If you missed the Etherparty presale, don’t get upset. You still have the chance to participate in their ICO starting from 1st October 2017. Although the ICO will last for 31 days, it is a hard cap ICO. That simply means you won’t be able to buy FUEL token anymore once they are sold out. If you are totally new to ICO and wonder how to buy FUEL token during the ICO, here is the step by step guide.

Update: Etherparty ICO has completed in 2017.

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How to Buy FUEL Token (Etherparty)? | Step by Step Guide

During the official public sale, you will get 3,000 to 1,275 FUEL tokens with 1 ETH from October 1 – October 31, 2017.

DON’Ts

DO NOT send funds from exchanges like Poloniex, Kraken, Liqui, CEX and etc. If you do so, you may not be able to retrieve your tokens.

DO NOT send funds before the ICO starts

DOs

To be eligible you will need an Ethereum wallet that supports the ERC-20 token standard in order to receive any FUEL tokens purchased from Etherparty.

You can use MyEtherWallet or Metamask. Again, remember to backup your wallet and store the backup securely ! If you don’t, you may lose all your token permanently. There is no other way to recover your wallet.

! If you don’t, you may lose all your token permanently. There is no other way to recover your wallet. Always check the URL and verify the contract address before sending ETH. The official website address is https://etherparty.io/ico.

Step 1: How to create a secured Ethereum address on MyEtherWallet

Go to https://www.myetherwallet.com, choose a strong password and click on the “Create New Wallet” button.

NOTE: This encrypts (protects) your private key. It does not generate your private key. This password alone will not be enough to access your Ether.

Step 2: Storing Keystore / UTC File

Download your Keystore / UTC file & save this file to a USB drive.

This is the encrypted version of your private key. You need the password to access it. It is safer than your unencrypted private key but you must have your password to access it in the future.

Read the warning. If you understand it, click the “I understand. Continue” button.

Step 3: Print Paper Wallet

We strongly recommend you to print a paper wallet. For this, click the “Print” button. It is also recommended to handwrite the private key on a piece of paper.

If you are writing it, it is recommended you write it 2 or 3 times. This decreases the chance your messy handwriting will prevent you from accessing your wallet later.

Step 4: Unlock Wallet

To unlock your wallet to see your address, choose Keystore File (UTC / JSON) that you have saved from Step 2. Then click “Unlock”

Now you will see your wallet address. Save it somewhere 🙂

Step 5: Getting / Sending ETH to EtherWallet

Let’s assume that you don’t have any ETH and only have BTC somewhere on exchanges. You can swap BTC for ETH.

Note: You can get BTC from Coinbase if you don’t have any existing bitcoin anywhere. Read How to Buy Bitcoin With Credit Card or Debit Card Instantly With Coinbase?.

To do that, click on the “Swap BTC <-> ETH” on the right of the Wallet Info page. Or you can go to the swap page: https://www.myetherwallet.com/#swap

Enter the amount of ETH or BTC you would like to exchange and click the “Let’s do this!” button.

In this example, I am swapping 0.5 BTC for 6.613144 ETH. Please note that the ETH is calculated automatically based on the market rate at the time of writing. It is indicated on the top menu bar.

Then you will come to the new page where you will need put in the wallet address (from Step 4) and click “Start Swap”.

Step 6: Swapping BTC for ETH

You will come to a new page where you will be instructed to send 0.5 BTC to the address given.

Open up your BTC wallet and send that EXACT amount of BTC from the wallet.

Let’s assume you have some BTC at Coinbase. Then you need to send 0.5 BTC to the address given above (Step 6)

Step 7: Receiving ETH

After you hit the “Send” button on Coinbase, wait for all the “tick” icons on the Swapping page turn green. Once the order is completed. The ETH will show up in the address you entered in Step 4.

Step 8: Contribute and get FUEL token

Go to https://etherparty.io/contribute, accept terms and conditions by checking the tick ” I have read the Etherparty Terms and Conditions and Whitepaper”.

Then choose the wallet you wish to contribute with. In this example, it will be MyEtherWallet.

Copy the unique official contract address by clicking on “Copy”. Using your wallet of convenience, send to this address the number of Ethers you want to send.

To buy FUEL tokens, all you will need to do is to send a transaction to the address listed on the page, with the amount of ETH you want to contribute. Send the contract with at least 100,000 gas to make sure that the transaction goes through.

To send a transaction to the contract, click on the “Send Ether & Tokens” Tab on the navbar.

Add the crowdfund address in the recipient’s field and the amount of ETH you want to send. Also, add the correct amount of gas (gas limit) and gas price, and then click “Generate Transaction”. A signed transaction will then be generated. At this point, click “Send Transaction”.

When your transaction is completed, you will be able to click “Show All Tokens” under “Token Balances” on your MyEtherWallet dashboard above. Scroll down until you see “FUEL”, and your balance will be there!

Disclaimer: The content above should not be taken and viewed as investment and trading advice, but only information and opinions. This article is for information and illustrative purposes only.