Connect to the network
Every L2 Protocol site (dashboard, validators, governance, burn) connects through your wallet. Nothing is custodial: the sites read the chain and ask your wallet to sign, and that is all.
Add the chain
Most wallets will offer to add the network when you press connect on any of our sites. If you would rather add it by hand, use these values.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Network name | L2 Protocol |
| RPC endpoint | https://rpc.l2protocol.com |
| Chain id | 12216 |
| Currency symbol | L2P |
| Decimals | 18 |
| Block explorer | https://l2pscan.com |
The full, current list of chains is published as JSON, so tooling never has to hardcode it:
curl https://chains.l2protocol.com/chains.json
Check the connection
Ask the node for its chain id. If it answers with 0x2fb8 (12216), you are talking to the right chain.
curl -s https://rpc.l2protocol.com -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_chainId","params":[]}'
Get some L2P
You need L2P to pay gas. You can bridge it in from the origin chain, receive it from someone else, or earn it as a validator or delegator. Every transaction you send burns a share of its fee, which is explained in Fee burn.
Connecting without a wallet
Reading never requires a wallet. The documentation, the burn dashboard and the governance proposals are all readable while disconnected, because those sites read the chain over RPC directly. A wallet is only needed to sign: to stake, to vote, or to submit a proposal.