--- title: How To Set Up Helios RPC Client With Metamask | daily.dev description: Helios is a trustless Ethereum light client written in Rust by a16z. A light client can participate in the blockchain network without having to run powerful... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-helios-rpc-client-with-metamask-0t23zqoyk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Set Up Helios RPC Client With Metamask | daily.dev og:description: Helios is a trustless Ethereum light client written in Rust by a16z. A light client can participate in the blockchain network without having to run powerful... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-helios-rpc-client-with-metamask-0t23zqoyk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0T23zQOYK.png og:image:alt: How To Set Up Helios RPC Client With Metamask og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Set Up Helios RPC Client With Metamask **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Helios is a trustless Ethereum light client written in Rust by a16z. A light client can participate in the blockchain network without having to run powerful hardware. Helios uses an authenticated state root from the consensus layer. Comparing it to the untrusted execution layer RPC, Helios can locally verify the data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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