Connecting Metamask to Fantom Opera
The DSTEIN token will be launching on the fantom chain. In order to prepare yourself for trading, you are required to connect your Metamask to Fantom Opera.
Installing and Setting Up Metamask
MetaMask can be downloaded on Chrome and Firefox, or on iOS and Android if you’re a mobile user. For the purposes of this tutorial, we’ll use the Firefox version, but the instructions will be more or less the same for every platform.
Firstly, you’ll want to head over to the MetaMask Download page. From there, select whichever platform you’re using, and follow the steps to install it on your device. Easy!
Next, follow along with the setup specified by the app. Go ahead and click Create a Wallet. Write down the backup seed phrase somewhere secret (preferably not on an Internet-connected device). Without this phrase, your funds can’t be recovered if your device is damaged or lost. Confirm that you’ve written them down on the next page.
And that’s it! You should now see your wallet, ready to send and receive funds.
Configuring your Metamask
You might notice straight away that we’re still dealing with an Ethereum wallet. At best, this won’t work with Fantom Opera DApps. At worst, you could lose funds by sending them to addresses you can’t actually use.
Let’s change that. We want to access the Settings to point the wallet towards Fantom Opera nodes.
On the Settings page, we want to locate the Networks menu.
We want to click Add Network in the top-right corner to manually add the Fantom Opera one — it doesn’t come packaged with MetaMask. Below are the parameters to fill:
- Network Name: Fantom Opera
- New RPC Url: https://rpcapi.fantom.network
- ChainID:
250 - Symbol: FTM
- Block Explorer URL: https://ftmscan.com/
Once you Save the Network and return to the main view, you’ll notice two things: the network has automatically been set to the one you just entered, and the units are no longer denominated in ETH, but in FTM.
