How to Import Your MetaMask Wallet Into Emerald

Using your 12 word secret passphrase.

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By Donald McIntyre

September 17th, 2022

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Tutorial: Moving your addresses from MetaMask to Emerald Wallet.


You can watch this tutorial here:


1. Start by downloading Emerald Wallet.

Download it here and open it: https://emerald.cash/download

Emerald welcome screen.

2. Select "New setup".

When you open Emerald for the first time it will give you the choice of creating a new setup or importing an Emerald Vault.

To import an external wallet as MetaMask, we need to select "New setup".

Select new setup.

3. Create a global password.

For many steps and instances, for security reasons, Emerald requires your global password or key.

Enter a secure password and press "NEXT".

Create global password.

4. Select "Import existing seed".

In the next screen, there will be several options to create new wallets inside Emerald.

To import MetaMask, select "Import existing seed".

Select import existing seed.

5. Label the wallet you are importing.

Inside Emerald you may have many wallets that may be labeled and categorized. Label the wallet you are importing.

For this example we labeled it "MetaMask".

Then, press "NEXT".

Label your wallet.

6. See the field to enter the MetaMask 12 word secret passphrase.

In the next screen you will see a field where you can enter the 12 word secret passphrase from MetaMask.

Enter secret passphrase.

7. Get your 12 word secret passphrase from MetaMask.

Go and get your 12 word secret passphrase from MetaMask.

You may have it written on paper or you may get it from your MetaMask directly on your phone or your browser extension as shown below.

WARNING: DO NOT USE THE 12 WORD SECRET PASSPHRASE BELOW. IT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR INDIVIDUAL 12 WORD SECRET PASSPHRASE WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR EACH USER.

Get your MetaMask secret passphrase.

8. Enter the 12 word secret phrase in Emerald.

Enter the 12 words in the field provided by Emerald in the same order and exact spelling as given by your MetaMask wallet.

Enter the secret passphrase.

9. Enter the global password you created.

In the next screen, Emerald will ask for the global password or key that you created at the beginning.

Then, press "SAVE".

Enter your global key.

10. Select the blockchains you wish to use.

In the next step, Emerald will ask you to select the blockchains you wish to use in this imported wallet.

As MetaMask is used primarily for Ethereum, we selected that blockchain for this example, but you may select Ethereum Classic and Bitcoin as well.

Select blockchains.

11. Note the same Ethereum address as in MetaMask.

In the next screen, Emerald will generate the addresses of the selected blockchains.

Note that the same Ethereum address as in MetaMask will be generated for your imported wallet. This is important to continue controlling the assets you are importing from MetaMask.

Press "NEXT".

Note it's the same address.

12. Wallet created!

In the next screen, Emerald will generate your new imported wallet!

Press "OPEN WALLET".

Wallet created.

13. Your MetaMask wallet is now imported into Emerald!

And, voila! Your new imported wallet is ready to use.

Note the name of the wallet at the top, the selected Ethereum blockchain is activated, and your MetaMask address is now imported into Emerald!

See your wallet.

Thank you for following this tutorial!

Please download and start using Emerald here:

https://emerald.cash/download