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67 lines
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# Metamask
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Connect your Metamask wallet with Ethermint on a localnet mode. {synopsis}
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## Start node and REST server
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Start the Ethermint node using your terminal:
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```bash
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ethermintd start --pruning=nothing --rpc.unsafe --log_level "main:info,state:info,mempool:info"
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```
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::: tip
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You can also start a node from scratch by running `./init.sh` from the Ethermint repository directory. This will generate a key called `mykey` that you can use on the next step.
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In another tab start the REST server. Here replace `mykey` with the name of the key that you want to use and set the `chain-id` the chain identifier of your application.
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```bash
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ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key mykey --chain-id 1
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```
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## Adding a custom Network for Ethermint
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One og the main limitations of using the default `Localhost 8545` network is that the tokens will be represented as `ETH`.
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Open the Metamask extension on your browser, you may have to log in to your Metamask account if you
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are not already. Then click the top right circle and go to `Settings` > `Networks`. Press the `Add
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Network` button and fill the form as shown below with your application `ChainID`.
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## Import Account to Metamask
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Then close the settings, and go to `My Accounts` (top right circle) and select `Import Account`. You should see and image like the following one:
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Now you can export your private key from the terminal using the following command. Again, make sure
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to replace `mykey` with the name of the key that you want to export:
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```bash
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ethermintcli keys unsafe-export-eth-key mykey
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```
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Go back to the browser and select the `Private Key` option. Then paste the private key exported from
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the `unsafe-export-eth-key` command.
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Your account balance should show up as `1 PHOTON` and do transfers as usual.
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::: tip
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If it takes some time to load the balance of the account, change the network to `Main Ethereum
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Network` (or any other than `Localhost 8545` or `Ethermint`) and then switch back to `Ethermint`.
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## Downloading State
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to see metamask logs, go to top right circle -> settings -> advanced -> download state logs. if you search through the json file for the account address you'll find the tx history
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## Known issues
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Currently, it's not possible to add custom tokens (even for Photons) unless you deploy a token contract (eg: ERC20).
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