Quickstart
Set up a wallet, get some ETH on Robinhood Chain and buy your first CAST token.
Before you start
You need two things:
- A browser wallet such as MetaMask or Rabby.
- A little ETH on Robinhood Chain for gas. To buy a token paired with USDG or a stock token, you also need some of that asset.
Add the network
Press Connect at the top of any page. If your wallet is on another network, CAST shows a Switch to Robinhood Chain button that adds and selects it for you. To add it by hand, use these settings:
- Network name
- Robinhood Chain
- RPC URL
- https://rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com
- Chain ID
- 4663
- Currency symbol
- ETH
- Block explorer
- https://robinhoodchain.blockscout.com
Signing in
Right after you connect a wallet, CAST asks it to sign a short message that starts with Sign in to CAST. Signing is free. It sends no transaction and costs no gas. It proves the wallet is yours, so CAST can keep a few things for it off-chain:
- Making and saving rule templates in the Rulebook.
- Changing your token's image and links without a new signature for each change.
You don't need to sign in to trade, launch or collect rewards. If you decline, nothing breaks: the Rulebook shows a sign-in button when you need it, and image and link changes ask for their own signature instead.
CAST only asks after a fresh connect. It doesn't ask when your wallet reconnects as a page loads, or when that wallet is already signed in. A sign-in lasts 30 days, kept in a cookie in this browser. To sign out, disconnect your wallet, either with Disconnect in the wallet menu at the top of the page or from your wallet app.
Get funds
Every transaction pays a small gas fee in ETH, so start with ETH whatever you plan to buy. Bring ETH to Robinhood Chain with one of the routes in Robinhood's bridging guide.
Each token trades against one paired asset, and you buy it with that asset. A token paired with ETH needs nothing more. USDG and Robinhood's stock tokens can be bridged or bought on Robinhood Chain. Stock tokens aren't offered to US persons. To see one in your wallet, add it as a custom token with its address from Pairs.
Buy a token
Pick a token
Open Explore. Each card shows the token's fairness grade, its stage and what a buy costs right now.Read the rules
On the token page, the Fee Clock shows what a buy and a sell cost at this moment and when that changes next. Below it, every sealed rule is listed with its full schedule.Enter an amount
Type how much to spend, in the token's paired asset. The trade panel shows the fee, about how many tokens you'll get and the least you could receive after slippage.Confirm in your wallet
Confirm the transaction. Robinhood Chain confirms in about a second, and the trade shows up in the token's recent trades.
If the token is paired with USDG or a test stock, your wallet first asks you to sign a permit. It's a free signature that lets the CAST Router take exactly that amount, so you don't need a separate approval.
After you buy
- Your Hold Streak starts counting. On some tokens a longer streak lowers your sell fee.
- You start earning a share of every fee, paid in the token's paired asset. See and collect it on your profile. More in Holder rewards.
- Selling any amount restarts your Hold Streak. Buying and selling covers the rest.