Wallets installation
- Installing and creating the MetaMask extension in the browser
- Installing the MetaMask mobile application
- Adding a new network from your computer
- Adding new network in the mobile app
- How to add tokens to MetaMask for display on your computer
- How to add tokens to MetaMask for display in mobile app
Installing and creating the MetaMask extension in the browser
Installing and creating a wallet in a browser is shown using Google Chrome as an example.
1. Go to the website https://metamask.io/ and click on the "Download for image.png" button at the bottom
page or in the upper right corner click “Download”.
2. If you clicked on “Download”, on the next page you need to select the “Chrome” browser and click the “Install MetaMask for Chrome” button at the bottom
3. The MetaMask extension page opens, click “Install”.
4. Confirm the installation
5. After installation, a website for registering a wallet will open, click “Get Started”.
6. You can refuse to collect basic data, select “No, thanks”
7. Next, select “Create wallet”
8. At the next stage, create a password, confirm it, then put a checkmark next to “I have read the Terms of Use and agree to them” and click “Create”.
9. You can watch the training video and click “Next”
10. Click on the lock icon with the inscription and we will have access to the secret recovery phrase.
BE SURE to write down the secret phrase (seed phrase) on a piece of paper and save it. This will be the only way to recover your wallet. Rewrite the words in the same order and click “Next”.
11. Next, you need to confirm the secret phrase by selecting the words in the correct order and clicking “Confirm”
12. We accept congratulations and click “All done”
13. Set up quick access from the wallet through a browser extension. Click on the icon, then click on the paper clip, quick access to the extension installed!
Installing the MetaMask mobile application
You can install the Metamask mobile application from the official Metmask website
in the MetaMask application section or in the official Google Play MetaMask and AppStore MetaMask stores
Important! Download MetaMask only from verified and official sources.
Installation of a mobile application is shown using the iOS OS as an example.
1. After installation, launch the application, see the welcome screen and click “Get Started”
2. Choose how to configure your wallet. There are two options:
- Set up using a seed phrase (if you already have a wallet on your computer or smartphone).
- Set up as a new wallet.
3. Setup using a secret phrase
- Select the appropriate item
- Click the “I agree” button
- Insert the secret phrase (in full, with spaces) into the first field.
- Paste the password into the two corresponding fields and click “Import”.
- When prompted to check for updates automatically, you can click "No, thanks"
- Your wallet is ready to use!
4. Create a new wallet
- Select the appropriate item.
- Enter the password in the two corresponding fields, click on the checkbox “I understand that Metamask cannot recover this password for me.” and click “Create password”
- Next, skip the second and third points by clicking the “Next” and “Start” buttons.
- Click on “View” and write down the seed phrase on a piece of paper and click “Continue”.
- Insert the words in order and click “Full backup”.
- Click “Finish”, your wallet is ready to use!
Adding a new network from your computer
To add a new network in the MetaMask wallet in the browser you need to:
- Open your wallet and click on the network button
- If the BNB Smart Chain network is not in the list, click on “Add network”
- In the MetaMask settings window that opens, find the BNB Smart Chain network and click “Add”
- Confirm adding network
- The network has been successfully added to the wallet and you can immediately switch to it
You can see the connected network in the wallet
Adding new network in the mobile app
Adding a new network in the app
Adding a new network is shown using the iOS OS as an example
1. Go to the MetaMask application on your phone
2. Click on the drop-down list of networks
3. Click on “Add network”
4. Find BNB Smart Chain in the list and click on “Add”
5. Confirm adding the network by clicking on “Approve”
6. Next, click on “Switch to network” to switch to the network
7. BNB Smart Chain has been added to the wallet!
How to add tokens to MetaMask for display on your computer
Adding cryptocurrencies to MetaMask for display on your computer
You can add cryptocurrency to your wallet manually or automatically.
Adding cryptocurrencies to a wallet is shown using the example of the Chrome browser
Automatic addition:
Let's add the USDT token to Metamask for the BNB Smart Chain network. For this:
- In Metamask you need to add/change the network to BNB Smart Chain, if it is different.
- On the website https://coinmarketcap.com/ru/ in the “Search” line, enter the name of the USDT token and select Tether USDT
- In the “Contracts” section, click on “More” and find the BSC network we need, click on the MetaMask icon.
- In the MetaMask wallet we confirm the addition of the token
- The token has been added to the wallet!
How to add tokens to MetaMask for display in mobile app
Adding cryptocurrencies to MetaMask for display on your phone
Adding cryptocurrencies to a wallet is shown using the example of iOS
You can add cryptocurrency to your wallet manually or automatically.
Automatic addition:
Let's add the USDT token to Metamask for the BNB Smart Chain network. For this:
1. Open the MetaMask application on your phone
2. At the bottom of the screen, click on “Browser”
3. Click on the cross to open a new tab
4. In the address bar of the browser, enter the link https://coinmarketcap.com/
5. Enter USDT in the search
6. On the token page we find the “Contract” section. The counter address is registered for the Ethereum network
follow the arrow to the list of networks and in the line with BNB Smart Chain click on the MetaMask icon
7. Confirm adding the token
8. Go to the wallet tab. The token has been added successfully!