How to connect Walletconnect and Metamask

Since 2018, the cryptocurrency industry has consistently had a position in the press. Of course, you’ve heard of the term “bitcoin” by now, but even if you haven’t, stick around—this essay will shed light on all of these issues.

Since a man used what he believed to be worthless as a rock currency to pay 30 and a few bitcoins for a complete pizza in 2011, the cryptocurrency industry as a whole has been evolving.

All of these names—including bitcoin, etherium, dodge coin, and sand—are a small part of a larger total. They all have the same meaning and exist in the same cryptographic universe.

In order to comprehend the wallets, it is crucial to first have a little introduction to the fundamentals, thus here is a very brief explanation to crypto currency:

Cryptocurrency is a relatively new form of money that guarantees the security of your small and large transactions in a digitalized manner; to put it another way, you no longer need paper money to deal, buy, sell, or complete any other transaction that you currently complete, and it is much more difficult to be stolen from anyone.

What is a wallet?

The majority of international transactions are currently made using cryptocurrency in the second half of 2022 because it is a much safer method of sending or receiving money and there are no intermediaries, such as banks or financial institutions, to charge you for the simple act of sending money.

But to safeguard your assets from being stolen or damaged, you must either keep your money in the bank or store it in a safe that is readily available. The same is true for cryptocurrency.

You must keep your money, like bitcoin, in a reputable wallet in order to keep it safe.

There are numerous of these wallets available, including Meta Mask, Trust Wallet, Atomic Wallet, and Binance Wallet. Choosing one of them will depend on your needs and platform.

What can wallets do?

If you are holding a crypto currency, pretty much you can do whatever you like with your money within the wallet itself.

Send money, receive money, send cryptos and receive them, store your NFT in some certain wallets, place payments, exchange your crypto (works in some regions) and place your important deals.

Like said, pretty much everything, but in a safe way, but that is not the amazing feature to make them interesting, probably one of the most outstanding, and by outstanding we mean outstanding safe, is that you can connect them to a web service or application of your own choice.

There are two types of crypto wallets; physical and digital wallets.

Digitals are like the ones you install on your smart phones and computers, which require login information and tight security and believe me when I say they are required to be hard on the matter of security.

The security must be tough; imagine you are walking on the side walk in a sunny day, how would your money or valuables be stolen? That’s right, a thief night steal them and you will not even notice until you get to use them.

Same thing goes for the crypto wallets; the thieves are a little advanced though. Your wallet probably will be running on a safe platform but no matter the safety, there always will be a way to hack your information or even worse, maybe someone find out your combination, that is why they are secure.

Physical wallets on the other hand, are much safer. They look like a USB that you can carry around and there is no way of getting to your information unless you plug it in a computer that is connected to the internet, such as Ledger Nano S Plus which is famous one or trezor.

What is Meta mask?

Meta mask is an online browser wallet that uses block chain technology and is a leading wallet for ethereum, and will let you do any transaction you like with ethereum and any other ERC-20 token.

It is a plug in wallet which means you can use it as an add on to your browser and will have to access it the same way.

Here is how to install and use the Meta mask:

1- Go to the Meta mask official website and choose the extension based on your chosen browser; it is best advised to use fire fox or google chrome.

2- Select the compatible version and install it on your computer.

3- Once done installing, click on the “get started” button at the presented page.

4- On the next page click on the “lets’ create a wallet” remember here the application starts to connect the server so do not use a VPN at this point.

5- The next step is agreeing with the terms and conditions, try to read them carefully and hit “I agree”.

6- Probably the most important step is the security step. Now you must pick a password containing at least 8 characters, remember to create a truly unique one specially not the same as your email or phone’s password, it is a common mistake to pick the same one because if a hacker can get to your wallet, he can most probably access your other data as well.

7- The next step is your security key, Meta mask will provide you with 12 word backup phrases which will be used to identify you as the owner of the wallet in the case of forgetting your chosen password.

This a secure key that will be presented only once to you, so write them down in the same exact order or keep them safe in another digital device not the same one that has the wallet on it.

8- The next step will be verifying that you have your secure key by asking you the same thing. The Meta mask will ask you the exact order and you must provide with exact order given to you.

9- Last step required you to confirm all by clicking on “all done”. Now you can use it and be sure about the safety of it.

Now there are some other good and recommended wallets out there such as coin base wallet which is perfectly welcoming the new comers to the crypto world, there is trust wallet for your smart phone, exodus for desktop and others.

What is wallet connect?

You might want to learn more about decentralized applications, or DApps, before we continue.

Decentralized apps are protocols that enable user interactions without requiring authorization from a third party authority, such as banks or governments, and have a smart contract background.

To put it simply, DApps are some type of verified and secure abstract of contract, similar to printed money, that allows you to trade, buy, and sell without any issues related to printed money or any authority.

For instance, among the first of these DApps were Bitcoin and Ether, which are essentially digital currencies for use in transactions. They are still genuine even though they are digital!

Now that there are so many different types of wallets available, it is impossible for DApps developers to create a means for each wallet to be compatible with the DApps; as a result, a third party assistance was required.

The third party, open protocol known as “Wallet Connect” connects various wallets and DApps while also being both open source and encrypted.

Having said that, we are aware that each wallet requires a protocol in order to connect to DApps. Now let’s see how to link them to wallets.