What is Moonbeam?
Moonbeam is a developer-oriented blockchain that strives to provide compatibility with the existing Ethereum developer toolchain and network. It does this by providing a full EVM implementation, a Web3-compatible API, and bridges that connect Moonbeam to existing Ethereum networks. This allows developers to deploy existing Solidity smart contracts and DApp frontends to Moonbeam with minimal changes.
Moonbeam will also be a parachain on the Polkadot network. That means it will get shared security from the Polkadot relay chain and will be able to integrate with other chains that are connected to Polkadot (once that functionality is available on Polkadot).
Also, Moonbeam has a companion network Moonriver on Kusama. New code ships to Moonriver first, where it can be tested and verified under real economic conditions. Once proven, the same code ships to Moonbeam on Polkadot.
Add Moonbase Alpha testnet to MetaMask
- Go to https://chainlist.org/ and connect your Metamask wallet
2. Find Moonbeam alpha and press Add to Metamask
3. Approve adding network to Metamask
4. Switch network to Moonbeam
(Or you can use Official guide)
5. Request test tokens in faucet
Trying DApp
- Go to https://movr.zoombies.world/ and change to “You NFT Crypt”. It is NFT collectibles built on Moonbeam. The project is in Beta, but you can mint some NFTs there for free.
2. Press “Buy and Mint Booster” and Approve transaction
3. You got your NFT card. You can choose to store, gift or burn it.
Links:
Moonbeam website: https://moonbeam.network/
Docs: https://docs.moonbeam.network/
Medium: https://medium.com/moonbeam-network
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moonbeamnetwork
