Energy Web Documentation
  • Energy Web Ecosystem
  • Launchpad by Energy Web
  • EWC Validator Documentation
  • Community Ressources
  • Legacy documentation
  • Welcome to Energy Web
  • Glossary
  • Solutions 2023
    • ↔️Data Exchange
      • Data Exchange Overview
      • Data Exchange Architecture
      • Use Cases and Refrence Implementations
        • Digital Spine for Electricity Markets
          • Digital Spine Integration Client Deployment Guide - from Azure marketplace
        • E-Mobility Management
    • 🔌Open Charging Network
      • Create and Manage an OCN Identity
      • Connect an OCPI/OCN Party to a Node
        • 1. Make your backend service OCN-ready
        • 2. Select an OCN Node and register in OCN Registry
        • 3. Manage your Whitelist and Blacklist
        • 4. Connect your service to an OCN Node
      • Run an OCN Node
      • Use the OCN Service Interface
        • Offer an OCN Service
        • Sign up for an OCN Service
      • Develop on the Test Network
      • Develop on the Production Network
      • Open Source Development
        • Maturity Model, Feature Roadmap and Releases
        • Developer Community Calls
      • E-Mobility Dashboard v0.1
  • EW-DOS Technology Components 2023
    • EW-DOS Overview
    • Worker Nodes
      • Worker Node Process Diagrams
      • Worker Node Architecture
      • Worker Node Guides
        • Deploy Worker Nodes
        • Customize Worker Logic
    • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
      • IAM Guides
        • Implement an SSI Hub instance
        • Verifiable Credential API
        • Sign-In with Ethereum
        • Using Switchboard
          • Switchboard Transaction Cost Estimates
      • IAM Patterns
        • Assets as Ownable Smart Contracts
        • Credential Lifecycle
        • Credential Metadata
        • SSI Credential Governance using ENS Domains
      • IAM Libraries
      • SSI Hub
      • Switchboard Application
    • Decentralized Data Hub (DDHub)
      • DDHub Message Broker
      • DDHub Client Gateway
      • DDHub Patterns
        • Channels and Topics
      • DDHub Guides
    • Green Proofs Contracts
    • Energy Web X
    • The Energy Web Chain
      • EWC Overview
      • System Architecture
        • Proof-of-Authority Consensus Mechanism
        • System Contracts
          • Name Registry
          • Holding Contract
          • Block Reward Contract
          • Validator-Set Contracts
        • Validator Node Architecture
      • Energy Web Block Explorer
      • Validator Node Installation Specifications
        • Volta Test Network: Validator Node Installation
      • Energy Web Chain Governance
      • EWC Guides and Tutorials
        • Getting started with Energy Web Chain
        • Developing on the Volta Test Network and Main Network (Energy Web Chain)
        • Run a Local RPC Node
          • Run RPC Node using Nethermind client
        • Deploy a Smart Contract on Volta with Remix
        • Interacting with Smart Contracts in EW-DOS
        • Set up MetaMask to interact with Energy Web Chain
        • Using the Ethereum Name Service
        • Using Oracles
      • Energy Web Token (EWT)
  • 🧠Foundational Concepts
    • Open-Source Software
    • Scaling Access to Grid Flexibility
    • Facilitating Clean Energy Purchases
    • Ethereum
      • Transactions and Transaction Costs
    • Self-Sovereign-Identity
      • Self-Sovereign Use Case Interaction
    • Cryptocurrency Wallets
      • Software cryptocurrency wallets
        • Metamask
        • Mycrypto wallet
      • Hardware cryptocurrency wallets
      • Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Wallets
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  • 1. Install MetaMask
  • 2. Get Tokens
  • 3. Using EW-DOS
  • Learn about Volta Testnet and Energy Web Mainnet
  • See an Overview of the EW-DOS Tech Stack
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  2. The Energy Web Chain
  3. EWC Guides and Tutorials

Getting started with Energy Web Chain

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Last updated 2 years ago

1. Install MetaMask

You will need to (or another Ethereum wallet) to connect to EW-DOS applications on the Volta test network or the main network, and to sign transactions on the blockchain.

Read more about using MetaMask .

2. Get Tokens

If you are using applications or smart contracts on the , you will need .

  • Learn how to get Volta Tokens .

  • Once you have Volta tokens, you will need to .

If you are using or developing applications or smart contracts deployed on the , you will need to have .

  • Learn how to get EWT .

  • Once you have EWT, you will need to .

3. Using EW-DOS

Learn about Volta Testnet and Energy Web Mainnet

See an Overview of the EW-DOS Tech Stack

install MetaMask
Volta tokens
here
Energy Web Tokens
Developing on the Volta Test Network and Main Network (Energy Web Chain)
Volta Test Network (testnet)
Energy Web Main Network (mainnet)
here
here
connect MetaMask to the Volta blockchain
connect MetaMask to the Energy Web Chain