How to Suggest a Chain (with link to Keplr documentation)

Learn about Keplr's 'suggest chain' feature to permissionlessly request new integrations.
Written by Keplr Agent
Updated 1 year ago
⚠️ Warning: This is an experimental feature.

Before Getting Started

The 'suggest chain' feature below defines how front-ends should make new chain requests. Keep in mind, for this request to pass:

  • Chain must be Cosmos-SDK based
  • Chain must not be already natively integrated

Ensure your chain is compatible before moving forward. 

Using the Suggest Chain feature

Keplr's 'suggest chain' feature allows front-ends to request adding new Cosmos-SDK based blockchains that aren't natively integrated to Keplr extension.
If the same chain is already added to Keplr, nothing will happen. If the user rejects the request, an error will be thrown.

This allows all Cosmos-SDK blockchains to have permissionless, instant wallet and transaction signing support for front-ends.

interface ChainInfo {
    readonly rpc: string;
    readonly rest: string;
    readonly chainId: string;
    readonly chainName: string;
    /**
    * This indicates the type of coin that can be used for stake.
    * You can get actual currency information from Currencies.
    */
    readonly stakeCurrency: Currency;
    readonly walletUrlForStaking?: string;
    readonly bip44: {
        coinType: number;
    };
    readonly alternativeBIP44s?: BIP44[];
    readonly bech32Config: Bech32Config;
    
    readonly currencies: AppCurrency[];
    /**
    * This indicates which coin or token can be used for fee to send transaction.
    * You can get actual currency information from Currencies.
    */
    readonly feeCurrencies: Currency[];
    
    /**
    * This is used to set the fee of the transaction.
    * If this field is empty, it just use the default gas price step (low: 0.01, average: 0.025, high: 0.04).
    * And, set field's type as primitive number because it is hard to restore the prototype after deserialzing if field's type is `Dec`.
    */
    readonly gasPriceStep?: {
        low: number;
        average: number;
        high: number;
    };
    
    /**
    * Indicate the features supported by this chain. Ex) cosmwasm, secretwasm ...
    */
    readonly features?: string[];
}
experimentalSuggestChain(chainInfo: SuggestingChainInfo): Promise<void>

Usage examples and recommendations:

Key Example Value Note
rpc http://123.456.789.012:26657 Address of RPC endpoint of the chain. Default port is 26657
rest http://123.456.789.012:1317 Address of REST/API endpoint of the chain. Default port is 1317. Must be enabled in app.toml
chainId mychain-1 Keplr has a feature which automatically detects when the chain-id has changed, and automatically update to support new chain. However, it should be noted that this functionality will only work when the chain-id follows the {identifier}-{version}(ex.cosmoshub-4) format. Therefore, it is recommended that the chain follows the chain-id format.
stakeCurrency { coinDenom: "ATOM", coinMinimalDenom: "uatom", coinDecimals: 6, coinGeckoId: "cosmos", } Information on the staking token of the chain
walletUrlForStaking https://wallet.keplr.app/#/cosmoshub/stake The URL for the staking interface frontend for the chain. If you don't have a staking interface built, you can use Lunie Light (opens new window)which supports Keplr.
bip44.coinType 118 BIP44 coin type for address derivation. We recommend using 118(Cosmos Hub) as this would provide good Ledger hardware wallet compatibility by utilizing the Cosmos Ledger app.
bech32Config { bech32PrefixAccAddr: "cosmos", bech32PrefixAccPub: "cosmos" + "pub", bech32PrefixValAddr: "cosmos" + "valoper", bech32PrefixValPub: "cosmos" + "valoperpub", bech32PrefixConsAddr: "cosmos" + "valcons", bech32PrefixConsPub: "cosmos" + "valconspub"} Bech32 config using the address prefix of the chain
currencies [ { coinDenom: "ATOM", coinMinimalDenom: "uatom", coinDecimals: 6, coinGeckoId: "cosmos", }, ] (TBD)
feeCurrencies [ { coinDenom: "ATOM", coinMinimalDenom: "uatom", coinDecimals: 6, coinGeckoId: "cosmos", }, ] List of fee tokens accepted by the chain's validator.
gasPriceStep { low: 0.01, average: 0.025, high: 0.03, } Three gasPrice values (low, average, high) to estimate transaction fee.
features [stargate] secretwasm - Secret Network WASM smart contract transaction support stargate - For Cosmos SDK blockchains using cosmos-sdk v0.4+. (However, even if the stargate isn't set, Keplr will query "/cosmos/base/tendermint/v1beta1/node_info" to check if it succeeds. If successful, Keplr will assume that a gRPC HTTP gateway available and automatically set it as Stargate) ibc-transfer - For IBC transfers (ICS 20) enabled chains. For Stargate (cosmos-sdk v0.40+) chains, Keplr will check the on-chain params and automatically enable IBC transfers if it’s available) cosmwasm - For CosmWasm smart contract support (currently broken, in the process of being fixed)

Copy and paste example:

await window.keplr.experimentalSuggestChain({
    chainId: "mychain-1",
    chainName: "my new chain",
    rpc: "http://123.456.789.012:26657",
    rest: "http://123.456.789.012:1317",
    bip44: {
        coinType: 118,
    },
    bech32Config: {
        bech32PrefixAccAddr: "cosmos",
        bech32PrefixAccPub: "cosmos" + "pub",
        bech32PrefixValAddr: "cosmos" + "valoper",
        bech32PrefixValPub: "cosmos" + "valoperpub",
        bech32PrefixConsAddr: "cosmos" + "valcons",
        bech32PrefixConsPub: "cosmos" + "valconspub",
    },
    currencies: [ 
        { 
            coinDenom: "ATOM", 
            coinMinimalDenom: "uatom", 
            coinDecimals: 6, 
            coinGeckoId: "cosmos", 
        }, 
    ],
    feeCurrencies: [
        {
            coinDenom: "ATOM",
            coinMinimalDenom: "uatom",
            coinDecimals: 6,
            coinGeckoId: "cosmos",
        },
    ],
    stakeCurrency: {
        coinDenom: "ATOM",
        coinMinimalDenom: "uatom",
        coinDecimals: 6,
        coinGeckoId: "cosmos",
    },
    coinType: 118,
    gasPriceStep: {
        low: 0.01,
        average: 0.025,
        high: 0.03,
    },
});

Keplr supports the basic the x/bank module's send feature and balance query.

Also, it is able to show the staking reward percentage from the supply and mint module. (For Stargate chains, Keplr will find the supply through the bank module).

For more information

The full Keplr documentation can be found here: https://docs.keplr.app/

For other inquiries regarding integration, get in touch with Bora via mail: bora@chainapsis.com.


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