# Astar Surge Campaign \[ended]

## What is Astar Surge?

Astar Surge allows users holding ASTR and vASTR on Astar Mainnet L1 to participate in the initiative early, earning protocol points on eligible Soneium projects.

## How to join Astar Surge

### Step 1: Set up your Talisman wallet - <https://app.talisman.xyz/portfolio>

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* Install the Talisman Substrate wallet.

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* After installing your Talisman wallet, create a new Polkadot account. This will be the account where you transfer your ASTR tokens from Binance.

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### Step 2: Withdraw Astar from Binance/exchanges to your Native wallet (the polkadot address).

* Click "Receive" in your Polkadot wallet account to show your Astar wallet address.

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* Search for "Astar" in your wallet, copy the generated address, and proceed to Binance.

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* Go to Binance, input your wallet address and the amount of ASTR to withdraw. Click "Withdraw," and your ASTR tokens will be sent to your native wallet.&#x20;
* p.s: Communities contributed that there are a few exchange which you are able to directly withdraw from CEX to Astar EVM L1 - \[Gate.io Crypto.com Bitget]

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### Step 3: Transfer your Astar from Native to EVM L1.

* Visit the Astar Portal at <https://portal.astar.network/astar/assets> and connect your Native Talisman wallet where you received your ASTR tokens.

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* Click the "Send" button.

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* Input your EVM wallet address, accept the warning, and confirm the transaction. Your ASTR tokens will now be sent to Astar EVM L1.

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* Click on the wallet on the top right and connect your EVM wallet. You will now see the amount of Astar transferred over to Astar EVM L1.

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### Step 4: Participating in Astar Surge with Sake.

* Head to <https://surge.sakefinance.com/>

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* Explore all deposit partners and click "Deposit Now" to visit their pre-deposit page for Astar Surge.
* The example below will showcase how to pre-deposit into [Sake Finance](https://deposit.sakefinance.com/).

1. Click on Deposit Now or head to <https://deposit.sakefinance.com/> directly to start your deposit journey with us.

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2. To start depositing, you can click on Stake to begin.

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3. Input the amount of ASTR you would like to deposit and click on continue to approve the transaction.

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4. Upon completion of the transaction, you will be notified. You will now be able to see the amount of ASTR staked on Sake Finance.

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5. When clicking on the bridge button, you will be informed that the ASTR you staked can be bridged to Soneium once Soneium mainnet is live.

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## Congratulations you have successfully participated in the Astar Surge Campaign!

* Sit back relax and once Soneium Mainnet is live, you will be able to bridge Astar to Soneium to explore and use them across protocols on Soneium.
* If you face any issues on Sake Finance's pre-deposit page please visit our discord and open a ticket for assistance.

Link to Sake: <https://hub.xyz/sakefinance>


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