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Using Base with your wallet

Coinbase Wallet​

The Coinbase Wallet browser extension provides support for Base by default.

To use Base with Coinbase Wallet:

  1. Open the Coinbase Wallet browser extension and log in to your account.
  2. Connect to an app using Coinbase Wallet.
  3. Open the network selection menu by clicking the network icon in the upper right-hand corner.
  4. Select Base.

Your active network should now be switched to Base.

Other wallets​

Base can be added as a custom network to any EVM-compatible wallet (i.e. MetaMask).

MetaMask​

To add Base as a custom network to MetaMask:

  1. Open the MetaMask browser extension.

  2. Open the network selection dropdown menu by clicking the dropdown button at the top of the extension.

  3. Click the Add network button.

  4. Click Add a network manually.

  5. In the Add a network manually dialog that appears, enter the following information for Base mainnet:

    NameValue
    Network NameBase Mainnet
    DescriptionThe public mainnet for Base.
    RPC Endpointhttps://mainnet.base.org
    Chain ID8453
    Currency SymbolETH
    Block Explorerhttps://basescan.org

  6. Tap the Save button to save Base as a network.

You should now be able to connect to the Base by selecting it from the network selection dropdown menu.

Testnet​

Coinbase Wallet browser extension provides support for Base Goerli testnet by default.​

To use Base Goerli / Base Sepolia with Coinbase Wallet:

  1. Open the Coinbase Wallet browser extension and log in to your account.
  2. Connect to an app using Coinbase Wallet.
  3. Open the network selection menu by clicking the network icon in the upper right-hand corner.
  4. Click the More networks button.
  5. Navigate to the Testnets tab.
  6. Select Base Goerli or Base Sepolia.

Your active network should now be switched to Base testnet.

Other wallets​

Base Goerli or Base Sepolia can be added as a custom network to any EVM-compatible wallet (i.e. MetaMask).

MetaMask​

To add Base Goerli or Base Sepolia as a custom network to MetaMask:

  1. Open the MetaMask browser extension.

  2. Open the network selection dropdown menu by clicking the dropdown button at the top of the extension.

  3. Click the Add network button.

  4. Click Add a network manually.

  5. In the Add a network manually dialog that appears, enter the following information for the Base Goerli / Sepolia testnet:

    NameGoerliSepolia
    Network NameBase GoerliBase Sepolia
    RPC Endpointhttps://goerli.base.orghttps://sepolia.base.org
    Chain ID8453184532
    Currency SymbolETHETH
    Block Explorerhttps://goerli.basescan.org/https://sepolia-explorer.base.org/

  6. Tap the Save button to save Base Goerli / Base Sepolia as a network.

You should now be able to connect to the Base testnet by selecting it from the network selection dropdown menu.