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  • Welcome
  • Basics
    • A Short Explainer
    • What is special about Hop?
    • How to bridge with Hop
    • How long does a transfer take?
    • Fees
    • Providing Liquidity & Rewards
    • Transfer failures
    • Manual Withdrawals
    • USDC.e Manual Withdrawals
    • FAQ
      • How to manually withdraw your tokens on the destination chain?
      • How to use Hop with a Gnosis Safe?
      • My funds are stuck on a Layer-2 network because I can't pay the gas needed for transactions
      • Can I access Hop Protocol through other interfaces than Hop.Exchange?
      • Why can I not access Hop.exchange?
      • Hop labels my transaction as completed but I can't "see" my tokens in Metamask
      • Do I need to pay transaction costs on the destination chain before I receive my tokens?
      • What are the fees for transfering tokens with Hop?
      • What is Hop Protocol?
      • How safe is Hop?
      • How long does a Hop transfer take?
      • I sent a token but it's not arriving at the destination
      • How do $OP on-boarding rewards work?
      • What do I need in order to provide liquidity on Hop?
      • Do I need to add Hop tokens and native tokens in equal weights?
      • How does a Hop token hold its peg with its native counterpart (e.g 1hUSDC = USDC)?
      • How do I get Hop tokens (hTokens)?
      • Can I buy hTokens on L2?
      • Why does my LP token balance show less than I deposited?
      • How does a rogue chain affect my LP position on another chain?
      • Who can become a Bonder?
      • What is a "Transfer bond"?
      • What is a "Transfer root"?
      • What does “The Bonder” do?
      • What happens if The Bonder bonds fraudulent transactions?
  • Governance
    • Into to Hop DAO
    • How to Vote
    • Becoming a Delegate
    • Liquidity mining
    • Token Distribution
    • Protocol Fees & Public Good Funding
    • Roadmap
    • Important Links
  • Stats
    • Links to Stats Dashboards
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  • Step 1: Choose parameters
  • Step 2: Approve Token
  • Step 3: Send Token
  1. Basics

How to bridge with Hop

Last updated 2 years ago

In this section, we'll explain how to bridge tokens from one network to another through Hop.

Step 1: Choose parameters

Choose the chain you want to send tokens from, the asset you want to transfer, the amount which you want to transfer and the destination chain.

Here is what it looks like:

  1. Send: choose the "send" tab in the header menu (it's the app.hop.exchange home page)

  2. Asset: pick a token in the asset dropdown

  3. From & To: choose the source chain and destination

  4. Size: enter the amount of tokens you want to send

Step 2: Approve Token

Next, if it's the first time you're sending this particular asset through Hop, you will need to grant a one-time approval. This grants Hop's smart contracts the authorization to move the tokens on your behalf.

Step 3: Send Token

And finally, once the approval tx is confirmed, you can hit the "send" button which will initiate the transfer. A modal will show the status of your transaction while it's in-flight. Once you see ticks on both Source and Destination chain your tokens will have arrived. The modal is only meant as a help you can safely close it at any time. Your transfer will proceed regardless.