Last updated on November 4th, 2024 at 04:15 am
With the advent of cryptocurrency, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has gained much popularity due to the fact that it is an alternative to the Ethereum blockchain because of low gas price—a fee required to successfully carry out a transaction or execute a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain.
MetaMask, a popular crypto wallet that works on Ethereum blockchain configuration can be used with BSC. The combination of MetaMask and BSC opens up a whole lot of features to users. To take advantage of these features, 36crypto will explain How to Add Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to MetaMask enabling seamless transactions in BNB.
How to Add Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to MetaMask
Before we get started, it’s important to understand what MetaMask is. MetaMask is notably a crypto wallet that can be used to store and trade tokens connected to the Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum-based tokens, such as ERC20, 721, etc. are supported by the MetaMask wallet.
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Primarily it is used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain, but you can also connect MetaMask to the Binance Smart Chain network, which will enable you to make BNB transactions through MetaMask. Apart from this transaction, BNB can also be swapped for other tokens on decentralized exchanges.
Binance Smart Chain Netwrok On MetaMask
In order to receive the benefits on binance network, the MetaMask wallet must be connected to the Smart Chain. Below are the three easy steps on How to Add this network on MetaMask
1: MetaMask Installation
2: Wallet Configuration
3: Binance Smart Chain Network
MetaMask Installation
If you do not own a wallet, the first thing that needs to be done is to download and install the Chrome extension of MetaMask for those using a PC, or download Metamask App on Android or iOS.
Wallet Configuration
In order to connect MetaMask to the Binance Smart Chain DApps, certain settings need to be changed so that the wallet is focused on the nodes of the Binance Smart Chain network.
First, click the colourful account icon in the top right.
Click Settings.
On the Settings page, select “Network”
To add Binance Smart Chain (BSC) manually, click “Add Network” in the upper-right corner.
Now we can proceed with two networks Smart Chain testnet and the mainnet.
Mainnet
Network Name: Smart Chain
New RPC URL: https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/
ChainID: 56
Symbol: BNB
Block Explorer URL: https://bscscan.com
Testnet
Network Name: Smart Chain – Testnet
New RPC URL: https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545/
ChainID: 97
Symbol: BNB
Block Explorer URL: https://testnet.bscscan.com
Binance Smart Chain Network
Finally, you’ll notice the BNB icon alongside your BNB balance.
The “Smart Chain” dropdown menu will be displayed in the upper-right corner.
Thus, you’ve connected MetaMask to Binance Smart Chain (BSC).
When you want to set it back to the Ethereum network, just select the “Smart Chain” option and select “Ethereum Mainnet”.
Conclusion
MetaMask has been a well-known wallet for running transactions on Ethereum blockchain, but with recent guide we can also add BNB to MetaMask for swapping and exchanging tokens.
Here are the three easy steps to connect MetaMask to BSC.
1: MetaMask Installation & Wallet Creation
2: Wallet Configuration
3: Binance Smart Chain Network
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