16 September 2021, Somewhere in the Metaverse - UplandDood (@Just1Dood)

Without a wallet, you can't buy anything. This is true in real life. Even with a wallet, if it's empty, you still can't buy anything. Unless of course, you use a credit or debit card. Technically speaking, those also have "wallets" that record your transactions.

Through the recent past few events, I have discovered that in the Blockchain sports, I've needed to be proficient in the Hurdles event. I have needed to keep up to pace. Too slow and I'll tumble into oblivion. Keep up to pace and I'll be rewarded with invaluable knowledge.

Hurdle 1

One of the important and first things that needed to be done when I started learning about smartBCH is that I need a wallet. Without one, I can do diddly. This was the case when the $EBEN was on pre-sale. For the life of me, I couldn't get the wallet connected to get on the bandwagon. That wagon has since long left and an opportunity gone.

For me, the key takeaway from that was - I should have been more persistent in getting it to work, including asking for help until it worked.

In the end, I did manage to get my MetaMask wallet connected to Coinflex. It was relatively smooth sailing from then on.

Hurdle 2

There's always something new to be learned in the blockchain world. Yesterday, I found out that the mobile version of the MetaMask wallet supports NFTs. I'd always thought that the mobile wallet was just like the desktop version so this was something new to me.

Last week I had tried to sync my mobile MetaMask with my desktop one but to no avail. It didn't work. I had no inkling as to what went wrong and again, I half-heartedly have given up. Until yesterday, that was when I found out that the mobile version can display NFTs.

Recalling the lesson learned from Hurdle 1, I had decided to give it a try until I get it to work. And this time, I have decided to get some help when I get stuck and will continue to get help until I overcome the hurdle.

Fresh off launching the new CandyMan project she was involved in, @carisdaneym2 was gracious enough to guide me through when I contacted her. Because of her time investment, I had managed to finally import my desktop MetaMask to my mobile version.

Importing to Mobile

I will not go into downloading and the initial setup of both your desktop and mobile MetaMask. You can Google and will find many such tutorials. You can refer to this brief guide for the installation of the mobile MetaMask wallet.

In brief, there are 3 ways you can start a mobile MetaMask wallet:

1. Register a new one

2. Sync with your current desktop extension

3. Import to your mobile MetaMask using the Secret Recovery Phrase (Seed Phrase).

What I had wanted to do was to import my existing desktop wallet to my mobile wallet, so options 2 & 3 would be the way to go.

Though there were a few guides on this, it was not clear or complete enough for me. I have wanted to do a "Sync with extension" as that seems like the easiest route to take. As I proceeded to follow the steps to sync them, I out that the option is temporarily disabled. The "Sync with extension" option is no longer available.

That left one more option and that is to import using the Secret Recovery Phrase. Here are the steps that I'd used:

Steps to "Import with Secret Recovery Phrase"

To start with, you should have an existing desktop MetaMask that you're already using. Open your desktop MetaMask in a tab if you like. Regardless, once you have opened your desktop MetaMask, look for the "Account Options" three dots at the upper right-hand corner.

And since we're talking about importing your smartBCH MetaMask account, make sure that your desktop MetaMask is on the Smart CBH network then follow the instructions per the image below. If you have not added this network to your desktop MetaMask, I suggest you check out carisdayneym2's How-To article on this. Look under the paragraph heading - SmartBCH on MetaMask.

Steps to perform on your desktop MetaMask

Steps to perform on your Mobile Metamask

Once you have copied down your Secret Recovery Phrase, head on over to your mobile MetaMask app and follow the instructions below:

Once you've clicked "IMPORT", you should receive an "Account Successfully Imported!" message. The new account will have an "Imported" label next to it.

Setting Up SmartBCH Network on your Mobile MetaMask Wallet

Since this is not a smartBCH account on your mobile wallet yet, you'll need to set that up.

Refer to the image for details:

Details for Item 6 in the image above for your ease of copy & paste.

Network Name: SmartBCH

RPC Url: https://smartbch.fountainhead.cash/mainnet or https://smartbch.greyh.at (either of the two)

Chain ID: 10000

Currency Symbol: BCH

Block Explorer URL: https://www.smartscan.cash

After completing and clicking "Add", you should have something like this:

Adding Custom Tokens on your Mobile MetaMask Wallet

However, when you look at your SmartBCH wallet, you'll only see your BCH balance shown. If you have other Tokens on your desktop MetaMask, it's not reflected here. No worries. We proceed to the next step. Adding the Tokens manually.

For most of the Tokens, the most important detail is the "Token Address". Most Tokens will auto-populate the remaining fields after the "Token Address" has been entered.

To find the "Token Address", the easiest way is to navigate to the marketcap.cash site.

Once you're there, click on the icon shown in the image above. Then copy into the "Token Address" field mentioned above. The two remaining fields should auto-populate. Then, click the ADD TOKEN button.

All Done!

Go back SmartBCH account and you should see your token reflected there. Something similar to the image below.

Do the same to add other SmartBCH tokens into your mobile MetaMask wallet.

That's it. I hope this has been helpful for you. I'm reproducing my experience above. And I'm doing my best to recall the steps involved. It is meant as a guide and not necessarily a manual. Do be careful to thoroughly do your own research before proceeding.

And do remember this WARNING: NEVER share your Secret Recovery Phrase with anyone!

Not Financial Advice. Do Your Own Research.

Thank you for reading.

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All screenshots are my own

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