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# Meet the network using CLI

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to operate with arbitrary **dfinance** node which covers creation of your first account, receiving free testnet XFI tokens and execution of first transaction.

## Account creation and free XFI

Let's create your first **dfinance** account.

Generate new mnemonic:

```
dncli keys mnemonic
```

Copy **mnemonic** and keep in safe place.

Create new account, use **mnemonic** generated from previous command:

```
dncli keys add -i my-account
```

Save **passphrase** and keep in safe place. **Without mnemonic and passphrase you can't access your new account!**

Go to **dfinance** [**wallet portal**](https://wallet.dfinance.co/), use your **mnemonic** and **passphrase** to login, and request faucet to send your free XFI. Click there on request **Request Tokens** button and wait for few seconds, XFI coins will appear on your account. Also, the faucet sending testnet BTC and USDT coins besides XFI.

After this let's query our account with **dncli**:

```
dncli q account <address>
```

Replace `<address>` with your address. You will see output with your address and with your balances, balances should contains XFI coins if we want to continue to next steps.