NFT Guide: How To Install MetaMask
This Article Will Show You How To Download And Install MetaMask, keeping you from loosing your keys and be safe.
🤔 What Is MetaMask?
MetaMask is a digital wallet capable of holding cryptocurrency as well as NFTs. How does this work? What do you mean by the digital wallet can hold NFTs? Well interestingly, on the Ethereum mainnet, normal fungible tokens like bitcoin (ERC-20) can be received, held, or sent using the MetaMask wallet as well as non-fungible tokens NFTs (ERC-721). The metadata is stored within your wallet, where you can view the NFT on any NFT market website. One such place is OpenSea, one of the largest peer-to-peer NFT marketplace.
💻 How Do I Use MetaMask?
When you search for MetaMask to download the app, make sure you are using the correct MetaMask website: metamask.io otherwise you may be on a phishing website where scammers can access your funds. Be very careful in regards to OPSEC1.
You will then need to navigate to the download section of the MetaMask website. There are three options usually, with your default browser being the first option. I am using the Brave browser which lets me earn cryptocurrency for my time online. IOS and Android apps are supported, which lets you download the MetaMask app. I will write an article on this in the future if anyone is interested.
Next, click on the “Install MetaMask for Browser” and it will bring you to the chrome web store to download the MetaMask wallet extension. The extension is extremely helpful and will assist you when you purchase your first NFT or cryptocurrency.
After downloading the extension, click on the fox icon on your browser and agree to the terms and conditions. You may have to agree to 2 to 3 pages worth of terms.
Enter a password and click “Create Password” and confirm the password. This will be your master password that will be asked for any time you need to log back into your wallet. If you already have a MetaMask wallet, simply import your seed phrase and you will find your old wallet.
You will see a set of 12 “seed words” for your vault. Click “Save Seed Words as File” and copy the “MetaMask Seed Words” file that is downloaded to a safe place. Click “I’ve Copied It Somewhere Safe” once your seed words file has been secured. You’ll be taken into your Metamask wallet!
You will need it to access your vault. If you lose these keys to your wallet and you forgot your password, your funds are lost forever. Be very careful with this and your OPSEC.
You should now see this page in your extension. By default, when you download MetaMask the Ethereum main net is automatically connected to.
⌛ Conclusion
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OPSEC: Operation Security.