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Capture date1 November 2020
Restored in this edition16 October 2026
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xDAI is a POSDAO consensus sidechain of Ethereum with native currency of xDAI instead of GAS (ETH) to use for onchain transaction.

Website:

https://www.xdaichain.com/

Blockexplore:

https://blockscout.com/poa/xdai/

TokenBridge (DAI to xDAI):

https://docs.tokenbridge.net/xdai-bridge/about

How to use:

1: Setup wallet

Here are screenshots and links of wallets.

Metamask setup with RPC

Please follow the instruction below

https://www.xdaichain.com/for-users/wallets/metamask/metamask-setup

or

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Use Nifty wallet which is native xDAI wallet.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nifty-wallet/jbdaocneiiinmjbjlgalhcelgbejmnid/related?hl=en

2: Get xDAI

Use xDAI xbridge to convert DAI to xDAI.

​https://bridge.xdaichain.com/

I connected both metamask and Nifty wallet and the website automatically chose Nifty wallet to connect as of 31/Oct/2020.

3: Stake "Stake"

It is recommenced too use easy-staking by xDAI website.

https://easy-staking.xdaichain.com/

Scheduled withdrawal take 12 hours to withdraw with 0% fee.

There is also stake Beta version function on Blockscout which needs "STAKE" token on xDAI chain. Easy-staking is using "STAKE" on mainnet.

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