Preparing your MetaMask wallet
Open the MetaMask wallet that we installed and configured in the previous chapter in the A self-custodial wallet, MetaMask section. Before we initiate a transfer transaction, we need to do some preparation on the wallet by setting up accounts and connecting the wallet to the blockchain. Follow the next steps to prepare your wallet first:
- The following figure shows the main login page for MetaMask; enter the password for your wallet here:
Figure 3.5 – Logging in to MetaMask
- Now, click on the three dots on the right of Account 1 and click Expand view. Figure 3.6 shows you a visual representation of the steps:
Figure 3.6 – Opening MetaMask in Expand view
- You will see something as shown in the following figure where a new page in a browser will open with an expanded view of the MetaMask wallet:
Figure 3.7 – MetaMask expanded...
