Many people are going crazy over the crypto token called SHIB INU. It went up in value by 30,000% in one week! The developers have burned 50% of the token and sent 50% to Vitalik Buterin (Co founder of Ethereum). That means the developers have to buy it like everyone else in the community. Read Ryoshi’s article to learn more about the $SHIB origin story. If you want to buy a little bit while it is still under 1 cent USD, you better jump in soon! Read below to find out how!
How to buy SHIB Token for those interested
Step 1. Go to coinmarketcap.com and look up “SHIB”
Step 2. click on the Uniswap blue link “SHIB/WETH” under “Markets”. This is how you find where to buy any token. Not all are available on Uniswap.
In your browser such as Brave, Safari, or Chrome ect should take you to this screen…
Step 3. Connect your digital wallet (metamask or coinbase wallet). NOTE: Coinbase Wallet and Coinbase Exchange are two different things. You need a digital wallet to store Ethereum for swapping in Uniswap. The coin you are swapping for will be stored in that wallet after the transaction is done. Most coins bought through Uniswap involve “swapping” Ethereum for another coin such as SHIB INU or Sandbox ect. You may have to transfer or “withdraw” Ethereum from your coinbase account to your coinbase wallet which takes a few minutes and has a small fee. If you try to withdraw from coinbase pro to metamask, you must add the metamask address in your coinbase pro list of addresses first. Coinbase Pro makes you wait for roughly 48hrs to confirm address security. Once the metamask address is added you can send away anytime.
Step 4. Select amount of “ETH” in your top item box to see the amount of swappable “SHIB” in your bottom item box. A little blue arrow should point from ETH to SHIB. NOTE: first time use, you may see Wrapped Ethereum “WETH”. If so, simply select “ETH” instead. Unless you have WETH in your wallet and want to swap with that. Either way it will look like this…
Step 4. Click “Swap”. If you don’t have enough Ethereum in your wallet to cover the gas fee the transaction will not go through. Your wallet will ask you to confirm and here is where it will tell you if you have enough to make the transaction or not. If not try a lower amount of Eth to swap or wait a minute and try again as liquidity and gas fees can change depending on current traffic.
Step 5. Check your wallet in a few minutes to see your amazing amount of SHIB!!!! You can always see your transaction listed on etherscan.io. So dont worry if you cant see your crypto in your wallet immediately. It takes a few minutes. Even though you cannot buy them on the exchange, many coins can still be stored in your Coinbase Wallet.
TROUBLE SHOOTING:
If you are using Metamask and you don’t see the token in your wallet at all don’t freak out lol. Its there. You just have to go to “add custom token” in your wallet and paste the SHIB contact address found on etherscan.io, like this -
then add token. Poof! Your token will appear in your wallet. Happy SHIB DAY!
If you have trouble ask below, Im sure a ton of people here can jump in and help bring clarity.
