How to manage DYM with MetaMask wallet

The definitive guide to interacting with the Dymension network from your MetaMask wallet

Cumulo
Cumulo.pro
5 min readFeb 7, 2024

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Table of Contents

· ⌘ How to Import your RollApp Key to Metamask
· ⌘ How to check the DYM balance of an EVM wallet
· ⌘ How to send your DYM from an EVM wallet to a Cosmos DYM wallet
· ⌘ How to change MetaMask RPCs
· ⌘ How to move funds from Metamask to Cosmos DYM

⌘ How to Import your RollApp Key to Metamask

You must have your hub_sequencer key to be able to import your RollApp wallet to an EVM wallet.

To do so, please follow the Dymension documentation on exporting keys:

roller keys export hub_sequencer

Once you have the hub_sequencer key open MetaMask and create a new account in Add account or hardware wallet:

Access in to Import account:

Paste the hub_sequencer key in the Enter your private key string here field and click the Import button:

⌘ How to check the DYM balance of an EVM wallet

Open your MetaMask wallet.

To check your DYM balance of your wallet copy the address 0x

Open the block explorer:

Paste the address at the top and you will see your DYM balance:

⌘ How to send your DYM from an EVM wallet to a Cosmos DYM wallet

The first thing you need to do is to connect Metamask to Portal.

Log in to Portal:

To connect the wallet to Portal click on Connect. In case it is already connected to another wallet you can disconnect it:

Allows MetaMask to add the Dymension network by pressing the Connect button:

Click the Approve button to allow metamask to add the network data:

Click the Switch Network button to allow metamask to switch networks:

You will now be able to see your connected wallet at the top of the Portal:

If you click on MetaMask you will be able to see your balance:

⌘ How to change MetaMask RPCs

In the event that Portal returns an error when performing MetaMask transactions, it may be that the RPC is down or busy:

To fix this we can change the MetaMask RPC by following these steps:

  1. Open MetaMask.
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select Networks

If you have already connected to the DYM network, just go to Add network:

Click on Add network manually:

Enter the following fields and click on Save:

Network name: Dymension

New RPC URL: https://dym.json-rpc.cumulo.com.es/

Chain ID: 1100

Currency symbol: DYM

Block explorer URL: https://dym.fyi/

A confirmation message will appear, click on Switch to Dymension:

You can now connect to Portal, if you have already done so, refresh the page to refresh the connection.

⌘ How to move funds from Metamask to Cosmos DYM

To move funds to a Cosmos DYM wallet you first have to copy the address, for example in Keprl.

Click on Copy Address:

Select the Dymension network (the one starting with dym…)

Click on the MetaMask wallet and go to Withdraw funds:

Paste your dym address and choose the amount of funds you want to send, click on Withdraw:

Click on Sign to approve the transaction:

And again in Sign:

A confirmation message will appear:

Check your Keprl wallet to see how much funds you are able to receive, always remember to test small amounts first.

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