Register Your EOS Before It's TOO LATE! Updated Tutorial

There have been quite a few tutorials made since the EOS crowd sale began last June, since then however, the EOS website has changed a bit. So let’s see how the process looks now.

For this tutorial I will be showing how to do this process using MetaMask and the Google Chrome web browser. Yes, yes I know, I too would much rather would use my Brave browser but since it’s recommended on the EOS website to use Google Chrome, for the sake of keeping things running smoothly, that’s what I’ll be using today.

Before we get into it, here are some things to keep in mind so you can understand what it is you’ll be needing to do and why:

Ultimately this process will be mapping the Ethereum address that contains your EOS tokens to a new set of EOS public and private keys so that when the EOS Mainnet launches and the snapshot is taken, your tokens will be registered and approved to use on the EOS platform. Once this happens, any EOS that aren’t registered will be Non-transferrable on the Ethereum Blockchain.

The Approximate date for this is June 1, 2018.

Tips for making this process easier for you:

Move all of your EOS tokens from the exchange and store them in a wallet in which you have complete control, for example: MetaMask.

Store all of your EOS tokens in one wallet so you only have to register that one ETH address.

If you are in the U.S. or China, and you are not able to view the EOS.io website, in the section that informs you of the process for taking part in the crowd sale and how to register your tokens, this third party app will work for you, it does leave a bit to be desired in regards to design, but it’s meant for utility.

First thing, move your EOS tokens onto a secure wallet which you have control of the private keys. Again, in this case, the wallet will be MetaMask.

If you are not in the U.S. or China, go to eos.io and scroll down to the “Get EOS” button.

From here you’ll have to confirm that you are not a citizen of the U.S. or China.

You can scroll down until you see “Participation Instructions” and click on the “Register” tab.
Please read through these guidelines so you fully understand this process and what will happen if you miss the deadline

Since I am using MetaMask for this tutorial I will click on the MetaMask button.

Unlock your MetaMask wallet and navigate to the account that is holding your EOS tokens.

Once that’s done, click on the EOS Token Distribution button.

After the page is done loading, click on the “Register EOS Key” button.

This is the important information you’re going to want to back up and keep safe.

You’ll see your EOS public key listed first, and below this is your private key.

Write both of these down, or print them out and store them safely.

To confirm your private key, you’ll need to copy and paste them into the space provided.
Make sure that the private key was copied and pasted correctly.

Click on the “I have safely backed up my private key” button.

From here you will receive a notification in your MetaMask wallet to submit the transaction.
Since this will cost gas to complete, you’ll need some Ethereum in this wallet to complete the transaction.

It might take a few minutes to go through unless you pump up the amount of gas you want to spend, but once the transaction goes through the screen will show the contract address, the Ethereum account that you registered, the EOS public key and the token balances.