Are you curious about NFTs but don’t know where to start?
Interested in crypto, but wallets are too complicated or scary?
What Is MetaMask?
From there, install it like any other app or extension.
How to Get Started With a MetaMask Account
At its heart, MetaMask is a crypto wallet.
The answer is “maybe.”
The hardest part has to do with your seed phrase, which becomes your recovery phrase.
If you’re familiar with crypto wallets, you’re familiar with this concept.
If MetaMask is your first crypto wallet, all you gotta know is explained in a brief video.
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It also shows you whether your MetaMask account is connected with the site that you are on.
Unfortunately, as of this writing, there aren’t a lot of sites that work with MetaMask.
If you find one, a button on the site will allow you to connect your account.
you’re free to buy using a bank transfer, or a credit or debit account.
At any time, you might copy your public wallet address to your clipboard by clicking your account name.
This brings up a QR code and a text version of your public address.
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Time to Put on the MetaMask?
MetaMask isn’t the passport to the internet that it aspires to be.
At least, not yet.
MetaMask is an early comer to a nascent field of internet design.
One day, it really could solve our problems of identity, security, and finance on the web.
That MetaMask doesn’t do all of those things yet doesn’t mean it isn’t yet worth having.
