Gasless Transfers With Wyre Wallets

What is Gas?

Gas, or miner fees, are assessed by the blockchain your chosen tokens are operating on. These fees help support the network and incentivize miners to keep it secure. For example, ERC20 tokens live on the Ethereum blockchain, and token holders must pay gas fees in ETH to move funds on the blockchain.

These fees can be quite substantial if the network is busy or congested. Moving crypto and tokens between Wyre wallets can save on transfer costs dramatically with gasless transactions.

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Creating Wallets

Gasless Transfer

When Does Gas Apply?

When Does Gas Apply?

Wyre wallets are white label API driven crypto wallets that you can easily integrate into your app or platform.

1. Creating Wallets

Your app or platform can generate Wyre wallets on the fly. Use the Create Wallet endpoint to create wallets for your users.

You can create DEFAULT,ENTERPRISE or SAVINGS wallet types.

DEFAULT wallets are used for individuals.
ENTERPRISE wallets are used to represent control by a business.
SAVINGS wallets are used for individuals and businesses who wish to receive interest on their crypto holdings.

When creating a wallet for SAVINGS, please follow the instructions: Creating Savings Accounts. Savings wallets provide the opportunity to earn interest on your holdings.

2. Basic Gasless Transfer

Transfers between Wyre wallets are gasless. This means that users on your platform can send our Supported Tokens back and forth, saving dramatically on gas fees.

Wayre wallets are identified with a unique ID i.e. "WA_XXXXXXX1". Transfers between these wallet ids qualify for gasless transfer.

Example: Transfer between Wyre wallets
{  
     "source":"wallet:WA_XXXXXXXX1",
     "sourceCurrency":"USDT",
     "destCurrency":"USDT", 
     "sourceAmount":"9.28",
     "dest":"wallet:WA_XXXXXXXX2",
     "message": "To User Wyre Wallet",
     "autoConfirm":true  
 }

Example shows the Create Transfer endpoint data.

3. Gasless Swap Transfer

Example: Swap To Same Wyre Wallet
{  
     "source":"wallet:WA_XXXXXXXX1",
     "sourceCurrency":"USDT",
     "destCurrency":"BTC", 
     "sourceAmount":"100",
     "dest":"wallet:WA_XXXXXXXX1",
     "message": "Swap To Same Wyre Wallet",
     "autoConfirm":true  
 }

When Does Gas Apply?

Gas applies when transferring from a Wyre wallet source to an external Ethereum or Bitcoin address. An external crypto address simply means any deposit address not created by the Wyre API.

Example: Transfer from Wyre wallet to external wallet
{  
     "source":"wallet:WA_XXXXXXXX1",
     "sourceCurrency":"USDT",
     "destCurrency":"USDT",
     "sourceAmount":"9.28",
     "dest":"ethereum:0xBB9bc244D798123fDe783fCc1C72d3Bb8C189413", 
     "message": "To User External Wallet",
     "autoConfirm":true  
 }