How To Add The BNB Chain & MCT Contract Address Within MetaMask
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5 min readApr 24, 2023
Adding A Custom Network To MetaMask
- Assuming you have a MetaMask wallet installed you now need to connect to the BNB Chain.
- In the top right hand corner next to the Ethereum network tab you will see a round coloured icon, if you click on this icon you will see the following information:
- If you now click on the ‘Settings’ tab you will see the following information:
- Now click on the ‘Networks’ tab in the left hand menu where you will see the following information:
- You will see that the Ethereum network has a green tick next to it as it was installed via default.
- You now need to click on the blue ‘Add A Network’ tab where you will see the following information:
- You now have the opportunity to add a network that may be in the list presented which BNB Chain is, however I will add the network manually so you know the correct settings to use and the process involved if you need to do this in the future for a network not in the available list.
- Proceed to click on the ‘Add A Network Manually’ tab where you will be required to enter certain information, see below photo:
- The network settings for BNB Chain are as follows:
- Network Name: Smart Chain
2. New RPC URL: https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/
3. ChainID: 56
4. Symbol: BNB
5. Block Explorer URL: https://bscscan.com
- Once you have entered the network details click on the blue ‘Save’ tab where you will see two pop up windows, see below photos:
- Now click on the blue ‘Got It’ tab where you will be redirected back to your wallet which is now on the BNB Chain, see below photo:
- You are now connected to the BNB Chain and can send BNB to and from this wallet.
Adding A Custom Token To MetaMask
- Now that you have your MetaMask wallet set up and are on the BNB Chain you need to add the network details for MetaCert (MCT).
- Whilst on your default wallet page you need to click on the blue ‘Import Tokens’ tab at the bottom of the page, see below photo:
- After clicking on the ‘Import Tokens’ tab you will see the following page:
- You are now required to enter the Token contract address, Token symbol and Token decimal.
- Usually by default if you copy and paste the Token contract address into the required field the Token symbol and Token decimal fields will auto-fill in for you.
- The contract details for the BNB Chain are as follows:
Token Contract Address: 0x2aDC5723085f8FB30BF464e035CBf699aA551765
Token Symbol: MCT
Token Decimal: 18
- Clicking on the below link will allow you to see the contract details for MCT on the BNB Chain.
https://bscscan.com/token/0x2adc5723085f8fb30bf464e035cbf699aa551765
- Once you have entered the Token contract address, Token symbol and Token decimal click on the blue ‘Add Custom Token’ tab where you will see the following information:
- Now click on the blue ‘Import Tokens’ tab where you will see the following which shows you have now imported the MCT token:
- Click on the < arrow where you will be taken to your main transaction page for tokens on the BNB Chain, see below photo:
- You can see in the above photo you have BNB visible by default when you created the custom network and MCT which you have just imported.
- You are now able to receive and send MCT tokens within MetaMask.
- Note you will need a little BNB in your wallet when sending MCT outside MetaMask to pay for gas.
Ledger Integration
- If you have a hardware wallet such as a Nano ledger you can also use this within MetaMask for added security to send and receive MCT.
- Please ensure you have the latest version of Ledger Live on your computer and the current firmware version on your ledger.
- Also ensure you have the BNB App installed on your ledger.
What Is The Difference Between Binance Smart Chain and BNB Chain?
- So there is no confusion I will post an image below from Binance as to what the blockchains are now called.
- Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain have merged to become BNB Chain.