How to Use MetaMask Bridge (MetaMask Bridge Tutorial)

How to Use MetaMask Bridge (MetaMask Bridge Tutorial)

this video is how to use metamask Bridge
with the bridge we can actually send
tokens from our account on one network
over to another Network keeping the
tokens in our same account and our same
wallet address just on a different
network so what I would do is get your
metamask extension up and then I would
click the three dots here and just press
expand view firstly and from here I
would add the networks in that I’m going
to use so if you don’t have them added
already in the top left click this and
then just add the networks in right so
you go to add Network they should be
here in a list add the networks in that
you want to use and bridge between if
you can’t see them here you’re going to
have to add them manually and too much
for this video but just go and find the
details of the networks that you want to
add you can go to chain list.org I’ll
link it below and it gives you all of
the details of the chains that you might
want to bridge between now from here we
have to press metamask Bridge which is
this icon right here on the extension if
you have that it’s the same icon
metamask Bridge so click this and this
is going to take us actually through to
metamask portfolio which is where the
bridge exists metamask portfolio is just
the new version of metamask sort of and
you get some extra features and you’re
going to have to actually connect your
wallet here so in the top right hand
corner click connect wallet and that’s
going to go through and connect the
wallet that you want to connect and
actually Bridge from so I’m going to
click this one which is the wallet that
I want to use press connect right here
and that connects my wallet and it can
redle my balances now metamask Bridge
isn’t actually a bridge within itself
they’re ENT entially aggregating a bunch
of different Bridges and giving you the
best trade at the current time much like
they do with the swap feature but in any
case just make sure that you have the
wallet connected that you want to bridge
from that’s in the top right here
because metamask portfolio allows you to
add multiple accounts so just make sure
you’ve got the one added that you want
to bridge from now second is that not
every network is supported for bridging
so from this network that’s where you
have the tokens that you want to send
out to a different network Network so if
I click this you can see the supported
networks are pretty much at the moment
just the main networks so choose where
you have the assets that you want to
bridge now you’re also going to have to
pay a gas fee here as well for the
transaction which if you’re using layer
twos should be very small but you you
have to make sure that you have some gas
coin in the network that you’re bridging
from so for most networks that’s eth but
if you’re using avalanch for example
that would be avax or polygon would be
Matic so just make sure you know which
network you’re br from and that you have
enough gas to pay for the transaction
I’m going to press base right here now
we want to choose the network that we
want to bridge to and again not every
network is supported but you can pretty
much choose any of these to bridge to so
there’s no restrictions here so I’m
going to choose optimism and then you
send this is the token that you want to
bridge over so I’m going to search right
here and I’m just going to search for
eth and it shows that I’ve got a balance
of e now you can see there are many
different tokens available right so
whichever one that you want to bridge
over so I’m just going to bridge eth
right here and then you receive now
actually what you can do is receive a
completely different token you don’t
have to receive the same token so if I
want to receive maybe usdc or something
like that on optimism I can actually do
that so what they’re doing is Bridging
the value and swapping into the
different token now that may be more
expensive as well for you and so what
I’m going to do is just go ahead and
swap the same token and then choose an
amount
like this and then essentially what it’s
going to do is tell me how much that I’m
going to receive and what the cheapest
way of of bridging it over is now like I
said metamask doesn’t have its own
Bridge it’s using third parties and so
what it essentially does is scans the
best Bridges and the best trade at the
current time so for right now it says
that the best way to bridge is the
across bridge and that’s via socket and
that’s the best price now for these two
networks which is based on optimism
that’s a one minute Bridge so you know
pretty fast so no problems there but you
can see that I’m bridging over
$16.17 worth of eth and I’m getting
$15.97 so it’s not a big fee in terms of
the amount of dollars it’s you know just
a few cents whatever so it doesn’t
matter however if we go down and click
this on the right hand side you can see
the summary and so I am paying a fee a
swap fee you know a bridge fee uh and a
gas fee fee as well which is going to be
low or high depending on which network
that you’re using and then right here
you can see there is a metamask fee as
well that includes a 0.875 metamask fee
which is very very high especially if
you are bridging larger amounts it’s
almost 1% to bridge from one network to
another but in any case I’m just going
to press switch to base so you have to
obviously go to that Network and do the
transaction so I’m going to switch
Network and then I’m going to confirm
now this should bring me through to the
page uh where I just confirm the
transaction and have to sign the
transaction with my wallet if you’re
using a ledger or a treas or a hardware
wallet you need that plugged in now to
obviously sign this transaction as we
can see here you send this amount of eth
and the estimated fee is 2 cents plus
the metamask fee and everything else and
so if you want to go ahead and do that
press confirm right here and that will
take the amount of time it tells you to
Bridge Over from one network to the
other now doing that with metamask is
very simple however paying metamask that
fee isn’t great so I’ve got another tip
for you here that may save you a chunk
of cash if you’re looking to bridge
assets so what I’m going to do is reject
this transaction and then I’m actually
going to search for the bridge directly
and cut metamask out of the transaction
so there are many bridges out there a
cross Bridge you can go and search for
this bridge if you want and connect your
wallet to it directly but I’m just going
to show you a bridge for an example here
so Stargate is a very popular bridge and
it works with metamask as well so what
we’re going to do is go to Stargate
Finance this is the link right here I’ll
link them below as well just so you know
you’re going to the right place and
we’re going to connect a wallet then
we’re going to go metamask here and
we’ve got our metamask set up already so
we are connected then up at the top I’m
going to press transfer you can just see
that up at the top here it’s in Gray and
we’re actually going to use the bridge
directly and we could save a chunk of
cash and not pay the metamask fee so
transfer I’m going to transfer from the
base Network and that’s the one we’re on
right now and we’re going to transfer
that over to the optimism Network
exactly the same as what we did in
metamask and the token I’m going to
select is eth and then bridge eth over
as
well exactly the same amount and you can
see yes we are paying a small fee here
but we are cutting metamask out and so
we might be getting a better trade you
can see you you’ll receive an amount of
ether here the slippage is 0.5% between
it but we’re paying a 1 cent fee so we
can press transfer here and what’s going
to happen is it’s going to open up my
metamask and you know ask me to sign
this transaction again so you may not
want to do this but in any case it
doesn’t really matter you can go and
search for the best bridge and see what
is going to be the cheapest way to
actually Bridge your assets from one uh
one network to another it might be
metamask through their Bridge it might
be using a bridge directly like this uh
so you can check that at the time that
you actually want to Bridge and Bridge
using the cheapest method if you are
just looking to get assets from one
ethereum network to another you may just
want to use your centralized exchange as
a bridge I don’t personally like to use
bridges that much because they’ve been
targets of hacks and everything else and
so you may just want to take your tokens
and then just press send send them into
your centralized exchange wait a couple
of minutes and then withdraw them over
the different network that’s an easy way
to bridge between networks and you’re
using a centralized exchange as a bridge
which is typically cheaper because all
you’re doing is just sending tokens
which is usually the cheapest blockchain
transaction as well and so depending on
the cost that may be a better option for
you cutting out the bridge alog together

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