tab on the Kinesis dashboard ☝️
This is where the link new address button can be found ☝️
Step 2: A pop-up will appear, prompting you to enter your public address for the currency (KAU or KAG) of the wallet you wish to link. You can also set a name tag as a reference if desired.
Step 3: After entering your public address, click Next to proceed to the next step.
You can find the public address for the respective currency here ☝️
Step 4: You will be directed to a screen to complete the address linking process. This step requires you to log into your external wallet and generate a signed message using the Sign function.
Step 5: To sign a message from your external wallet, copy and paste your Payment Reference Number into the Message field and press the Sign button.
The Kinesis Payment Reference (starting with KM followed by eight digits, e.g., KM12345678) is a number that helps the Kinesis team identify your account.
A new signature will be generated for you to copy and paste into the final field of the address-linking process. Once completed, press Verify and your address will be successfully linked.
After this step, you will see details about the linked address, including the date it was linked and the wallet public address.