An Updated SUPER-Beginner’s Guide to Swapping, Bridging and Exchanging MOONs (the complicated way)

In preperation for the MOON distribution, I thought I’d make an even EASIER guide to swapping, bridging and exchanging your well-earned MOONs, as SushiSwap has added some extra-security to their swaps.

(selling more than 25% of your earned MOONs will affect your Karma Multiplier in the Future)

(1) How do I know if I have any MOONs?

1. Check your comments or posts on r/CryptoCurrency to see your profile MOON count.

u/kirtash93 example comment

1. Search your Vault Wallet address on the Arbitrum Nova Block Explorer, which can be found in Reddit Vault.

Arbitrum Nova Explorer search bar

1. Check your Reddit Vault in your sidebar to see MOON count, as well as your Reddit Avatars.

Reddit Vault example

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On your mobile:

1. Install the MetaMask app or download the Chrome extension.

2. Go the Vault in the Reddit App and click the ‘cog’ icon in the top right corner of your screen.

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location of the Reddit vault COG

1. Click on the long ‘Recovery Phrase’ button and copy the long string of random letters.

⚠️ Please keep in mind the long string of random letters and the 12-Word Key Phrase are like a PIN number or your bank card, so NEVER share this with anyone ⚠️

1. Paste this Private Key String into the textbox provided by MetaMask in the app and Voila!

private key string text box

(3) How do I add the correct Network?

(Arbitrum Nova)

1. At the top of the screen in MetaMask, click the long Network button and then click ‘Add Network’ at the bottom of the screen.

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1. Select ‘Custom Networks’ and copy the following details into the text-boxes given:

Network Name: Arbitrum Nova

RPC URL: https://nova.arbitrum.io/rpc

Chain ID: 42170

Symbol: ETH

Block Explorer URL: https://nova.arbiscan.io/

adding network text boxes

(4) Why aren’t MOONs appearing in my wallet?

(you have to import the token)

select the right network

1) At the top of the screen make sure the Arbitrum Nova Network is selected.

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blue import tokens text

2) Click the blue text saying ‘Import tokens’ (shown above) and type in the following details:

Token Address: 0x0057Ac2d777797d31CD3f8f13bF5e927571D6Ad0

Token Symbol: MOON

Token Decimal: 18

(5) How do I send and recieve my MOONs?

(there are two ways)

1. Open your Reddit Vault and click on the Paper-Aeroplane (or arrow) Icon

2. Type in the number of MOONs you’d like to send and then write the username (format u/…..) of the recipient.

OR

1. Open MetaMask and click the ‘Up & Down’ icon in the middle of the toolbar and click send.

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Up & down button in the middle

1. Copy and Paste the recipients address or ENS username and click NEXT and type the amount you’d like to send.

who will you send to?

(6) How do I swap my MOONs?

1. Open SushiSwap in MetaMask and connect your wallet making sure you are on the Arbitrum Nova Network.

Nova Network has been selected here

1. Click the drop-down buttons to choose the token you’d like to SWAP. Enter ‘0x0057Ac2d777797d31CD3f8f13bF5e927571D6Ad0’ into the top drop-down search bar to make sure you select the correct MOON address and select ETH as the token you’d like to recieve for the second drop-down bar.

Swap menu example

1. Type in the amount of MOONs you’d like to swap and click the blue ‘Approve MOON’ button (making sure you’ve clicked the ‘Approve one-time only’ with the downward arrow icon).

approve MOON button

1. Approve the spending cap request to allow SushiSwap to have access to withdraw the amount of MOONs and click the blue NEXT button on the bottom right of the screen.

2. Now click the long blue SWAP button and read through the details it displays and then click ‘Swap MOON For ETH’.

swap MOON for ETH button

1. Confirm the transaction by clicking the blue CONFIRM button on the bottom right of the screen.

(7) What if I can’t pay for gas fees?

1. If you don’t have a sufficient ETH balance then hop onto r/CryptoCurrencyMoons and comment !gas nova on any post and wait a couple of minutes for the ETH to be sent to you by the faucet bot.

the legendary u/bertholomaeus !gas nova example comment

(8) How do I send my ETH to an exchange?

(most exchanges do not accept Arbitrum Nova ETH, so we need to something called bridging to convert it into Arbitrum One ETH)

1. Open Orbiter Finance, connect your wallet and the ‘Token’ as ETH.

2. Select the ‘From’ network to Arbitrum Nova (with the italic orange N) and the ‘To’ network to Arbitrum One (blue & white stripes in hexagon).

this is what it should look like

1. Click the long red ‘SEND’ button and then the ‘CONFIRM AND SEND’ button after reading through all the details provided.

(now you’ve got Arbitrum One ETH, you’ll want to send it to a CEX like Coinbase, Binance or Kraken; I will use Coinbase in this case)

1. Find the ETH token on the Coinbase Exchange and click the round blue RECIEVE icon.

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1. Change the Network to Arbitrum by clicking the downward arrow on the right-hand side of the screen above the QR code.

2. Copy the Arbitrum ETH address (format “0x….”) and open MetaMask.

3. Select Arbitrum One as the network at the top of the screen, click the ‘Up & Down’ icon in the middle of the toolbar and select ‘Send’ (same visuals as before in (5) section).

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Arbitrum One selected

1. Paste the Arbitrum ETH address you COPIED a couple of minutes ago and click NEXT.

⚠️ Make sure to send a TEST Transaction (extremely low amount of ETH) first, just in case you accidentally do something wrong like miss a letter in the ETH address or clicked wrong network.

If the transaction goes through like you wanted, then send the LARGER amount. If NOT, then comment and I’ll try to help fix your problem.⚠️

1. Type in the amount you’d like to send, click NEXT and then click SEND (confirming the transaction).

(9) How to cash out my Coinbase Balance?

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Follow this official guide here (written by Coinbase themselves)

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Congratulations ????, you’ve successfully cashed out your MOONs for real money. Whether it’s a couple of pennies or tens of thousands (u/Kirtash93 wink wink). Well Done.

???? Hold up wait a minute, swapping and selling more than 25% of your earned MOONs will affect your karma multiplier in the future. ????

If you need to check out anything else regarding MOONs about your account, go check out CCMoons by the fantastic u/ominous_anenome.

Thanks everyone for reading, hope this updated edition makes it easier to read and matches all these changes.