Getting started
Getting started
You need three things: a wallet, the Robinhood Chain network added to it, and some ETH for gas.
1. Connect a wallet
Use the Connect Wallet button in the top bar. Holyhood works with the usual browser and mobile wallets through WalletConnect.
Once connected, the button becomes your account pill — your username or shortened address, with a dropdown for View profile, Account settings and Disconnect.
2. Add Robinhood Chain
Holyhood runs on Robinhood Chain. If your wallet is on a different network, an Add network button appears in the top bar. Tapping it asks your wallet to add and switch to the right chain, pre-filled with the RPC and explorer.
If you try to trade while on the wrong network, the app will prompt you to switch first. If the automatic switch fails, switch manually — the exact details are on Network and addresses.
3. Get some ETH
Everything on Holyhood — trades and gas alike — is paid in ETH held on Robinhood Chain. ETH on Ethereum, on another L2, or on an exchange does not count until you move it across.
This has enough detail to deserve its own page: see Getting ETH onto Robinhood Chain. The short version is that you bridge it in, and that the card on-ramp is only half the journey.
Signing in
Connecting your wallet is enough to browse and to trade. Some features additionally need a sign-in: your wallet signs a short one-time message so the app knows the address is really yours. It costs no gas and moves no funds. A session lasts about a week, and disconnecting ends it.
| Needs nothing | Needs a connected wallet | Also needs sign-in |
|---|---|---|
| Browsing the market, token pages, charts, trades, holders, leaderboards, Learn articles | Buying and selling, launching a token, claiming creator rewards, adding a token or network to your wallet, the card on-ramp | Editing your profile, notifications, messages, referrals and points, going live, your delegation list, syncing your watchlist and follows across devices |
Posting a comment needs sign-in and holding the token you are commenting on.
Two things that surprise people
A passcode screen. Holyhood is not open to the public yet. While that is the case, every page redirects to a screen reading "Building something holy" asking for an access passcode. Entering a valid one unlocks the site for about a week. There is no way around it without a passcode.
Pages that vanish. Features can be switched on and off without a redeploy. When one is off, its link disappears from the menu and visiting the URL quietly sends you to the home page — no error, no explanation. If a page described in these docs is not there, that is why. Nothing of yours has been lost.
If something looks stuck
A freshly launched token takes a few seconds to be indexed before it appears on its page — the app retries automatically for about a minute. If you are asked to reconnect your wallet, your session simply expired; sign in again.