MetaMask Installation Has Never Been Easier, Even For Laymen! Here’s How

How to easily use MetaMask

MetaMask is a plugin on browsers that facilitate the adoption of Ethereum. For average users, who are using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Brave as their browser, MetaMask lets you run dApps without being part of the Ethereum networking as an Ethereum node.

With this add-on, your websites can restore user data on the Blockchain, letting them securely manage identities and sign transactions. Basically, MetaMask helps you manage your Ethereum wallet and allows you to send and receive Ethers through a dApp of interest (One of them is Bigbom Marketplace, a transparent economy). Thanks to Metamask, the technology has become more user-friendly as a growing number of people can easily get access to the Ethereum ecosystem through popular Web browsers.

So, how can I install and use Metamask?

If that question appears in your mind right now, you are in the right place then! In this article, we will go through the step-by-step guidelines on how to master this browser plugin.

First thing first, follow this link and install MetaMask as an extension on Google Chrome:

Metamask installation for Chrome

Once installed, it will ask you to agree to the terms of use and create your password.

Next, you need to save your 12-word mnemonic phrase (seed phrase) carefully. This computer-generated string of words is used to restore your Metamask accounts.

Important: The best way to save this crucial phrase is to write it down on paper and keep them somewhere safe.

Then you are asked to manually arrange the order of that seed phrase, once for all.

Illustration for Meta Mask seed phrase

After that, you’re fully ready to explore all the features MetaMask provides.

To practice using Meta Mask, we should have access to the testnet instead of the mainnet to perform our free transactions (test ones). Press “Main Network” in the upper left corner to switch to Ropsten test network.

MetaMask Main Network layout

Then select “Ropsten Test Network” to add Ropsten test Ethereum to your Metamask

Ropsten Test Network on MetaMask

Then follow this link: https://faucet.metamask.io/ and choose “Request 1 ether from faucet”.

Ask for Ethers from MetaMask Ether Faucet

Then you will see ETH balance on your account

MetaMask Ropsten Test Network Balance

Congratulations, you have now got Ropsten test Ethereum using MetaMask!

For more information, please watch the video here.

Now you can turn back and check out maiden Bigbom Marketplace features!

Click this link.