How to buy AURORA token directly from your wallet
To buy AURORA token you need to have:
- NEAR wallet
- MetaMask wallet (extension on your browser)
- Some NEAR tokens. Depends on how much you would like to spent
- A little bit of time to go through the process
In case you have no NEAR tokens on your wallet you can simply buy them on, for example, Binance and send it to your NEAR wallet. Withdrawal fee is small and transaction is fast.
Setup MetaMask
Go to https://metamask.io/, download and install the wallet. Do not forget to backup the secret phrase. As usual.
Next, you need to add the Aurora network to the MetaMask. To do that click on the dropdown next to your account logo, and go to “Add network” section.
In the opened form put next values:
- Network Name: Aurora Mainnet
- New RPC URL: https://mainnet.aurora.dev
- ChainID: 1313161554
- Symbol: aETH
- Block Explorer URL: https://explorer.mainnet.aurora.dev/
Crafting wNEAR
So, now we need to convert our NEAR tokens to, so called, Wrapped NEAR, or just wNEAR. As far as I understand, the wNEAR tokens are used for conversion in different networks. I might be wrong, but nothing happens without wNEAR.
Open https://rainbowbridge.app/ and login with your MetaMask and Near wallets by clicking “Connect” in top right corner.
Now create a bridge between networks and transfer the coins from one network to another.
After clicking Continue button choose the NEAR token and enter the amount you want to transfer. Do not enter all the amount, you will need some Near tokens later on (fractions of)
Approve the transaction. Now you should see your transaction in the list of completed transfers.
Click on three dots on the left and Add token to MetaMask.
So, now you should see your tokens in your MetaMask tokens. Now the tokens are wrapped.
Swap tokens with WannaSwap
Go to https://wannaswap.finance/exchange/swap, connect the site with your MetaMask, select wNEAR and swap it to AURORA.
After confirming the Swap click on “Add AURORA to MetaMask” and confirm this as well.
Bringing AURORA to Near wallet
So, now you have AURORA in your MetaMask account. It could be enough for you, but I prefer to have AURORA tokens in my NEAR wallet.
To do so, come back to Rainbow Bridge and transfer tokens wise versa, from Aurora network to Near.
Confirm the transaction and you are done! Now you have Aurora token in your Near wallet.
If this helped you and you would like to help me — send some coins to my Near wallet: o2g.near
Thanks!