๐Ÿ‘›Setting up your wallet

Learn how to create and secure a crypto wallet to interact with marketplaces

You can check out the complete guide on Metamaskโ€™s documentation here.

Overview

To connect to most NFT marketplaces on Ethereum, you will need a Metamask wallet (a web extension), which allows you to manage your Ethereum private keys via your web browser and hold ETH and Ethereum-based tokens, including NFTs.

How to install MetaMask

Chrome

  1. Click โ€œGet Chrome Extensionโ€. You will be directed to Chrome Web Store.

  2. Click โ€œAdd to Chromeโ€

  3. On the pop up, click โ€œAdd extensionโ€

After adding MetaMask extension, youโ€™ll return to your browser page. MetaMask will appear on your browser. You may click on it to open MetaMask.

FireFox

  1. Click โ€œGet FireFox Extensionโ€. You will be directed to FireFox Add-Ons.

  2. Click โ€œAdd to FireFoxโ€

  3. On the pop up, click โ€œAddโ€

After adding MetaMask extension, youโ€™ll return to your browser page. MetaMask will appear on your browser. You may click on it to open MetaMask.

Opera

  1. Click โ€œGet Opera Extensionโ€. You will be directed to Opera Add-ons .

  2. Click โ€œAdd to Operaโ€

After adding MetaMask extension, youโ€™ll return to your browser page. MetaMask will appear on your browser. You may click on it to open MetaMask.

Brave

  1. Click โ€œGet Brave Browserโ€. You will be directed to Brave website.

  2. Click โ€œDownloadโ€. MetaMask is built in the browser.

Securing your wallet

First, make sure you keep your Secret Backup Phrase (or โ€œSeed Phraseโ€) in a secure location. If you lose your seed phrase, you will not be able to access your wallet and your funds will be lost forever. Using a password manager or writing the phrase on a piece of paper and storing it in a safe but memorable place can save you some headaches.

Additionally, if you have a hardware wallet like Ledger or Trezor, you can connect it to your Metamask for additional security by following this guide. But beware, Metamask can be victim of phishing attacks in a few ways (see the full guide here):

1) Your computer can be compromised with malware/spyware and you stored your private information on your computer.

2) You have visited a malicious phishing website that stole your information.

3) You gave your private key or seed phrase to someone or a site.

4) You gave a web3 site/smart contract unlimited access to your funds (check who you gave access to and revoke here: https://tac.dappstar.io/#/).

5) You installed a fake MetaMask extension that stole your funds.

To be on the safe side, we suggest only interacting with NFT marketplaces and websites with a transactional account that doesnโ€™t hold your NFTs, and transferring your purchases to another Ethereum account that doesnโ€™t interact with any websites. This second account will act as a safe vault and will prevent any damaging hacks.

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