BRIDGE
Connect your subtensor wallet and bridge your TAO tokens
Here are the steps to bridge from Finney(Mainnet) Tao to EVM Tao
1. Set up the two wallets
- SS58 wallet (Subtensor): Polkadot JS, Talisman, or BTCLI with some TAO on the Finney mainnet.
- H160 wallet (EVM): MetaMask. Add the "Subtensor" network.
2. Open the official bridge
Go to https://bridge.bittensor.com/ and pick Mainnet (Finney) for real TAO.
3. Connect both wallets
- Click CONNECT H160 WALLET and approve the MetaMask pop-up.
- Click CONNECT SS58 WALLET and choose your Subtensor account.
- You should now see free balances for both sides.
4. Create the transfer
- Choose the direction SUBTENSOR → EVM (sending from your SS58 wallet to MetaMask).
- Enter the TAO amount or press MAX. The form shows:
- Net amount the recipient will get
- Estimated bridge fee (usually well under 0.02 TAO)
- Existential deposit reminder (leave about 0.005 TAO in the SS58 wallet)
- Click DEPOSIT and sign the transaction in your SS58 wallet.