The instructions didn't say anything about a 2-step approve/transfer process, each with its own fees. So I paid about $14 and $9 in 2 transactions to do the bridge transaction. If you're keeping track, I've so far spent about $32... and I have $50 worth of xDai now on Gnosis.
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The Gnosis chain uses the same address space as the Ethereum main chain, just on a different blockchain. So your tokens simply live at the same address in a different city sort of. See in the screenshots below the network name is different but the address (0x25...) is the same.
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But now, having spent $32 to move $50, I am hopefully in the Land of Cheap Transactions and the 50 xDai will hopefully last me a long time.
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The reason for me exploring Gnosis/xDai in particular is because operates on xDai, and they recently did their token sale, in which I got a bunch of their CLNY token for having done some consulting for them in 2017-18.
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I got my wallet to recognize the xDai/Gnosis chain easily enough. You go to this page and follow the instructions to add the chain to your Metamask if it's not already there.
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But you need xDai to do anything on Gnosis, including in my case claiming my CLNY and my profile on the "metacolony" that governs the Colony DAO software project. Fortunately the good folks at Colony sent me a few pennies worth of xDai, enough to cover my bootstrap needs.
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Well, I signed up for Colony, got my CLNY, and made noble plans to set up a DAO there soon, but of course, first I wanted to do the base, degen thing and see what my CLNY was worth. Also my first plan to acquire some more xDai was to sell a bit of my newfound CLNY riches. BUT....
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I crossed the xDai bridge, signed up for Colony but got too busy to complete verification and participate in the token sale! This after having followed their journey for the past 4 years 😅. Will partake once the tokens appear on the open market. Keen to see what you get up to.
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They cut short the Coin machine sale and redid the sale in a simpler way, so you could have bought some. It's available on Sushi swap now though liquidity is low. I think most people are hodling going by chatter in the discord. They actually want to make colonies which is nice.
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Just put a bid in but there don't appear to be any tokens for sale. Pending still but thanks for the heads up!
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I'm guessing the market will develop in the next few weeks.

