How to Swap on PulseX

• Use a compatible wallet like MetaMask, Internet Money Wallet, Rabby, or others that support EVM chains and WalletConnect.
• Ensure PulseChain network is added:
  • Network Name: PulseChain
  • RPC URL: https://rpc.pulsechain.com
  • Chain ID: 369
  • Currency Symbol: PLS
  • Block Explorer: https://ipfs.scan.pulsechain.com (the address opens the explorer at scan.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/ followed by the current hash)
• Switch to the PulseChain network in your wallet.
• Have some PLS (for gas fees) and the tokens you want to trade.

Go to one of these (the bookmark list explains why a saved address beats a search):

• app.pulsex.com — PulseX's own launcher page, not the exchange itself.  Clicking the preview image ("Click image to launch PulseX") opens the exchange on PulseX's IPFS gateway, and the address bar then reads pulsex.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/ followed by the current hash.  The same page offers a desktop version under "Run it from your desktop."
• ipfs.app.pulsex.com — opens the same exchange directly (the address forwards to pulsex.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/ plus the current hash).

• Click Connect Wallet (usually top-right).
• Select your wallet (e.g., MetaMask, listed as "Metamask"; Internet Money Wallet has no button of its own and connects through Injected from its extension or in-app browser, or through WalletConnect).
• Approve the connection in your wallet popup.
• If using WalletConnect, scan the QR code with your mobile wallet.

• Open Exchange (under Trade in the desktop menu; PulseX opens on this screen).
• Select the token you are selling in You pay and the token you are buying in You receive.  Popular pairs involve PLS, WPLS, HEX, PLSX, etc.
• PulseX's token list shows two tokens with the symbol HEX.  HEX (0x2b591e99afE9f32eAA6214f7B7629768c40Eeb39) is PulseChain's own HEX, the one HEX staking and HTTs use.  HEX from Ethereum (0x57fde0a71132198BBeC939B98976993d8D89D225) is eHEX carried over the bridge: a separate token at a separate price.  The small grey name under each symbol tells the two apart; after a token is selected, the swap panel shows only the symbol.  WETH appears twice the same way.
• Enter the amount.
• Review the quote, slippage tolerance (adjust if needed, e.g., 0.5–1% for volatile pairs), and price impact.
• Swaps through PulseX's V1 and V2 pools pay a 0.29% trading fee, taken from the amount traded and already counted in the quote (the Trading Fee row shows it); the transaction also pays a small PLS gas fee.
• Click Swap or Confirm Swap.
• Approve the transaction in your wallet (you may need to approve the token first if it's your initial swap with it).
• Wait for confirmation on PulseChain (a new block arrives about every 10 seconds).

• Liquidity: Add or remove liquidity in pools.  On PulseX V2 pools, liquidity providers keep 0.22% of each trade (of the 0.29% fee); on PulseX V1 pools a code bug sends the providers' share to PulseX's PLSX buy-and-burn contract, so V1 providers keep none of it (PulseX V1 vs V2).  Either way, providers carry impermanent loss.
• Farms: PulseX’s Farm menu pays INC on staked LP tokens of PulseX V1 pools.  V1 pools pass none of the swap fee to their liquidity providers (see PulseX V1 vs V2).
• Verify Tokens: Anyone can deploy a token with any name, so only the contract address identifies a token.  The Actuator contracts (ACTR, every HTT and their pools) are listed in the Manual's Appendix A; the explorer (ipfs.scan.pulsechain.com) shows what any address holds and does.

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) provides a decentralized way to host and access the PulseX frontend.  Key benefits:

• Censorship resistance: The frontend code is distributed across a peer-to-peer network of nodes instead of relying on a single centralized server.  Much harder to take down or shut off.
• Immutability and verifiability: Content is addressed by a unique cryptographic hash (CID).  Loaded through your own IPFS node, the files are checked against that hash on your own computer.  Through a public gateway, you trust the gateway to serve the bytes that hash names.
• Decentralization alignment: Matches the ethos of PulseChain and true DeFi — no single point of failure or control.
• Availability: The same files can be served by many gateways or by your own node.
• Future-proofing: The files stay reachable by their hash from any node that keeps a pinned copy, even if a domain changes.

PulseX publishes its own desktop version: on app.pulsex.com, under “Run it from your desktop,” read the linked Instructions, then download the build for your system and the checksums file from gitlab.com/pulsechaincom/pulsex-server.  The general-purpose alternative is IPFS Desktop, an app that bundles a node, web UI and tools for Windows, macOS and Linux; its developer, Shipyard, stops maintaining it, security fixes included, after September 30, 2026.

• Check the official source: app.pulsex.com shows the current IPFS hash (CID) and the gateways PulseX has seen serving it (pulsex.com itself links to app.pulsex.com).
• Compare the CID/hash: The content identifier in your URL must match the one published on the official site. IPFS is content-addressed, so any change creates a new hash.
• Gateway indicators: Reliable gateways often show the served CID. Cross-reference with the official list.
• Updates: PulseX's official channels, as linked from pulsex.com, are its X account (@PulseXcom) and Telegram (t.me/PulseXcom), plus Richard Heart's X and YouTube; PulseX links no Discord.  app.pulsex.com shows the hash of the current release.

• Price impact grows with trade size relative to the pool, and the quote shows it before you confirm (the Manual's safe-swap rule puts one swap at about 2% of the pool).
• Use the "Info" or analytics sections for charts and data.