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Claiming LSK tokens

Everyone who held tokens on the Lisk L1 chain is entitled to claim the exact same amount of LSK on Lisk L2. This guide explains step-by-step, how to complete the claiming process.

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Lisk token holders have a 2-year window starting May 21st, 2024 to claim and migrate their tokens to Lisk L2.

Requirements​

To claim your LSK tokens on Lisk L2, you need the following:

  1. An account on the Lisk L1 legacy chain, with some LSK tokens. The account must hold some LSK tokens at the snapshot height 24,823,618. The amount of LSK tokens you can claim on Lisk L2 is the same as the amount you held on Lisk L1 at the snapshot height.
  2. Latest version of the Lisk Migration Wallet installed (3.0.3)
  3. An account on Lisk L2 with a small amount of ETH, to pay for the gas fees. If you need to bridge ETH tokens from Ethereum to Lisk, please refer to one of the available bridges.
  4. If you have a Ledger hardware wallet, you need the latest version of the Lisk app installed (Lisk legacy 4.0.0).

Claiming process step-by-step​

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This guide is for regular accounts. If you have a multisignature account, please refer to the multisignature claiming guide.

  1. Open the Claim Tokens page on the Lisk Portal in the browser.

    If you haven't already, connect your wallet with the portal on the top right corner.
  2. On the Claim Tokens page, click the Connect Lisk account button. This will open a WalletConnect prompt.
  3. Copy the connection URI by clicking the button next to Connect your wallet.
  4. Open the Lisk Migration Wallet and sign in with the account you intend to migrate. Make sure you have the latest version of the Lisk Migration Wallet installed (3.0.3). You can verify the version by clicking on the Lisk>About button in the wallet menu.
  5. Go to the Applications page and click on the Wallet connections tab.
  6. Now, click the Connect Wallet button.
  7. Paste the connection URI you just copied in step 3 and press Connect. This will open a prompt showing all your available accounts.

  8. Select the account you wish to migrate the LSK tokens from and click the Connect button.
  9. Now go back to the Lisk Portal, you will see it shows the amount of LSK from your L1 account you selected in step 8, ready to be claimed.

  10. Click the Sign message button, which will take you back to Lisk Migration Wallet, where you need to sign the migration message on Lisk L1.

    Click the Continue button twice and confirm by entering your password, to sign the migration message on Lisk L1.

    When you see the transaction receipt in the window, close it to complete the process.
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You will need a small amount of ETH on Lisk L2 to pay the gas fees for the claiming transaction in the next step. To bridge ETH from Ethereum to Lisk, you can use one of the available bridges.

  1. Go back to the Lisk Portal. You will see that the Sign message button has changed to Submit Claim. Click the button to finalize the claiming process on Lisk L2.

This will open a wallet prompt, where you can verify the claim you intend to make. Click Confirm to complete the claiming of your LSK tokens.

That's it! 🎉 You have now successfully claimed your Lisk L1 LSK tokens on Lisk L2.

After you complete the claiming process, you can check the transaction receipt on the claiming page in the Lisk Portal, to verify that the claiming of the LSK tokens was executed successfully.

To see your newly migrated LSK token balance on Lisk L2, you can check your account balance on BlockScout by entering your account address and clicking on the Tokens tab.

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If you wish to see your LSK token balance in MetaMask directly, it is possible to import the LSK token to MetaMask.