How to install Metamask for buy KOI Token

An easy way to interact with ERC20 token.

5 min readMar 1, 2019

What is Metamask?
This plugin, in its most basic form, is a traditional portfolio where we can store our cryptoactives; We can send them, receive them, among others, without neglecting security.

Metamask is mostly used as DApps where, due to the architecture of these applications, it is about fulfilling the requirements to perform different activities. In this tutorial we will learn how to use Metamask for the purchase of the Token KOI.

Metamask is a plugin, this means that it is an extension that we will install in our browser. This plugin works for Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Brave; in the latter comes installed by default

Download and Install Metamask
To begin we must go to https://metamask.io/

To download our extension or add-on, just select the corresponding option. For the purposes of this tutorial we will click on Get Firefox ADDOM.

This brings us to the Firefox Add-ons. To continue, we just have to select Add to Firefox and wait for the installation to complete.

Will appear the window to grant permissions to Metamask, you must add permissions.

Once finished, we will find the Metamask icon in the top menu of our Firefox browser.

From this icon we will access our Metamask portfolio whenever we want. So, to start, we’re going to click on it..

To continue, we select Accept or Continue.

In this step we will create a password to access Metamask and that our funds are not compromised by third parties. This password is stored locally, that is; Metamask does not save passwords on its servers.

Metamask generated a unique account image.

We will find a warning that, once we start, every website we visit may find that we use Metamask. Be careful here: this does not compromise the security of our funds. It only implies that the web is synchronized with your wallet automatically.

Save secret Backup Phrase. Here we will place the 12 recovery words as well.

Once created, we will see our recovery phrase, this generated phrase is not stored anywhere, so it is our crucial duty to protect it.

We have finished creating our portfolio and are ready to receive funds.

You can personalize your portfolio by clicking on the account and the word edit.

Buying Koi Token
Metamask, as we mentioned at the beginning, is an Ethereum wallet, where we will store either ether or tokens created in the Ethereum network.

To begin with, we need to receive funds, so we will need the address of our portfolio. To obtain this address, we will click on the 3 points that are next to the name of our account.

Located the Metamask icon to obtain the address of our portfolio, we will click on the name of the account and voila, the address of our portfolio is copied to the clipboard. In this way we can share our address to receive funds.

Once copied to your clipboard the address of your Metamask wallet, you can go to your EHT account and recharge it.

In case of not having funds in Metamask a message of insufficient funds will appear at the time of purchase.

We go to www.koitechstudios.com and place the button “KOI purchase”. The KOI token network will be recognized by the use of Metamask.

Having already accepted the conditions, it will automatically open our Metamask portfolio. Here we will be told that we must sign a transaction where our account will be created within the platform. We only need to select Conect to sign our transaction

This section is where the purchase is selected and, obviously, we will need funds in ETH to be able to pay the cost of the KOI currency.
Enter the amount of KOI coins we want to buy and press the Contribute button.

By selecting, we will automatically open Metamask.
In this step you will confirm the purchase of our KOI. As you can see, Metamask works as a bridge between the DApps and our ETH portfolio.