# BEFORE YOU START

**Tag Protocol is built on Binance Smart Chain and you must complete three essential steps before you get started on the TAG Protocol.**<br>

**Step 1: Download a Binance Smart Chain Compatible DAPP Wallet**

&#x20;‌A Dapp wallet is simply a cryptocurrency wallet that also has a built in browser through which you can access various dapps on your mobile or web device. List of supported dapp wallets provided [here](/tagprotocol/how-to-use/supported-wallets.md).‌

**Step 2: Purchase Binance Coins & Send them to your wallet (BNB)**

‌ TAG Protocol works on Binance Smart chain and therefore all Hashtag NFT purchase Transaction requires Binance coins (BNB). You can buy 210$ worth of BNB from any cryptocurrency exchange of your choice and send them to your dapp wallet pre-hand to pay for your Hashtag.

‌ Contract will automatically calculate & take only 200$ worth of BNB based on the price conversion provided by chainlink price oracles. We recommend that you always buy & keep 20$ worth of extra BNB to pay for the transaction fees and to account for bnb price fluctuations on the market.‌

**Step 3: Keep Referral Address Ready‌**

Hashtag Pre-sale is by invitation only, you must possess a referral address provided by someone you know to be able to buy a hashtag and register your wallet on the Tag Protocol.<br>


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