What Is Robinhood Chain? How to Add the Network to MetaMask Safely

Robinhood Chain went to mainnet in mid-2026, and the questions that followed are almost always the same two: what is this network, and how do I add it to my wallet without getting caught by a fake one? This guide answers both — and shows you how to re-derive the answer yourself next time, because network settings change and copied settings go stale.

What Robinhood Chain is

Robinhood's own documentation calls it "a permissionless, Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 blockchain built to support a new era of onchain financial infrastructure." In practice:

• A Layer-2 that settles to Ethereum. It is built on Arbitrum Dedicated Blockchains and runs Arbitrum Nitro, with periodic ArbOS upgrades.
• ETH is the gas token. There is no separate gas coin — you pay fees in ETH, as on Ethereum itself.
• Permissionless and EVM-compatible. Per the docs, "anyone can interact with the network, build applications, and deploy smart contracts," and standard Ethereum developer tooling works unchanged.
• Any JSON-RPC wallet connects. The docs state that "any wallet or dapp that supports standard JSON-RPC can connect directly." You are not required to use a Robinhood app.

What runs on it is mostly tokenized real-world assets — equities, ETFs and private assets. The model is not new; our explainer on how tokenized gold such as XAUT and PAXG is backed, custodied and charged for covers the questions worth asking of any tokenized asset. Robinhood's Stock Tokens are the headline example: ERC-20 tokens issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited giving economic exposure to US shares and ETFs. Per the issuer's own documentation they "do not grant investors any legal or beneficial rights in, or against the issuer of, those underlying securities" — tokenised debt securities, not shares — and the issuer restricts who may hold them, naming the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Switzerland among restricted jurisdictions, with a prospectus holding the full list. Eligibility is set by the issuer, not the network; read their official documents for your own jurisdiction.

That distinction is where most write-ups go wrong. The chain states no geographic restriction. The assets issued on it do. Adding a network to a wallet is not the same act as acquiring anything on it.

The official network parameters

These are the values Robinhood publishes at docs.robinhood.com/chain/add-network-to-wallet. Treat the table as a snapshot — check it against that page before pasting anything.

Mainnet

Testnet — testing only, never real assets: Robinhood Chain Testnet, chain ID 46630, RPC https://rpc.testnet.chain.robinhood.com, symbol ETH, explorer https://explorer.testnet.chain.robinhood.com.

One caveat Robinhood states directly: these public RPC endpoints are "rate-limited and not recommended for production use." Fine for a wallet; if you are building an application, the docs recommend Alchemy.

How to add Robinhood Chain to MetaMask

Robinhood does not publish its own click-path here — it says to follow MetaMask's manual network-addition instructions and enter the values above. So:

1. Open the official docs first, at docs.robinhood.com/chain/add-network-to-wallet, and read the values off that tab. Not off a search result, a forum post, a chat message, or this article without checking.
2. In MetaMask, open the network selector → Add network → Add a network manually.
3. Enter network name, RPC URL, chain ID, currency symbol and explorer URL, copied from the docs tab.
4. Save, then verify. MetaMask queries the RPC and refuses the entry if the chain ID the endpoint reports does not match the one you typed. That mismatch check is a real safety feature — if it fires, re-read the docs rather than editing numbers until it passes.
5. Switch to the network. You will need ETH there for gas; Robinhood names the Arbitrum bridge portal as the canonical bridge to Ethereum. Deposits take roughly ten minutes, withdrawals about seven days.

If you would rather not do this manually, the Robinhood Wallet mobile app supports the network natively.

Which block explorer is the real one

Searches for "robinhood scan" and "robinhood chain explorer" are where people get hurt, because the official answer is counter-intuitive: the official mainnet explorer is not on a robinhood.com domain. It is robinhoodchain.blockscout.com, hosted on Blockscout.

You need not take that on faith. It is the explorer named in Robinhood's docs on two separate pages — and Robinhood's own hostname explorer.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com redirects to it, so Robinhood's infrastructure vouches for the address.

Now the part worth internalising. The domain robinhoodchain.com — the most guessable name for this network — is not Robinhood's. It currently resolves to a parked domain-for-sale page: harmless today, but exactly the kind of address that gets bought and dressed up as an official portal. The lesson generalises: here, the official name and the official domain do not match, so a domain that "sounds right" proves nothing. The bridge is the same story — Arbitrum's portal, not a Robinhood domain.

The only reliable move is to start at docs.robinhood.com/chain and follow links outward. Never inward from a search result.

Risks worth taking seriously

Fake RPC endpoints. A malicious RPC sits between your wallet and the chain, so everything you "see" comes through it: fabricated balances, hidden or misreported transactions, and prompts to sign something you have misread. Only use an endpoint copied from the official docs.

Fake explorers. A cloned explorer can show a token as verified or a contract as safe when the real chain says otherwise. Confirm the domain against the docs before trusting anything on it — especially a token contract address.

Irreversibility. Self-custody has no support desk and no chargebacks. A signature given to a malicious contract, or a transfer to a wrong address, is final. Nobody — not Robinhood, not WEEX, not the network — can reverse it.

Bridge timing. Withdrawals to Ethereum take about seven days — normal Arbitrum behaviour, not a fault. A deposit that fails for insufficient gas is not lost; per Robinhood's docs it can be manually redeemed from the bridge interface within seven days.

Never enter your seed phrase to add a network. Adding a network requires no seed phrase, no private key and no signature. Any page asking for one during this process is phishing, without exception.

FAQ

What is Robinhood Chain? A permissionless, Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 blockchain from Robinhood, built on Arbitrum technology and settling to Ethereum. It uses ETH for gas and mainly carries tokenized real-world assets such as equities and ETFs. Mainnet is live.

How do I add Robinhood Chain to MetaMask? Manually, in MetaMask's network settings, using the parameters published at docs.robinhood.com/chain/add-network-to-wallet — read them from that page, not from a third-party listing.

What is the Robinhood Chain RPC URL and chain ID? The public mainnet RPC is https://rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com and the chain ID is 4663. Robinhood notes the public endpoint is rate-limited and not intended for production applications.

Is there an official Robinhood Chain explorer? Yes — robinhoodchain.blockscout.com, named in Robinhood's documentation, with Robinhood's own explorer.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com redirecting there. The similar-sounding robinhoodchain.com is not Robinhood's domain.

Sources

• Robinhood Chain — About · Add network to your wallet · Connecting to Robinhood Chain
• Robinhood Chain — Bridging · Stock Tokens · Notices & Upgrades
• Robinhood Newsroom — Robinhood Chain mainnet announcement, 1/7/2026
• Robinhood Chain block explorer (Blockscout)

This content is for general information only. It is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. The parameters, fees and terms above were recorded on 7/8/2026 and may have changed — verify them against the issuer's official sources. Leveraged derivatives trading carries a high risk of loss.