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title, sidebar_position, slug
| title | sidebar_position | slug |
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| Using Base | 1 | /using-base |
Using Base with your wallet
Coinbase Wallet
The Coinbase Wallet browser extension provides support for Base by default.
To use Base with Coinbase Wallet:
- Open the Coinbase Wallet browser extension and log in to your account.
- Connect to an app using Coinbase Wallet.
- Open the network selection menu by clicking the network icon in the upper right-hand corner.
- Select Base.
Your active network should now be switched to Base.
Other wallets
Base can be added as a custom network to any EVM-compatible wallet (i.e. MetaMask).
MetaMask
To add Base as a custom network to MetaMask:
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Open the MetaMask browser extension.
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Open the network selection dropdown menu by clicking the dropdown button at the top of the extension.
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Click the Add network button.
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Click Add a network manually.
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In the Add a network manually dialog that appears, enter the following information for Base mainnet:
Name Value Network Name Base Mainnet Description The public mainnet for Base. RPC Endpoint https://mainnet.base.org Chain ID 8453 Currency Symbol ETH Block Explorer https://basescan.org -
Tap the Save button to save Base as a network.
You should now be able to connect to the Base by selecting it from the network selection dropdown menu.
Testnet
Coinbase Wallet browser extension provides support for Base Goerli testnet by default.
To use Base Goerli with Coinbase Wallet:
- Open the Coinbase Wallet browser extension and log in to your account.
- Connect to an app using Coinbase Wallet.
- Open the network selection menu by clicking the network icon in the upper right-hand corner.
- Click the More networks button.
- Navigate to the Testnets tab.
- Select Base Goerli.
Your active network should now be switched to Base Goerli.
Other wallets
Base Goerli can be added as a custom network to any EVM-compatible wallet (i.e. MetaMask).
MetaMask
To add Base Goerli as a custom network to MetaMask:
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Open the MetaMask browser extension.
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Open the network selection dropdown menu by clicking the dropdown button at the top of the extension.
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Click the Add network button.
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Click Add a network manually.
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In the Add a network manually dialog that appears, enter the following information for the Base Goerli testnet:
Name Value Network Name Base Goerli RPC Endpoint https://goerli.base.org Chain ID 84531 Currency Symbol ETH Block Explorer https://goerli.basescan.org/ -
Tap the Save button to save Base Goerli as a network.
You should now be able to connect to the Base Goerli testnet by selecting it from the network selection dropdown menu.