CDP Builder Newsletter - Second Edition
October 7, 2024
TLDR: Today, we’re excited to announce that Coinbase Developer Platform’s Paymaster now supports gas payments with ERC-20 tokens on Base—enabling your app’s users to pay for gas with tokens beyond ETH, like USDC or custom tokens, streamlining the user experience and making it easier to come onchain.
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Enhancing UX for onchain apps with Paymaster
One of the biggest obstacles for new onchain users is funding their wallets for gas. It’s effectively a giant and complicated paywall standing between them and their “aha” moment. This is why we built our Paymaster for onchain apps on Base, unlocking gasless interactions and enabling the creation of freemium experiences.
Our goal is to make it easier for developers to build seamless onchain apps, removing friction for users at every touchpoint possible. Since launch just a few months ago, our Paymaster has already powered 15M+ gasless transactions across 50+ onchain apps—including Blocklords, Cat Town, and Frenpet—making it easier than ever for new users to come onchain.
Now, we’re giving even more flexibility to developers using our Paymaster with ERC-20 support, meaning that users can pay for gas in your app with tokens other than ETH—such as USDC or your app’s custom token.
This feature of Paymaster is currently in early access and only works with any smart wallet. While abstracted, at the protocol layer gas is still paid in ETH. Request access here.
Builder Spotlight: Blocklords
Learn how Blocklords Dynasty integrated CDP’s Paymaster to create magical gasless experiences and bring 1M+ users onchain.
Get Involved
The CDP builder community is growing like crazy - here are ways you can participate!
IRL - We’ll be on the ground at ETH SF in October, DevCon in November, and would love to see you! Can’t attend? Apply for a community grant and host your own meetup! Host a meetup
Virtual Events - Come to our events! We’ll be hosting virtual product deep dives, AMAs, and builder spotlights. Check out Luma to stay up-to-date! Events Calendar
X/Twitter - Post about your project and show us all the cool stuff you're building. Don't forget to tag @CoinbaseDev and we'll do our best to show you some love. CoinbaseDev on X
Discord - Ask questions, show off your projects, and connect with other builders! Join us on Discord for a first look at new features and be part of what we're building next! Join Discord
New CDP Builders
There were so many new builders who started using CDP to power their apps last month.
Support their growth within the CDP community by following and engaging with their apps!
Cat Town (website, X profile) - A cozy onchain DeFi game inspired by Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Diablo 2.
Drakula (website, X profile) - The next evolution in social media is here, redefining the way you connect with content and creators! Drakula brings the future of video to your fingertips.
PaymanAI (website, X profile) - An AI to Human platform that allows AI to pay people for what it needs.
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