Binance Smart Chain

How to Connect MetaMask to Binance Smart Chain — BSC Mainnet

Get ready to use BSC DeFi projects with this simple guide

Emre Yilmaz
4 min readMay 11, 2021

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Binance Smart Chain (Documentation)

Update: I wrote a generic updated guide about adding custom networks to MetaMask. You can take a look at it below.

Binance Smart Chain is very hot these days. It removes the entry barrier for newcomers to the DeFi space thanks to low transaction fees.

To interact with any BSC projects, you have to own a wallet connected to the BSC mainnet. MetaMask is one of the best crypto wallets out there and easy to use. Supported by many BSC applications. You can use it as a browser extension or mobile app.

However, MetaMask is an Ethereum wallet by default. Some configuration is needed to support other networks. Here is a step-by-step guide to connecting MetaMask to the BSC mainnet.

Prerequisites

You need to install MetaMask and have an account before starting any steps below. Please refer to the Getting

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