Hey guys, im just thinking about this? First time i bought eth And send it to metamask then swapped on opensea bridge to WETH. Is there any way easier/cheaper? It took kinda lot as gas fees.
Is there maybe way of swapping polygon to WETH? Can find anything like this.
Thanks for the answer!
Posted Nov 13, 2022, 2:52 PM UTC
easiest is buy Weth directly with debit/credit card on metamask itself, but may not be most cost effective
I have some crypto already, not buying with Card. Want to swap It.
Send crypto to exchange, sell crypto, buy matic or eth, send matic or eth via polygon network to mm
time to get polygon matic from the exchange and send via polygon network to MM . I will connect to opensea. I will place my offer on some avatars I missed out and wish for the best. Time for me to get a Cone and glowcone 😂👍👍
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I Will try option 2 i suppose. Thank you!
So as you adviced I swapped matic on uniswap. It was smooth, fast And easy. Thanks!
Just buy Matic on exchange and send to MetaMask you can swap the Matic directly for wETH inside MM fees are pennys compared to dollars
Lol, didn't know, will try next time
Just go to your Matic once you get it to MM and there is a swap icon and you can swap it directly for wETH no bridging or anything, as long as the exchange you use supports direct polygon Matic transfers like Binance or coinbase for example
I ve already swapped it on uniswap, but i Will try next time
I guess this could be paranoia, but are there experienced people in the avatar/ opensea universe that will advise and recommend keeping a dedicated exclusive notebook windows PC/ MAC - to transact buying /selling avatars from opensea to avoid bad actors accessing your crypto wallets 🤷🏻♂️. I am dipping my toes on these water first .
I actually have different wallet than my Reddit one. I had it long before. So i think im ok!
Buy matic from exchange, then transfer it using polygon network to your metamask address, then convert to WETH. That is the cheapest and fastest way.
If your exchange does not support polygon transfers. Buy matic sent to metamask, bridge to polygon then swap.
I use coinbase they allow direct transfer to polygon!
You can do the exchange on metamask or
https://wallet.polygon.technology
But how do you swap matic to WETH? On opensea bridge like with eth? Or somewhere else.
I've just edited my main comment with link.
Metamask has a swap button on polygon for matic to weth