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StarkZap

Gasless Bitcoin Payments SDK for TypeScript

Details

External ID
47137736
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
StarkZap
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Feb. 24, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
6
Upvotes percentile
0.28099730458221023
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

Description

StarkZap is an open-source TypeScript SDK for adding Bitcoin-backed asset transfers, balances, lending & borrowing and staking to web, mobile, or server apps. The goal is to let developers integrate programmable Bitcoin assets without requiring users to install wallets, manage seed phrases, or hold gas tokens. Under the hood it runs on Starknet and supports WBTC, tBTC, LBTC, SolvBTC, and other Bitcoin-backed ERC20 tokens.```import { StarkZap, StarkSigner, Amount, fromAddress, getPresets } from "starkzap";const sdk = new StarkZap({ network: "sepolia" }); const wallet = await sdk.connectWallet({ account: { signer: new StarkSigner("0xYOUR_PRIVATE_KEY") } });await wallet.ensureReady({ deploy: "if_needed" });const { STRK } = getPresets(wallet.getChainId()); const balance = await wallet.balanceOf(STRK);if (balance.gte(Amount.parse("10", STRK))) { const tx = await wallet.transfer(STRK, [ { to: fromAddress("0xRECIPIENT"), amount: Amount.parse("10", STRK) } ]); await tx.wait(); console.log(tx.explorerUrl); } ```Key properties: - Gas sponsorship via paymaster (users don’t need gas tokens) - Multiple auth strategies (email/social via Privy, passkeys via Cartridge) - Batch transfers and contract calls in a single atomic transaction - Works in Node, browser, and React NativeThe SDK abstracts account management, fee handling, and wallet popups. This won’t make sense for every app (e.g., if you only need fiat checkout). It’s for existing apps that want programmable onchain assets without the wallet UX.Would appreciate feedback on the API design and whether this abstraction makes sense.

Enrichment

Theme
payments, billing, and wallet infrastructure
Vertical
Fintech
Function
Dev tools
Audience
Developer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
gasless bitcoin payments sdk for typescript
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

No It involves gasless Bitcoin layer-2 transactions, seedless key management, and cryptographic custody protocols which carry extreme security and financial risks.

What it would actually take: This requires integrating with Bitcoin L2s or sidechains (e.g., Starknet, Lightning, or Babylon) with account abstraction, relayer infrastructure for gas sponsorship, and MPC (multi-party computation) or passkey-based key management. Deep cryptography expertise, audited smart contracts, and reliable relayer networks with automated rebalancing are mandatory to prevent fund loss.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: AVNU (paymaster service), Other Ethereum layer-2s

Concerns raised: Crypto wallet requirement for testing, Bitcoin UTXO model compatibility, Trust assumptions with Bitcoin bridge

Feature requests: Hello world example, Simple quick-start documentation

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 76 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #68 of 77 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 111 days after the earliest competitor.

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