How to Connect MetaMask to PancakeSwap – Followchain
Before you can trade tokens on pancakeswap, you need to connect a wallet like metamask to it.
That way, you can use your metamask bnb to exchange for another token.
To connect metamask to pancakeswap, you need to install metamask in chrome and create a new wallet.
then go to pancakeswap, click “connect” and click “metamask”.
after clicking on “metamask”, a pop-up notification will open.
the popup notification will guide you how to connect metamask to pancakeswap.
all you have to do is follow the on-screen instructions to connect them.
then your metamask wallet will automatically connect to the binance smart chain network.
if not, you can follow this guide on binance on how to do it.
here is how to connect metamask to pancakeswap:
- install metamask & create a new wallet
- go to pancakeswap & click “connect”
- connect metamask to pancakeswap
- allow pancakeswap to be used inside metamask
1. install metamask & create a new wallet
note: go to the second step if you have already installed metamask in chrome.
The first step is to install metamask and create a new wallet.
First, go to the metamask website on your desktop.
Once you are on the metamask website, click “download now” followed by “install metamask for chrome”.
Clicking “install metamask for chrome” will take you to the metamask extension in chrome.
then click “add to chrome” to add metamask to chrome.
once you have added metamask to chrome, you will land on the homepage of the metamask website.
On the home page, you will see a couple of options including “import wallet” and “create a wallet”.
if this is your first time using metamask, click “create a wallet”.
In the process of creating the wallet, you will be given a recovery phrase.
Make sure to save the recovery phrase in a safe place.
after you have saved your recovery phrase, you need to verify it.
once you have verified your recovery phrase, your metamask wallet will be successfully created.
2. go to pancakeswap & click “connect”
Now that you have created a new wallet in metamask, you can connect it to pancakeswap.
First, go to the pancakeswap website.
Once you are on the pancakeswap website, you will see a “connect” button on the top navigation bar.
click the “connect” button.
after clicking the “connect” button, a popup window will open.
in the popup, you will see a list of wallets you can choose from.
this includes “metamask”, “trustwallet”, “mathwallet”, and others.
since you’re looking to connect metamask to pancakeswap, click on “metamask”.
3. connect metamask to pancakeswap
after clicking on “metamask”, the metamask popup notification will open.
in the notification, you will see all your metamask accounts.
If you only have one account, you don’t need to do anything as it will be selected by default.
then, tap the “next” button to continue the connection process.
after you have tapped the “next” button, you will reach the “connect to account” page.
On the page, you’ll see a “view your account addresses allowed (required)” checkbox.
The checkbox indicates that you must allow pancakeswap to see your addresses.
By default, the checkbox will be checked as required.
tap the “connect” button to continue to the next step.
4. allow pancakeswap to be used inside metamask
once you’ve tapped the “connect” button, you’ll land on the “allow this site to add a network” page.
by default, the network to be used is the binance smart chain mainnet.
if you’re on another network, you can change it later via your metamask settings.
tap the “approve” button to continue to the next step.
after you have tapped “approve” you will land on the message “allow this site to change the network?” page.
The final step is to change the selected network in metamask to the binance smart chain mainnet wallet.
To do so, click “change network” to switch networks.
after you’ve tapped “change network”, you’ll be back in pancakeswap.
In pancakeswap, you will see your wallet address in the top right corner of the page.
this means you have successfully connected metamask to pancakeswap.
now, you will be able to exchange bnb for another token.
You can do this by pasting the address of the token you want to buy into the “to” field.
then enter the amount of bnb you want to exchange for the token and click “exchange” to exchange them.
You have successfully learned how to connect metamask to pancakeswap!
conclusion
make sure the network selected in metamask is the binance smart chain network.
if not, you need to change your network.
otherwise you won’t be able to use bnb to exchange for another token.
You can do this by going to your metamask settings followed by “networks”.
then follow the instructions in this guide.
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