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Connecting a Wallet

Connecting a Wallet ⛓️

Connecting to the Rubicon App for the first time using Mobile or Desktop/Browser wallets. If you're familiar with Ethereum wallets (opens in a new tab) and how to add custom networks, you can skip this guide!

Mobile Wallet

This guide uses the MetaMask Mobile App (opens in a new tab), which is available on Android and iOS.

  1. On the Browser tab, search for app.rubicon.finance. Make sure the URL is app.rubicon.finance!!! You can bookmark it by tapping on the 3 dots in the bottom left and Add to Favorites.

  2. The Rubicon App will ask you to connect your wallet. Tap on the MetaMask button:

  3. Your wallet will then ask you to connect to the Rubicon App. Tap Connect:

Once connected, you can start swapping and trading on Rubicon!

Desktop/Browser Wallet

This guide will use the MetaMask browser extension (opens in a new tab) wallet.

Let's start by connecting our wallet to Rubicon. Launch the Rubicon App by visiting app.rubicon.finance (opens in a new tab). You will see this wallet connection screen:

Click on the MetaMask button, and the Rubicon App will ask for permission to connect to your wallet. Click Connect:

Now your wallet is connected to Rubicon! Once you are connected to the Rubicon app, you will be prompted to add the Optimism (or Arbitrum) network to your wallet:

Adding a Custom Network

If for some reason you cannot automatically add these networks, you might need to do it manually. Here are the steps to add a custom network on MetaMask:

  1. Open MetaMask and tap on the Menu icon in the top left:

  2. Tap Settings in the menu:

  3. In the Settings menu, select Networks to add a custom network:

  4. Tap on the Add Network button at the bottom of the screen:

  5. Here are the RPC network details for Arbitrum One and Optimism Mainnet:

    NetworkArbitrum One
    RPC Urlhttps://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc (opens in a new tab)
    Chain ID42161
    SymbolETH
    Block Explorer URLhttps://arbiscan.io/ (opens in a new tab)
    NetworkOptimism Mainnet
    RPC Urlhttps://mainnet.optimism.io (opens in a new tab)
    Chain ID10
    SymbolETH
    Block Explorer URLhttps://optimistic.etherscan.io (opens in a new tab)
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