Tapping the Ellipal X Card on the back of a phone to sign and send a crypto transaction.

How to Send Crypto from the Ellipal X Card

Once the X Card is set up, sending is done in the ELLIPAL app on your phone. You pick the coin, paste the address you want to pay, type your card PIN, then tap the card on the back of the phone. The card approves the payment. The app sends it out.

In the video I sent BNB on the BNB Smart Chain network to a MetaMask wallet, then sent that same BNB back from the X Card. MetaMask is only the example. Any wallet that can receive that same coin on that same network works the same way.

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Official send steps: send a transaction with ELLIPAL X Card.

What you need in front of you

  • The X Card and the ELLIPAL app already connected
  • The coin sitting on the X Card (in the video that was BNB on BNB Smart Chain)
  • The other wallet open, on that same network, so you can copy its receive address
  • The card PIN you set on the Starter

The X Card has no screen. The app is where you read the address and the amount. Take a second on that screen before you tap.

Step 1. Find the coin in the ELLIPAL app

Open the ELLIPAL app and open the X Card wallet. Select the coin you want to send. In the video that is BNB, and it is listed under BNB Smart Chain.

ELLIPAL app showing the X Card wallet with BNB on BNB Smart Chain selected.
The coin inside the ELLIPAL app. Open the same network you used when you received it.

If you received the coins on BNB Smart Chain, send them from BNB Smart Chain. The name of the coin is not enough on its own. The network has to match.

Step 2. Copy the address from the wallet you want to pay

Open the other wallet. In the video that wallet is MetaMask. Find the same coin on the same network, then open Receive (some wallets say Deposit). Copy the address, or keep the QR code on screen if the ELLIPAL app can scan it.

MetaMask receive page showing a BNB Smart Chain address to copy as the send destination.
Receive page on the other wallet. Here it is MetaMask, BNB on BNB Smart Chain. Use this address only if that wallet is set to the same network as the coins on your X Card.

A BNB Smart Chain address will not work as an Ethereum payment, even if the letters look similar. Stay on one network for the whole send.

Step 3. Tap Send in the ELLIPAL app

Go back to the ELLIPAL app. Stay on that same coin. Tap Send.

ELLIPAL app with the same coin open, about to tap Send.
Send on the same coin and network in the ELLIPAL app.

Step 4. Paste the address, enter the amount, submit

Paste the address you copied. Check the start and the end against the other wallet. Type how much you want to send. The app will also show a network fee. On BNB Smart Chain that fee is paid in BNB.

Tap Submit when the details look right.

ELLIPAL app send screen with destination address, amount, and Submit button.
Destination address, amount, then Submit. The coins have not left yet. The X Card still has to approve.

Step 5. Type the card PIN

The app asks for the PIN you created on the Starter. That PIN is what lets this card approve a send.

ELLIPAL app PIN entry screen for the Ellipal X Card.
Card PIN in the ELLIPAL app. This is the PIN from setup, not a new code.

Step 6. Tap the X Card on the phone

Hold the card near the NFC area on the back of the phone. On a lot of phones that is the upper half of the back. Keep it there until the app reacts.

Tapping the Ellipal X Card on the back of a phone to sign the transaction via NFC.
Tapping the X Card so it can sign. The key stays on the card. The phone only gets the approval.

If nothing happens, slide the card a little higher or lower and try again. Thick cases can get in the way.

Step 7. Wait for the app to show it went out

When the tap works, the app submits the payment to the network. You should see it listed as sent or waiting for confirmation.

ELLIPAL app showing the transaction submitted and waiting for network confirmation.
The send submitted in the ELLIPAL app. Give the network a few minutes if it still says pending.

You can open the other wallet after that and wait for the balance to update. The first time you pay a new address, send a small amount and wait until it arrives.

A short note on receiving, since the video starts there

To get coins onto the X Card first, open that coin in the ELLIPAL app, tap Receive, and copy the address. Paste that address into MetaMask, an exchange, or whatever you are sending from. The sending side has to use the same network. In the video, BNB left MetaMask on BNB Smart Chain and arrived on the X Card on BNB Smart Chain.

Quick checklist

  • The coin in ELLIPAL is on the same network as the other wallet
  • I copied the receive address from that other wallet
  • Amount and fee look right
  • I entered the card PIN
  • I tapped the X Card and the app accepted it
  • The send shows in the app

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