{"id":1070,"date":"2022-03-02T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2022-08-29T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T07:54:57","slug":"how-to-set-up-the-polygon-network-on-metamask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/how-to-set-up-the-polygon-network-on-metamask\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up The Polygon Network On MetaMask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, we will guide you on setting up the Polygon Network on the MetaMask wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Polygon Network (formerly known as MATIC) is a scaling solution that aims to provide tools that improve the speed, reduce the cost and complexities of transactions in the blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To set up the Polygon Network on your MetaMask wallet, please follow these steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need the following details about the Polygon Network:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Network Name: <\/strong>Polygon Network<\/li><li><strong>New RPC URL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/polygon-rpc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/polygon-rpc.com\/<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Chain ID:<\/strong> 137<\/li><li><strong>Currency Symbol (optional): <\/strong>MATIC<\/li><li><strong>Block Explorer URL (optional):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/polygonscan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/polygonscan.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s go through it step by step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Open your MetaMask wallet and hit the button on the top-right corner.<\/li><li>Choose<strong> Settings<\/strong> in the menu.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/trs4Y_o8qLJz06CdJfHhjlJ3lkMvQcB1RNam6Tpk1vQNsTlXl1yVvx3g6qcgCzWIxpe-PqdoIyVLScOwLykWe1IQIYazQ0qlQ7YXKUwfege7WQJaSdz1o_DF0yX0nyEGyYjAicq6\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\"><li>Scroll down and click on the <strong>Networks<\/strong> button.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/SI8CSWyjsFOHsVs3Y3j7rwxsJxZPkWOU-PyimwKTVZhRdh8g-c1ISyyo-UkDLhBEA44gEqanbLLuCnBVQ3QQ0Gf5_wWpDJP4CFc2hQqpXHY2AD-dhSAf0XvCmgxQx6OvhXah_v8j\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\"><li>Now, you should see a list of networks. Click on <strong>Add Network<\/strong> below to add a custom network.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/x4vdF2JKwPhgdx0LZxRrHPp-WtBoo6GC4Lj6qj_wtcC0OyOWDEv3hfzXlIMqne3zvKsOcwRn1bQMqkh88lohPDrzf2bWnmoHHjp8z2JSS9fcTgQPLH9cnoaRkISbp7OoQJEdU7J4\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\"><li>Next, fill the fields with the necessary information about the Polygon Network and click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/n0NkXqsHuTFjz8IaSkr9J5gskm0PkOddtB_i9pnIiWlB_WBz_aJrFwY2kdk5rv72z3CbB53Sd2p71kq8ug5oHpI2G6HJQD5a-PrxbGurkai5P5LJRpfl7sPjYbOQK1e2UXyXtaUV\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You just set up the Polygon (MATIC) Network on your MetaMask wallet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will guide you on setting up the Polygon Network on the MetaMask wallet. &nbsp;Polygon Network (formerly known as MATIC) is a scaling solution that aims to provide tools that improve the speed, reduce the cost and complexities of transactions in the blockchain. To set up the Polygon Network on your MetaMask wallet, please follow these steps. You will need the following details about the Polygon Network:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.gamespad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}