Get your Ethereum assets onto Arbitrum to start using web3 with lower fees
MEW Mobile is a free, non-custodial, and open-source web3 mobile wallet built by the MyEtherWallet team. With MEW Mobile, users and developers can generate accounts, manage tokens and NFTs, and interact with DApps on Arbitrum. Follow the instructions in this guide in order to bridge to Arbitrum!
Layer 2s and scalability networks like Arbitrum are compatible with Ethereum, but you can't just send assets from Ethereum to Arbitrum in a regular transaction. The way to transfer assets between Ethereum and Layer 2s is through applications called bridges.
Like ETH on Ethereum, Arbitrum also has ETH as its native currency that you need to pay for network fees. However, the gas fees are much lower and transactions are faster than on the Ethereum mainnet. You will need to spend some crypto in Ethereum fees initially to bridge your assets to Arbitrum, but once you do that, you will be able to enjoy very low-fee transactions going forward.
Prefer to buy tokens and ETH straight to Arbitrum? Just select the Arbitrum network from the dropdown in the app, click 'Buy crypto', and follow the prompts to purchase through our integrated providers. See this help center guide for more information.
To start trading tokens on Arbitrum instead of Ethereum, bridge your assets to the Arbitrum network.
First make sure you are on the Ethereum network then select ‘Bridge assets’.
You may get a pop up informing you how to connect to websites. Your wallet should automatically connect usually. Click ‘Got it’ to continue the bridge process.
You can select which network you want to bridge from by selecting the ‘From’ dropdown.
Select the network you want to bridge from in the network selection menu. We will leave it on Ethereum for this example.
You can select the network you want to bridge to by selecting the ‘To’ dropdown.
You can choose the network you want to bridge to on the network selection menu. For this example, we will leave it on Arbitrum since it was already selected.
You can select the ‘ETH’ dropdown menu to choose which token you want to bridge. We will select ‘ETH’ for this example.
Enter the amount you want to bridge then click ‘Send’.
Review the transaction then click ‘Confirm and send’.
Confirm the transaction on the MEW pop up by selecting ‘Confirm’.
Your transaction should be processing now.
It will display ‘Completed’ once your transaction is completed.
Go back to the dashboard of the app then change the network to Arbitrum.
You should see that your ETH is now in your wallet on the Arbitrum network.
Now that your assets are on Arbitrum, follow this guide for help swapping on Arbitrum!
Thank you for checking out our guide on bridging tokens from Ethereum to Arbitrum with MEW Mobile! We would love to hear from you on our social media about any guide suggestions you have for the future. Don’t forget to download MEW Mobile and share the app with your friends! If you prefer a browser experience, check out Enkrypt, our multichain browser wallet!
