.png)
Squid Router Guide: How to Bridge LAVA from Lava to Arbitrum (LAVA ERC-20)
Tutorials/Guides
Ethan
Jul 30, 2024
This guide will show how to manually add and view your LAVA ERC-20 tokens in your Metamask, or any EVM wallet.
Always verify that you are interacting with the correct smart contract and LAVA token.
There are many fake tokens already claiming to be LAVA.
Note: while Lava is a Cosmos appchain, and the LAVA token follows the Cosmos standard, when bridged to EVM networks like Arbitrum, you will need to interact with the LAVA ERC-20 version.
Always verify the ERC20 token you are interacting with, e.g. on Arbitrum, has the correct token contract address:
0x11e969e9B3f89cB16D686a03Cd8508C9fC0361AF
Arbirtum explorer link:
https://arbiscan.io/token/0x11e969e9B3f89cB16D686a03Cd8508C9fC0361AF
Fake LAVA tokens:
For example, the following are all fake tokens on Uniswap and will appear on any DeFi app. You can see the token addresses under the token name are incorrect, although some scams are sophisticated and use contract addresses similar to the real LAVA address.
Some routers like Squid Router will only show the correct token address in the UI. Other dapps like Uniswap will not do as much filtering, so you must be extra careful to select the real LAVA token.
You always can copy and paste 0x11e969e9B3f89cB16D686a03Cd8508C9fC0361AF directly into any dapp.
Step 1
Go to Metamask mobile or desktop extension and make sure you have switched to the correct network. For this example, we will use Arbitrum:
Step 2
Click on import tokens at the bottom of the extension.
Step 3
Copy and paste the following token address, which represents LAVA ERC-20:
0x11e969e9B3f89cB16D686a03Cd8508C9fC0361AF
The "Token Symbol" text field should automatically fill with "LAVA".
Always verify the ERC20 token you are interacting with, whether on Base or Arbitrum, has the token contract address:
Arbirtum explorer link:
https://arbiscan.io/token/0x11e969e9B3f89cB16D686a03Cd8508C9fC0361AF
Step 4
Confirm you want to import this token. This means you will now be able to see LAVA tokens in your wallet (if you have any).
Step 5
You are all set! You will now be able to view your LAVA ERC-20 tokens in Metamask. The instructions should be identical or very similar for other EVM wallets, depending on their UI.
LAVA ERC-20 can be used on EVM networks such as Arbitrum. This guide shows how to add and view your LAVA ERC-20 tokens in Metamask and other EVM wallets. To read about how to bridge from Lava to EVM networks, you can read this guide.
Lava is the blockchain through which users and builders connect to all other blockchains. Lava coordinates a decentralized network of infrastructure providers to handle RPC and APIs requests across any network.
We invite RPC providers, dapp developers users, researchers and open-source contributors to play with Lava Mainnet.
Visit the website: lavanet.xyz
Read the docs: docs.lavanet.xyz
Meet the community: discord.gg/bKkEtU6AMQ
Follow our Twitter: twitter.com/lavanetxyz
Read our research papers: community.lavanet.xyz
Create and manage RPC endpoints: accounts.lavanet.xyz/register
