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Why does Metamask say insufficient funds? How to fix that error?

By Christopher Smith
Sep 14, 2022
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When you have enough gas fees to mint but you are confused about Metamask say insufficient funds. If you have strong questions and thinking about why does Metamask say insufficient funds? This article will resolve your thoughts and concerns.

Why does Metamask say insufficient funds?

The reason is that you don't have enough native tokens of the network to make the transaction. Every transaction has a cost, called a gas fee. On the Ethereum network, we have to have Ether (ETH), on BSC we have to have BNB (Binance Coin), on the Solana network we have to have SOL (Solana), and so on. Each network has its own token, which is used to pay for gas.

Sometimes, you may not have any amount of tokens, therefore, you must send that token to your address in order to make a transaction.

How to fix that error?

You can work around this by sending the account some necessary native tokens to be able to make transactions.

If you need to buy some tokens to get a sufficient amount, you can buy using the portal, buy from an exchange, or trade other tokens on a decentralized exchange (DEX). MetaMask supports native token on-ramps for multiple networks.

As you can imagine, the main solution is to send more funds to this address. If you are using the Ethereum network, use a platform like Binance and send more ETH to your wallet so that there is enough ETH for transactions. Same as any other network such as BSC, Avax, Solana, Fantom, etc.

The first is to do a Google search for the faucet and the network we are using to see if there is a faucet that can send us tokens. Faucets are platforms that send small amounts of the network's native tokens to help people who find themselves in this situation. For example, if you search for a Polygon faucet, and find a faucet that works, you will receive a small amount of Matic in your wallet for the transaction. This is a great option, but keep in mind that many faucets are out of stock or don't work at all.

Another way is to ask another user to send you a small amount of the network's native tokens. You can look up this issue in the Telegram group, or if you're in the community, ask other users to help you with this issue. Especially in networks with very low commissions such as BSC, Fantom, SOL, etc., you will see a lot of users helping you without a problem.

I hope you will know the reason why does Metamask say insufficient funds and you can check the fixing method to solve that error.

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