How to bridge wETH with Stargate?
This article provides a walkthrough of bridging wETH from Ethereum to Kava EVM with Stargate Finance.
To bridge wETH from Ethereum to Kava EVM using Stargate Finance, here are several tips:
- Get the whitelisted wETH contract address on Kava EVM here and import it to your MetaMask wallet.
- Please ensure your ETH is wrapped on Ethereum before bridging to Kava EVM.
- Please be aware of the high transaction costs on the Ethereum network.
Step 1:
- Navigate to: https://stargate.finance/transfer
- Connect your MetaMask wallet and select the originating network: Ethereum Mainnet (or any other supported network), where your wETH balance is.
Step 2:
- Ensure you have enough ETH in your Ethereum Mainnet wallet to cover any gas on the destination chain' or other network-specific fees
- Select wETH in the Transfer From dropdown and choose the originating network and Transfer To Kava EVM as the destination Network
- Input the total amount of wETH you want to bridge
- Review fees and adjust slippage — the price change you're willing to accept during the Transfer — default is 0.5%
Step 3:
- Click 'transfer' and confirm the transaction in Metamask
- Confirmation may take time, depending on network congestion and other factors.
- Once complete, you will get a confirmation notification from Stargate Finance.
- Switch the network in MetaMask to Kava EVM to verify the bridged wETH has been received.
- OPTIONAL: Go to the Kava web app and connect your MetaMask wallet: https://app.kava.io/ (MetaMask will auto-populate and switch to the Kava EVM Network) if you haven't imported the Kava EVM network information in your MetaMask wallet.