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Introduction to Blockchain - Adding a Public Chain in MetaMask

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This article shares two ways to add a public chain in the browser extension "小狐狸" (Foxlet). 1. Manual addition: Open the "Add Network" page and choose from a list of popular public chains or manually fill in the required information. 2. Using Chainlist: Visit chainlist.org, search for the desired network, and connect the wallet to add the network. The manual addition method allows for more flexibility but may be less user-friendly for beginners. On the other hand, using Chainlist provides a simpler and quicker way to add a public chain. Users can check Chainlist first to see if the desired network information is available before adding it.

This article shares two ways to add public chains in Firefox.

Manual Addition#

First is method one: manual addition. First, open the "Add Network" page.

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Popular Public Chains in Firefox#

It displays some popular public chains. If the public chain you want to add is in this list, you can directly click "Add".

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Here, let's take adding Arbitrum One as an example. Clicking will display a popup window showing the information of the public chain. Click "Approve" to add it successfully.

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Then it automatically redirects to the homepage and prompts whether to switch to the newly added network.

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Non-popular Public Chains in Firefox#

If not, click "Manually Add Network" at the bottom. You will see that a lot of information needs to be filled in. The documentation of most public chains will provide these. Here, let's take adding BSC public chain as an example. First, find the public chain information provided by the BSC official website, and fill in the information one by one.

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Then click "Save" and it will prompt that the addition is successful and the current public chain has switched to the added one.

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Adding Using Chainlist#

Next is method two: adding using Chainlist. First, open https://chainlist.org/ and search for the network you want to add. Here, let's take adding zkSync Era testnet as an example, and click the "Connect Wallet" button.

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Click "Next".

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Click "Connect".

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Once connected successfully, you will see the information of the network to be added. Click "Approve".

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It will prompt whether to switch to the current network. At this point, the addition is successful.

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Manual Addition vs Chainlist Addition#

Manual Addition: Completely manually filled, high flexibility, not optimized for beginners in terms of finding information; this method is more suitable for developers.

Chainlist: Complete public chain information, simple and fast addition operation. More user-friendly for most users.

Summary#

You can first check if the corresponding information exists in Chainlist. If found, you can directly add and use it.

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