# Supported chains

At the moment, Metachain supports 3 protocols and will open to 26 protocols in 2022 -2023. 

Metachain supports the storage and issuance of any tokens on the supported chains. Projects can easily deploy their tokens cross-chain with Metachain via a single connectivity. The following is a list of blockchain protocols supported by Metachain.

| Name                    | Chain ID | Explorer                | Currency |
| ----------------------- | -------- | ----------------------- | -------- |
| **Binance Smart Chain** | 56       | <https://bscscan.com/>  | BNB      |
| **Ethereum**            | 1        | <https://etherscan.io/> | ETH      |
| **Tezos**               |          | <https://tzstats.com/>  | XTZ      |


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