👛Connect Your Wallet

Follow these steps to connect your wallet to ALEX Lab.

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Step 1: Open the Wallet Manager

ALEX Homepage, displaying the Swap panel

First, click on the Wallet Manager located in the top right corner of the ALEX Lab homepage. This is where you’ll manage all your wallet connections.

Homepage with Wallet Manager button

Step 2: Choose the Blockchain and Wallet

By default, the ALEX Lab homepage opens the Stacks Swap, so the Wallet Manager will display wallets for the Stacks Chain. For the Bitcoin Chain, click on the slider in the top left corner to open the Bitcoin Swap.

Homepage with highlighted slider

Slider for selecting Bitcoin or Stacks swap

In the Wallet Manager, select the blockchain you are using (e.g., Stacks Chain, Bitcoin Chain or EVM Chain), then choose the wallet that you want to connect. Supported wallets include Leather, Xverse, OKX and others.

Stacks Wallet Manager

Bitcoin Wallet Manager

For this example we will choose Stacks Chain and Leather wallet, but the steps are roughly equal for all supported wallets.

Step 3: Enter Your Password

After selecting your wallet, you will be prompted to enter your wallet’s password.

Leather wallet prompt to enter password

Step 4: Select Your Account

Once the password is entered, choose the specific account you want to connect. This account will be used for executing transactions on the bridge.

Connect wallet to ALEX Lab App

Select account

Step 5: Confirm Your Connection

Once the wallet is successfully connected, you will notice the icon in the top right corner of the screen, confirming that your wallet has been successfully linked.

Check wallet connection

Keep in mind that, for bridging, you will need to connect wallets for both the source and destination blockchains (e.g., Stacks, Bitcoin, and EVM). Once connected, you will see the respective blockchain icons in the top right corner of the app.