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
- —
- 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
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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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