How to buy $STACK on PancakeSwap using MetaMask

Vishnu Korde
StackOS
Published in
5 min readAug 17, 2021

PancakeSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) based on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). If you try to connect your MetaMask wallet to PancakeSwap with default settings it will show you an error. This is due to the conflict in the network as PancakeSwap is based on Binance Smart Chain and MetaMask is based on Ethereum chain. Therefore you need to first add BSC network to MetaMask and then access PancakeSwap.

Step 1: Add and select BSC network to your MetaMask wallet
Click here to follow this step by step guide to add BSC network to your MetaMask wallet.

Step 2: Access PancakeSwap website
Go to the PancakeSwap website through the link provided below.

https://pancakeswap.finance/swap#/swap?outputCurrency=0x6855f7bb6287f94ddcc8915e37e73a3c9fee5cf3

Step 3: Connect your MetaMask wallet
Click on “Connect” at the top-right-end corner. Select “MetaMask” and a pop-up will show. Select the Network you want to choose and click on “Next” and then “Connect”.

Step 4: $STACK Token selection
After connecting your wallet to PancakeSwap, click on “Select a Token” and select the $STACK token.

Pay attention — Make sure you are using the right $STACK Smart Contract address by double-checking the address below or checking coinmarketcap:
0x6855f7bb6287f94ddcc8915e37e73a3c9fee5cf3

Step 5: Transfer Binance Coin ($BNB) to your MetaMask wallet.
You will need BNB in-order to buy (swap) $STACK tokens from the available BNB in your wallet. Enter the amount of BNB to swap.

Help? Follow this step by step guide to transfer funds to your MetaMask wallet.

Step 6: Slippage Tolerance selection
Continue with the default slippage. If you would like to change the slippage tolerance then click on the settings button at the top-right-end corner.

Recommendation for slippage is between 0.5 and 1%

With the slippage tolerance, you can set the max % of price movement you can accept to successfully complete the transaction. If the price goes higher than the % you chose, the order won’t execute.

Step 7: Swap confirmation and Gas selection
Click on “Swap” and a pop-up window will show on the top-right-end corner on MetaMask, confirm the Gas you are going to use. Confirm the default values or increase them if you want the transaction to be faster.

Gas is the cost necessary to perform a transaction on the network.

After the transaction is submitted wait for the confirmation.

Congratulations! You have just bought StackOS Tokens ($STACK) through PancakeSwap.

Adding $STACK Token to your MetaMask wallet

Normally, MetaMask displays ERC20 standard tokens you own on your account page.

To see your tokens, click on the Assets tab. Your tokens should be listed under this tab.

StackOS $STACK won’t be listed automatically, so you may add it manually through the CoinMarketCap page.

Go to https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stackos/ or https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/stackos on the browser you usually use with the MetaMask wallet extension.

Access your MetaMask wallet, switch to the Binance Smart Chain network, and click on the MetaMask icon in the contract section as shown below.

Click on the THREE dots as below and BSC contract will show up and then click on the Metamask symbol.

The MetaMask window will open at the top-right-end corner showing the StackOS $STACK Token.

Click on “Add Token”.

Congratulations! You have just added StackOS Token ($STACK) to your MetaMask wallet and you will be able to check your $STACK balance.

About StackOS

StackOS is a cross-chain open protocol that allows individuals and organizations to share their computing resources and collectively offer a decentralized cloud; where developers around the world can deploy any full-stack application, decentralized app, blockchain private nets, and main net nodes.

We aim to provide the world with “The Unstoppable Infrastructure Protocol”, which will allow any person across the world to deploy their application without incurring heavy cloud management costs and freely run any application they wish to run. StackOS furthermore intends to help brick and mortar businesses around the globe, to go online cost-effectively and securely with minimal technical overhead.

StackOS has already gained heavy early traction from the market and is soon preparing to launch its native STACK token on the mainnet for the general public to use and govern.

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