The SOVRYN Ethereum Bridge on our Testnet is a fork (derivative) of the RSK ETH Bridge. It allows easy and permissionless transfers of your assets from one sidechain to another like BTC to the RSK Network (rBTC) to any SOVRYN Individual.
PLEASE NOTE! This is a test version of our future Ethereum bridge. We would ask you to test it as extensive as you can. Tell us about your experience there on the discord channel #user-feedback.
You need to set up the RSK Testnet and the Ropsten Testnet in your Web3 wallet. We have a guide for the RSK Network for Metamask here.
From the Sovryn RSK faucet you can get:
From the Sovryn Ropsten faucet you can get:
From the Ropsten Faucet you can get:
From the BSC Faucet you can get:
Use of the faucets is very straightforward and self explanatory. Just be sure to match the testnet network from your wallet to the faucet network before proceeding. Use the following as a guide:
The SOVRYN ETH Bridge fork has implemented changes to improve its usability and convenience. Those are:
To use the SOVRYN Ethereum bridge, you need a configured Web3 wallet set up in your browser. If you have not yet set up such a wallet, follow this guide.
In this case we chose the RSK Network, selected SOV as the asset, and are wanting to send 50 SOV through the bridge to the destination chain. Be sure the amount you choose meets or exceeds the minimum transfer amount displayed between the starting and destination chain dialog boxes, as shown in “Image A” below.
On the destination side, you can confirm the amount of assets to be transferred. The gas fee is shown below the asset.
You can choose to send to a different receiving address other than the wallet address you are initiating the transfer from: Click “Receive at external address” and enter the desired receiving address.