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# Repaying Loans

This guide focuses on working directly with contracts on Ethereum or Mantle via network-specific block explorers, not via the Minterest UI.

#### Repaying Outstanding Loan Amounts <a href="#repaying-outstanding-loan-amount" id="repaying-outstanding-loan-amount"></a>

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Repay operations require granting an approval for the market to spend tokens on your behalf before triggering the repay. You'll execute two transactions: a spending approval and a repay confirmation.
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> For these next steps, we'll be interacting with **Ethereum**'s & **Mantle**'s explorer using both $**USDC**'s market or token address:

* **Market address on Ethereum**:\
  **`0x45e90AfE8112CbE940adb1436d89Fb9450815eeA`**
  * **Token address**:\
    **`0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48`**
* **Market address on Mantle**:\
  **`0xEcbE4A2519f1e26df8Dfde95a4a2b89DE832896C`**
  * **Token address**:\
    **0x09bc4e0d864854c6afb6eb9a9cdf58ac190d0df9**

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Before triggering the repay, make sure you have enough tokens in your wallet to cover the outstanding loan plus accrued interest.
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***

#### Providing an Approval

1. Locate the contract address for **the token** associated with your desired market in the smart contracts list provided in this guide.
2. Visit [Ethereum](https://etherscan.io/)'s or [Mantle](https://mantlescan.xyz/)'s blockchain explorer and input **the token contract address** chosen on the page's search field.
3. Go to the **Contract** section, open the **Write as Proxy** or **Write proxy** tab, then click **Connect to Web3** or **Connect wallet**:<br>

   <figure><img src="https://177276265-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBKT2f5dbXLOuDCJ656Cl%2Fuploads%2F1tpoz1ycnQ1nVDK2XAd8%2Fwrite.png?alt=media&amp;token=9c04236f-6fd2-4ab7-a9d3-016529ede4a5" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
4. Select the blockchain wallet you're using — after that, your wallet will display a browser pop-up asking you to connect to Ethereum's or Mantle's explorer.
5. Once connected, scroll down and choose the `approve` function.
6. Paste **the market contract address** of the market associated with your desired token into the `spender` input field.
7. To ensure the entire borrow amount is repaid, it's recommended to enter the following string in the `value (uint256)` input field:\
   \
   **`115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935`**

   \
   This is the maximum value for `value (uint256)` and ensures the market can pull the correct amount considering newly accrued interest, guaranteeing the loan is fully repaid:<br>

   <figure><img src="https://177276265-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBKT2f5dbXLOuDCJ656Cl%2Fuploads%2FcRLF1lKDM1YGr7SPpPOj%2Fapprove.png?alt=media&amp;token=4e25122d-380f-4e6d-8de2-3f4ff78e1cdb" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
8. Click **Write**, then approve the transaction in the browser pop-up displayed by your wallet.

***

#### Executing the Repay

1. Locate the contract address for **the market** associated with your desired market in the smart contracts list provided in this guide.
2. Visit [Ethereum](https://etherscan.io/)'s or [Mantle](https://mantlescan.xyz/)'s blockchain explorer and input **the market contract address** chosen on the page's search field.<br>
3. Go to the **Contract** section, open the **Write as Proxy** or **Write proxy** tab, then click **Connect to Web3** or **Connect wallet**:<br>

   <figure><img src="https://177276265-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBKT2f5dbXLOuDCJ656Cl%2Fuploads%2F1tpoz1ycnQ1nVDK2XAd8%2Fwrite.png?alt=media&amp;token=9c04236f-6fd2-4ab7-a9d3-016529ede4a5" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
4. Locate and choose the `repayBorrow` function, then enter the following string in the `repayAmount (uint256)` input field:\
   **`115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935`**<br>

   <figure><img src="https://177276265-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBKT2f5dbXLOuDCJ656Cl%2Fuploads%2FYtwTdmUBuuKV6sbFMtNE%2Frepay.png?alt=media&amp;token=a3ca2866-721c-4860-82c3-eee6cc0ee5dd" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
5. Click **Write**, then approve the transaction in the browser pop-up displayed by your wallet.
6. After repaying your loan, it's recommended to remove the approval from the market contract by using the same flow but setting the `value (uint256)` input field to zero: **`0`**

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You cannot repay unless you've already borrowed this asset beforehand and your wallet has enough balance to cover the inputted amount.
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