**WARNING: FOILLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL DESTROY THE MASTER KEY ON YOUR CARD. ONLY PROCEED IF NO FUNDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACCOUNTS**
You can use status' [keycard-cli](https://github.com/status-im/keycard-cli) and you should get version 2.1.1 of their [smartcard application](https://github.com/status-im/status-keycard/releases/download/2.1.1/keycard_v2.1.1.cap)
You can use status' [keycard-cli](https://github.com/status-im/keycard-cli) and you should get _at least_version 2.1.1 of their [smartcard application](https://github.com/status-im/status-keycard/releases/download/2.2.1/keycard_v2.2.1.cap)
You also need to make sure that the PCSC daemon is running on your system.
Then, you can install the application to the card by typing:
```
keycard install -a keycard_v2.1.cap
keycard install -a keycard_v2.2.1.cap&& keycard init
```
Then you can initialize the application by typing:
At the end of this process, you will be provided with a PIN, a PUK and a pairing password. Write them down, you'll need them shortly.
Start `geth` with the `console` command. You will notice the following warning:
```
WARN [04-09|16:58:38.898] Failed to open wallet url=pcsc://044def09 err="smartcard: pairing password needed"
```
Write down the URL (`pcsc://044def09` in this example). Then ask `geth` to open the wallet:
```
keycard init
> personal.openWallet("pcsc://044def09")
Please enter the pairing password:
```
Then the card needs to be paired:
Enter the pairing password that you have received during card initialization. Same with the PIN that you will subsequently be
asked for.
If everything goes well, you should see your new account when typing `personal` on the console: