> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.payswap.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.payswap.org/products/cancan.md).

# CanCan

## Creating a Channel

* Go to [this page](https://payswap.org/create-channel)
* Verify Email Address: Go to [this page](https://www.payswap.org/ssi/proposal/createAutomaticData), enter your email address in the corresponding field and validate the form. This will send a verification code to your email inbox; copy that code and paste it into the **code** field and validate the form. This will create and share your email data with PaySwap which will enable channels that you subscribe to, to download your email address
* Back to the Channel Setup page, the **I have successfully verified my email address** checkbox, should be checked now. If it's not, reload the page and click **Next Step** to go to the next step
* For this step, you need to create a profile, click to go to the profile creation page and click on the **Create Profile** button. Fill in the form with a unique username and the profile id of the user that referred you to the platform (just leave it as 0 if nobody referred you). Validate the form

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* Back to the Channel Setup page, the **I have successfully created my profile** checkbox, should be checked now. If it's not, reload the page and click **Next Step** to go to the next step
* For this step, you need to create your SSI (Self Sovereign Identity) keys, click to go to the [keys creation page](https://www.payswap.org/ssi/proposal/createKeys). Fill in the form with a private and public key generated from [this page](https://cryptotools.net/rsagen) and validate the form
* Back to the Channel Setup page, the **I have successfully created my keys** checkbox, should be checked now. If it's not, reload the page and click **Next Step** to go to the next step
* On this page, you have to fill in your channel information. Read the description of each field to understand what value to fill in; fill in all the required fields and validate the form.
* Your channel has now been successfully created. Go to [CanCan](https://www.payswap.org/cancan/collections), find your channel by searching its name in the search box

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