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How do I send tokens to my Webauth Wallet?
Using Metal Pay and the Proton Blockchain allows you to send tokens to your WebAuth wallet with zero gas fees. Once your tokens are in your wallet you can begin to use and enjoy other Metallicus products, such as lending, dex trading or buying NFTs! Tokens sent from...
What is Proton Blockchain?
Proton is a blockchain platform that aims to provide secure and fast transaction processing, as well as scalability and low fees. It utilizes a proof-of-stake consensus algorithm and can support various applications, including decentralized finance (DeFi) and gaming....
Webauth Wallet
The WebAuth Wallet is a non-custodial wallet built by Metallicus. It is unique in a few important ways. Firstly WebAuth wallet takes advantage of WebAuthn authentication standard that allows users to log in using biometric authentication such as a fingerprint or...
What is a non-custodial wallet?
Metal Pay is a custodial wallet. A custodial wallet is similar to a bank where another party takes custody of your assets and allows you to access them with id verification (username/password). With Metal Pay, any crypto you purchase is securely custodied by...
What is DeFi?
DeFi is short for the term “decentralized finance” and it refers to financial products that are not governed by one centralized organization like a bank. Data and transactions in the DeFi economy are held on multiple ledger databases (or blockchains) vs being held at...
Purchase Limit Increases, $MTL Tiers & Fee Updates
At Metal Pay our goal is to make cryptocurrency more accessible than ever, build great products, and of course, operate as a profitable business. A big part of how we do this is through listening to our community, taking their feedback, and working to integrate some...
Introducing Metal Blockchain
A New Generation of Blockchains Introducing Metal Blockchain ($METAL): A trust-less, scalable layer zero (L0) blockchain that solves the problem of centralized bridge hacks, cross chain compatibility, energy efficient scaling and interoperability....
Proton Wallet available for download on the iOS App Store
We’re thrilled to announce that the Proton Wallet is now available to download from the iOS App Store! This app allows you to participate directly in the Proton ecosystem by staking XPR, earning block rewards, voting for block producers, and so much more. Users can...
Announcing the release of the Proton Web SDK with documentation
To encourage the continued progress of the Proton blockchain, and support developers who are actively building with Proton, we have released our Web SDK along with documentation. Proton Web SDK The Proton Web SDK is built off of Greymass’s Anchor-link and the...
Marshall Hayner shares the vision for Proton
In this video, Marshall Hayner, CEO at Proton, lays out the vision for Proton, payments with @names on the blockchain, pending fiat payments, and a complete rethink of banking and credit cards.
Syed Jafri breaks down the importance of voting for block producers
In this video, Syed Jafri, VP of Blockchain at Proton, breaks down the importance of voting for block producers. It is a short segment from the Proton Wallet deep dive with Jacob Davis and Syed Jafri.
Jacob Davis & Syed Jafri explain the signing request functionality
In this video, Jacob Davis, CTO, and Syed Jafri, VP of Blockchain at Proton, explain the signing request (ESR) functionality on the Proton blockchain. It is a short segment from the Proton Wallet deep dive with Jacob Davis and Syed Jafri.
Jacob Davis & Syed Jafri clarify staking and unstaking on the Proton blockchain
In this video, Jacob Davis, CTO, and Syed Jafri, VP of Blockchain at Proton, clarify staking and unstaking on the Proton blockchain. It is a short segment from the Proton Wallet deep dive with Jacob Davis and Syed Jafri.
Syed Jafri explains why backing up your private key is crucial
In this video, Syed Jafri, VP of Blockchain at Proton, explains why backing up your private key is crucial. It is a short segment from the Proton Wallet deep dive with Jacob Davis and Syed Jafri.
Proton Wallet Alpha is now available for download on Android!
We’re excited to announce that Proton Wallet Alpha is now available for download on Android! Hyper-focused on Proton’s blockchain, this app is a powerful way to interact with Proton. Proton is a new blockchain capable of up to 4,000 transactions per second, with...
Metal (MTL) is now listed on Uniswap
We’re thrilled to announce that Metal (MTL) is now available on Uniswap! Uniswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that runs a protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing traders to trade ETH and ERC20 tokens directly from their Ethereum wallets. You can trade MTL...
Proton (XPR) is now listed on Uniswap
We’re thrilled to announce that Proton is now available on Uniswap! Uniswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that runs a protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing traders to trade ETH and ERC20 tokens directly from their Ethereum wallets. You can trade XPR on...
Metal acquires Bloks.io
Friday, Aug 21 2020, Los Angeles California. Following its recent acquisition of Lynx, and the launch of its Metal X cryptocurrency exchange, The Metal Neo Bank Payment Platform has acquired Bloks.io, the leading Block Explorer and Dev Team for EOSIO. With over 10,000...
TomoChain (TOMO) Profile
TomoChain is a cryptocurrency project centered on scalability and real-world uses. Utilizing a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, TomoChain offers a way for other active users to vote and make their voice heard while building out the...
Decred (DCR) Profile
Decred is an inherently decentralized cryptocurrency designed to be both similar to, and different from, Bitcoin while acting as a Store of Value (SoV). The goal of DCR has always been to advance the field of cryptocurrency forward with an...
Horizen (ZEN) Profile
Horizen is a platform that allows other projects to create their own public or private blockchain product with secure, tested, and dependable tools. Horizen recognizes that usability is key when it comes to crypto, which is why they designed their...
Binance USD (BUSD) Profile
BUSD is Binance’s regulated USD-backed stablecoin that allows users a way to move money quickly, safely, and securely. Of all the terms used to describe cryptocurrency prices, “stability” is not often mentioned. Stablecoins seek to address this by...
Tron (TRX) Profile
TRON is a decentralized platform built on blockchain technology designed to bridge the gap between consumers and content creators. TRON seeks to build a better way for content creators to share their work by building a global digital ecosystem...
Cosmos (ATOM) Profile
Cosmos (ATOM) is a cryptocurrency designed to solve the hardest blockchain problems that we face today. Created to improve virtually all aspects of blockchain-based economies, Cosmos has approached these problems from multiple angles. To better...
Iota (MIOTA) Profile
Launched in 2016, IOTA is an open-source distributed ledger and cryptocurrency designed for the Internet of things. It uses a directed acyclic graph to store transactions on its ledger. This network architecture allows for massive scalability to...
Ravencoin (RVN) Profile
Ravencoin is a fork of Bitcoin and launched in November of 2017. Ravencoin has been developed from the ground up to issue and transmit securities in an SEC-compliant manner. The founders changed critical parameters in the Bitcoin codebase to suit...
Komodo (KMD) Profile
Komodo is an open-source cryptocurrency that launched in 2016 and was forked from Zcash. The Komodo Platform allows anyone to launch a fully customized blockchain using the proprietary Antara Composer. This UI allows fully customized Smart Chains,...
DigiByte (DGB) Profile
Founded in 2013, DigiByte is an open-source blockchain and fork of Bitcoin. The Digibyte network is based on three layers: smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps) and customizable tokens. DigiByte was created to be a fully decentralized...
Qtum (QTUM) Profile
Founded in 2016, Qtum is an open source, UTXO-based smart contract platform with a Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism that features a Decentralized Governance Protocol (DGP). The DGP protocol allows blockchain settings to be modified by making use of...
Nano (NANO) Profile
Originally founded in 2014 and known as Railblocks, Nano is a decentralized, open-source, peer-to-peer digital currency, based on directed acyclic graph (DAG) technology. Nano uses a next-generation type of DAG architecture called “Block Lattice.”...
Steem (STEEM) Profile
Steem is a blockchain protocol designed from the ground up to power Social Media 2.0 applications that enable users to retain ownership over their information while providing important social applications like blogging, social media, and content...
VeChain (VET) Profile
Founded in 2015, VeChain is an enterprise-level public blockchain that was created with the mission of solving one of the biggest problems in worldwide product distribution: how to determine the quality and authenticity of products and to identify...
Proton (XPR) Profile
Launched in 2020, Proton is a new public blockchain and smart contract platform designed for both consumer applications and peer-peer payments. Proton is built around two key components: a secure identity and financial settlements layer that allows...
Waves (WAVES) Profile
Launched in 2016, the Waves project has developed into an ecosystem that consists of a platform for the creation of custom tokens, a smart contract layer and a decentralized exchange, Waves DEX. Waves is built on the Leased Proof-of-Stake (LPoS)...
Dogecoin (DOGE) Profile
Dogecoin is a peer-to-peer, open-source cryptocurrency that launched in 2013. Dogecoin is built on the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism, utilizes Litecoin’s scrypt technology and its code is based on Luckycoin, which itself is a fork of...
Dash (Dash) Profile
Originally founded in 2014 and known as Darkcoin, Dash was designed to ensure user privacy and anonymity. The whitepaper described Darkcoin as “the first privacy-centric cryptographic currency” based on Satochi Nakamoto’s work. To make private...
EOS (EOS) Profile
EOS is a blockchain-based, decentralized system that enables the development, hosting, and execution of commercial-scale decentralized applications (dApps) on its platform. Founded in 2017, EOS is built on the delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS)...
0x (ZRX) Profile
Founded in 2017, 0x is an open protocol that powers the peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain in a decentralized way. A protocol is a set of rules used by two or more parties to make it easy to communicate with each other. In...
ZCash (ZEC) Profile
Zcash is an open-source, privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that launched in 2016. Zcash uses Bitcoin's open ledger system and innovated by encrypting information about the users using the Zcash blockchain. All transactions on the Zcash blockchain are...
Monero (XMR) Profile
Monero is an open-source, privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that launched in 2014. Monero uses cryptography to shield transactions details on their blockchain, the sending and receiving addresses as well as the transaction amounts are obfuscated....
Proton (XPR) is now listed on OKEx
We’re thrilled to announce that Proton is now available on OKEx. OKEx is a world-leading digital asset exchange, providing advanced financial services to traders globally by using blockchain technology. The following XPR pairs are available on OKEx: XPR/BTC XPR/USDT...
HitBTC lists mainnet Proton
We’re thrilled to announce that HitBTC added support for mainnet Proton (XPRM)! HitBTC is one of the oldest and fastest-growing crypto exchanges! Please note that the Ethereum (ERC20) version of Proton (XPR) remains available to trade on HitBTC as well. Mainnet...
How do I send a payment reminder in Metal Pay?
In this guide, we'll show you how to send a payment reminder in Metal Pay! Step 1: Tap on 'Payments' on the Metal Pay homepage to access the payment history page. Step 2: Tap on the requested payment on the 'Waiting to pay you' list. The requested payment information...
How do I pay someone using their phone number in Metal Pay?
In this guide, we'll show you how to pay someone using their phone number in Metal Pay! Important: Metal Pay is not available in all states. Check with your friend first if he/she would be able to use Metal Pay before sending a payment. Step 1: Tap on the 'Send'...
How do I add a contact to Metal Pay?
In this guide, we'll show you how to add a contact to Metal Pay! Step 1: Go to your contacts app to add a new contact to Metal Pay. Step 2: Tap on your the '+' symbol to add a new contact. Step 3: Add your friends' info to your phone's contacts. Step 4: Your friend...
How do I change my password in Metal Pay?
In this guide, we'll show you how to change your password in Metal Pay! Step 1: Tap on your profile picture to access the settings page. Step 2: Tap on the 'Change Password' button to change your password. Step 3: Enter your current password and tap on the 'Next'...
How do I reset my password in Metal Pay?
In this guide, we'll show you how to reset your password in Metal Pay! Step 1: Log in to Metal Pay. Step 2: Tap on the 'Forgot Password' link. Step 3: Enter your email or phone number. Step 4: Enter your new password. Step 5: Confirm your new password and tap on...