Start here: your first steps on PulseChain

What do I need before I start?

• A self-custody wallet — an app or device where only you hold the keys.
• Its seed phrase, written down offline. The 12 or 24 words are the wallet. Never type them into a website and never share them.
• A way in: some crypto on Ethereum, or money for an on-ramp.
• Bookmarks of the official links, so you never reach a site through a search ad or a chat link.

Which wallet should I use?

pulsechain.com names Internet Money, MetaMask and Brave Wallet. Other EVM wallets, such as Rabby or Frame, work once you add PulseChain as a custom network. All of them are listed under wallets.

Once your holdings are significant — hex.com/security mentions roughly $10,000 — move them to a hardware wallet, which keeps the keys off your computer.

How do I add PulseChain to my wallet?

pulsechain.com has a one-click “add network” button. To add it by hand, use these values:

The RPC and chain ID were tested on 2026-10-17. pulsechain.com also lists two community RPCs as alternatives: https://rpc-pulsechain.g4mm4.io and https://pulsechain-rpc.publicnode.com. Copy these values only from the official site or this page — never from a direct message.

How do I get my first PLS?

Every PulseChain transaction pays its gas in PLS, so the easiest first step is a route that delivers PLS itself. pulsechain.com lists three kinds:

1. Fiat on-ramps — ProveX, Coast and Rampnow.
2. Cross-chain swaps — Liberty Swap, Gibs Finance, deBridge and LlamaSwap. pulsechain.com’s guide also shows Allbridge for moving USDT from TRON to Ethereum first.
3. Bridge and swap — buy ETH on a mainstream exchange (pulsechain.com names Kraken and Coinbase), send it to your own wallet, move it over the official bridge and swap it on PulseX. A bridged token arrives as an “e” token, and the swap on PulseX already costs gas in PLS — so get a small amount of PLS through route 1 or 2 first, then bridge the larger amount.

All of these except the official bridge and PulseX are third parties. They are listed in the services directory for information, not as a recommendation.

How does the bridge work, and what does it cost?

The official bridge locks your tokens on Ethereum and mints the same amount of a bridged token on PulseChain — eDAI, eUSDC, eWETH and so on. Going back burns them and releases the originals. Each transfer needs signatures from 5 of the bridge’s 8 validators.

On 2026-10-17 the fee was 0.30 % from PulseChain to Ethereum and 0 % from Ethereum to PulseChain, plus gas on each chain. The bridge contracts are upgradeable, and on that date every admin role was held by a single-key address: the owner (who can also point the bridge at a different contract), the upgrade owner and the owners of the validator contracts. That is the main risk of holding bridged tokens. Full details: the bridge.

What does a bridge transfer look like in practice?

1. Ethereum to PulseChain: on bridge.pulsechain.com, connect your wallet on Ethereum, approve the token if the wallet asks, and send. You pay Ethereum gas in ETH.
2. The bridge waits for 65 block confirmations; then the validators sign and the bridged token appears in your wallet on PulseChain.
3. Back to Ethereum: you start the transfer on PulseChain, paying PLS gas and the 0.30 % fee. Once enough validators have signed, you claim the originals on Ethereum in a second transaction, which costs ETH gas.

Why do my old Ethereum tokens show up on PulseChain?

PulseChain copied the whole Ethereum state when it launched in May 2023. If you held tokens on Ethereum at that moment, copies sit at the same addresses on PulseChain — HEX, pDAI, pUSDC and so on. They are separate assets with their own prices: a pDAI is not a dollar and cannot be redeemed for DAI. Read system copies before you trade them.

How do I stay safe from day one?

• Open official sites only from your bookmarks.
• Never share your seed phrase — no real service will ever ask for it.
• Nobody official sends direct messages; there is no support desk.
• Check a token by its address, not its name or logo — use the token pages.
• Approve only the amount you are about to use, and revoke old approvals with a tool such as revoke.cash.
• Don’t rush. Urgency is the scammer’s main tool.

The full list of tricks and defences is on the Security page.

Where do I go next?

• How PulseChain works — the chain in plain words.
• HEX staking — how stakes, T-shares and penalties work.
• PulseX — the main exchange and its fees.
• Trusted tokens — what each contract can do and who controls it.
• Glossary and FAQ — terms and quick answers.