Goodbye Middlemen: How I Built an Open-Source, Bankless Donation Widget for the Dev Community

Описание и применение

DonateX – 3 КБ‑виджет для донатов, работающий на сети Base с USDC, без комиссий, KYC и банковских счетов, позволяющий разработчикам из развивающихся стран принимать пожертвования напрямую в кошелёк.

Задача

Open‑source maintainers rely on Stripe/PayPal for donations, but those platforms require identity verification, bank accounts, and charge 2.9‑3.49% fees, making them inaccessible to developers in emerging markets.

Результат

DonateX enables crypto‑native donations with zero fees, no KYC, and instant settlement, making it possible for maintainers in emerging markets to receive funds directly to their wallet.

Рабочий процесс

• Add a single script tag to the site’s HTML
• Widget injects a donation button (default bottom‑right)
• Visitor clicks button → modal opens with QR code and wallet connect
• Visitor connects MetaMask (or any Base wallet) and selects amount
• Widget sends ERC‑20 USDC transfer on Base
• Widget polls for transaction confirmation (~2 s)
• Donation is verified on‑chain and visible on BaseScan

Доказательства

DonateX is a 3KB donation button that accepts USDC on Base Network. Zero platform fees. Zero KYC. Zero bank accounts required. One line of HTML.

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Gas costs ~$0.001. Settlement is instant. The maintainer receives USDC directly to their wallet.

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The entire widget is 3KB of vanilla JavaScript. No dependencies. No build step.

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