How to add BNB to MetaMask? | Add BNB to MetaMask Wallet

Want to explore Binance Smart Chain? Add BNB to MetaMask

If you are a regular trader on the ETH network, you may know about the MetaMask wallet because it is one of the prominent and most reliable wallets on the Ethereum network. But as we always hear, MetaMask only supports ETH-based tokens, do you know about other networks which you can add manually to the MetaMask wallet?

Well! No need to worry when we are here? Yes! If we are raising the concern, that means definitely we have something exciting related to that, so are you excited to know?

Let me tell you that not only the Ethereum network but you can add BNB to MetaMask as well.

Yes! Sounds great, right?

Do you know, what is this BNB? Well! It is quite obvious to guess that it is a network because we are comparing it with the Ethereum network, but I don’t think this is enough that you should know about it, so, if you are interested in learning about BNB and MetaMask in detail, follow the read thoroughly and hopefully, you’ll enjoy your journey for sure.

Have a glance at MetaMask first

MetaMask is a crypto wallet and if you are a trader, I am not getting any point to explain “what is crypto wallet” is because I think you already have enough understanding about it. So, diving into the details of MetaMask, This wallet is also known as Ethereum wallet because it supports ETH-based tokens.

Along with this, you can hold and manage the Binance Smart Chain network-based tokens. If we talk about availability, you can install it as an application on your mobile device as well as an extension on your browser extension. And if you are wondering what browsers it supports, let me tell you that you can install the MetaMask plugin in Brave, Chrome, Edge, Opera and Firefox browsers.

The user base of this wallet is huge and it is reliable for a reason, unlike other crypto wallets, its amenities are not limited to just holding the assets securely but you can explore the NFT market and can integrate Dapps as well.

Hopefully, now you have a good understanding of the MetaMask wallet so move ahead to have a look at BNB smart chain and how to add BNB to MetaMask.

Learn about the BNB Smart Chain

As we know future goes beyond, and innovation never sleeps; the BNB chain is also a similar network to Binance but much more than that. The mission of the BNB chain is to rule the world’s parallel virtual ecosystem. BNB chain is a combined form of Binance chain and Binance Smart Chain and thrives to facilitate users with an open-source, multi-chain and forever decentralized chain.

If you are puzzled if it is supported by MetaMask or not, let me be precise that not all technical standards of the BNB chain are supported by MetaMask, several traders get confused that if they can add or send BNB BEP20 using the MetaMask wallet.

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To clarify their query, I’d say that BNB BEP20 are special kinds of tokens which are similar to non-fungible tokens, not every, but only a few wallets support this and MetaMask is one of them as it supports the Binance smart chain. So, to send these kinds of tokens, you can add BNB to MetaMask manually or automatically by going through the settings of MetaMask.

Bottom Line!

MetaMask wallet supports all the ETH-based and NFT tokens to hold and manage with cutting-edge security. You can dump in your purchased assets in this wallet without worrying about security breaches and thefts as this wallet is encrypted with a hard-to-decrypt security recovery phrase.

BNB2 is a Binance chain supported token so you cannot add this to your wallet but if you are wondering “is Binance smart chain (BSC) MetaMask supported?” you can get assured by having a look at frequently asked questions where you may get the steps you may take to know “How to add BNB to MetaMask?” as well as other required to know more about how BNB is related to MetaMask.

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Frequently asked questions:-

MetaMask supports BNB BEP20 which is not the same as BNB BEP2. Whereas BEP20 is a special kind of token based on Binance Smart Chain, BEP2 is a token of Binance Chain-based token. And, you should be aware of the fact that MetaMask supports Binance Smart Chain, so you are able to play with BNB BEP20 but not with BNB BEP2 as it doesn’t support BEP2.

MetaMask is designed as a way to accept ETH network-based tokens, so to add BNB to MetaMask you’ll be needed to add BNB network to MetaMask network manually, it is not possible with default settings. To do this you can go to the MetaMask settings and can add a network from there. Afterwards, you’ll be able to send and receive BNB using the BNB contract address MetaMask.

The process of adding BNB includes a few easy steps mentioned below:

No, All the wallets which support BEP2, can support BEP20 as well because it is a special kind of ETH token (more like a non-fungible token) which need special configurations to work with. So, only a few special wallets support BNB BEP20 such as MetaMask. And unlike BEP 20 which is a Binance Smart Chain-based token, BEP2 is a Binance Chain-based token so it is not supported by the MetaMask wallet.

To add BNB to MetaMask app, you’ll be needed to add BNB smart chain to MetaMask manually which you can add via MetaMask settings, here is the information that you may need to fill out.

For Mainnet: Network Name: Smart Chain, ChainID: 56, Symbol: BNB, Block Explorer URL: https://bscscan.com.

For Testnet: Network Name: BSC Testnet, ChainID: 97, Symbol: BNB, Block Explorer URL: https://explorer.binance.org/smart-testnet.