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In recent years, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has become one of the most favoured blockchains, owing to the fact that people are always looking for alternatives to the Ethereum blockchain. The unstable nature of gas fees is one of the reasons that incites people to seek out alternatives.
Certainly, Ethereum is a widely used blockchain due to its myriad of solutions that make the blockchain network unmatched. One such solution is MetaMask, an in-demand crypto wallet.
Fortunately, there’s a simple way of adding BSC to MetaMask. The combination of these two opens up a whole lot of features to the users. To take advantage of these features, we will explain the process of connecting Binance Smart Chain to MetaMask. So, In this blog, we will provide you with a complete guide that will help you learn how to add Binance Smart Chain to MetaMask for seamless transactions.
But before we dive into it, let’s discuss some vital things you must know about both Metamask and BSC.
Many DEXs are available in the market, such as Aave, OpenSea, and Kava. In pursuit of accessing those DEXs, you will need a way to communicate with their protocols. Enter MetaMask, which is a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to access the Web 3 ecosystem of decentralized applications (dapps).
It is a non-custodial wallet that can be accessed from your browser (Extension) or mobile (App) and it offers complete control over one’s assets. This can be installed like any regular extension. Post installation, it allows users to store Ether and other ERC-20 tokens, allowing them to make transactions to any Ethereum address.
Binance Smart Chain is a blockchain service that allows developers to build their own decentralized apps using smart contracts. Whilst Binance already had the Binance chain that wasn’t built to allow such functionality, But the Binance Smart Chain has been designed to provide the same kind of speedy transactions while also greatly expanding the available features and capabilities.
In a nutshell, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is a smart contract-enabled parallel blockchain to Binance Chain that provides a permissionless platform for decentralized applications (DApps).
Due to the affordability and speed of transactions on the Binance Smart Chain, a number of Decentralised Applications (DApps) now run on the Binance Smart Chain. These include the likes of PancakeSwap, Ramp Defi and Paraswap.
These are the simple steps you need to follow to add BSC to Metamask.
a) To create a new wallet, you must first install the plugin. Download it from here https://metamask.io/download/
They offer support for the browsers Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Edge, as well as both iOS and Android.
b) Now, follow a series of easy steps required to complete the setup. Once you get to the backup seed phrase, Keep it secured (preferably offline) and do not share this ever.
c) Congratulations! You’ve just created a MetaMask account. You can now access it on the top right-hand corner of your screen.
2. Add Network:
Open the wallet, click on the “Network dropdown” box, and select the option “Add Network”.
3. Add the BSC Network:
After clicking the “Add network” button a window will appear. Now, enter the technical information about the BSC network.
For Mainnet
Network Name: Smart Chain
New RPC URL: https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/
Chain ID: 56
Symbol: BNB
Block Explorer URL: https://bscscan.com
Once you’ve filled all the information onto your MM wallet, you can go ahead and click on “Save”.
After saving the network, you'll observe that your denominations have been converted to BNB instead of ETH.
That’s it. You have successfully added the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to MetaMask.
You can confirm this by navigating into your MetaMask wallet.
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