Integrations Checklist

Every API key, vendor account, and business decision needed to flip Blockcade fully live. Print or share with the founder.

1. Payment acceptance

🔥 CoinGate — crypto in

• ⏳ Live API key from coingate.com/settings/api → COINGATE_LIVE_API_KEY
• ⏳ Webhook signing secret → COINGATE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
• ✅ Test key working, sandbox e2e
• ❓ Payout schedule preference (daily / weekly / threshold)

🔥 Alchemy Pay — card → crypto

• ⏳ Live API key from ramp.alchemypay.org/portal → ALCHEMYPAY_LIVE_API_KEY
• ⏳ App secret + Merchant ID → ALCHEMYPAY_APP_SECRET, ALCHEMYPAY_MERCHANT_ID
• ✅ Test flow working

🔥 Didit — KYC/KYB

• ⏳ Live API key from didit.me/dashboard → DIDIT_LIVE_API_KEY
• ⏳ Webhook secret → DIDIT_WEBHOOK_SECRET
• ✅ Individual + business verification wizards on-site

2. 🔥 Treasury / settlement

Currently the "settle to merchant" step is UI-only. To flip live:

• ❓ Custody model: hot wallet (fast/risky) · Fireblocks (~$1k/mo safest) · Circle (USDC-only)
• ❓ Starting float — recommend ≥ 30 days expected merchant payout volume in USDC
• ⏳ Fireblocks: FIREBLOCKS_API_KEY, FIREBLOCKS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH, FIREBLOCKS_VAULT_ID
• ⏳ Circle: CIRCLE_API_KEY, CIRCLE_WALLET_ID
• ⏳ Alchemy RPC key (mainnet) → ALCHEMY_API_KEY
• ✅ LiFi swap integrated — needs treasury to sign

3. Fiat off-ramp (optional)

• ⏳ Yellow Card merchant account (African NGN/KES/GHS/ZAR) → YELLOWCARD_API_KEY
• ⏳ Onramper partner account (global fiat) → ONRAMPER_API_KEY

4. Multi-chain infrastructure

Read layer (active) — GoldRush ✅, CoinGecko ✅

Write layer (send + swap)

• ⏳ Alchemy (EVM) → ALCHEMY_API_KEY. Free tier fine to start, Growth $49/mo for prod
• ⏳ Helius (Solana) → HELIUS_API_KEY
• ⏳ TronGrid (TRON, USDT-TRC20) → TRONGRID_API_KEY
• ⏳ BlockCypher (Bitcoin) → BLOCKCYPHER_API_KEY
• ⏳ TON Center → TONCENTER_API_KEY

5. Infrastructure add-ons

• ✅ Heroku Postgres + worker dyno
• ⏳ Heroku Redis Mini ($15/mo) — needed for webhook retry + idempotency cache
• ⏳ Heroku Scheduler (free) — for daily batch_settlements cron
• ⏳ Sentry DSN → SENTRY_DSN
• ⏳ Papertrail log drain ($7/mo)
• ⏳ AWS SES domain verification (DKIM + SPF DNS records)
• ⏳ AWS SES production sending limit raise

6. Mobile app distribution

• ⏳ Expo access token → EXPO_ACCESS_TOKEN
• ⏳ Apple Developer Program $99/year
• ⏳ Google Play Console $25 one-time
• ⏳ Apple push key (.p8)

7. Legal / compliance

• ❓ Registered entity name + jurisdiction
• ❓ ToS + Privacy Policy (lawyer review before live)
• ❓ AML/KYC compliance officer designation
• ❓ VASP registration where required (EU MiCA, Nigeria SEC, Kenya, etc.)

8. Business decisions

• ❓ Pricing model — flat % / tiered / per-tx floor
• ❓ Free tier limits
• ❓ Blockcade take-rate on payments (currently only 30 bps on swaps via LiFi)
• ❓ Refund policy — instant from float, or wait for next settlement
• ❓ Fraud tolerance — auto-block vs merchant review

What works today, keyless

You can demo all of this on blockcade.app right now without any of the above:

• Full merchant onboarding (individual + business)
• Payment Links · Products · Invoices · Refunds — dashboard + API
• Wallet lookup on 7 chains
• Convert crypto (quote only, no execute)
• AI Assistant + floating widget
• Analytics · Customers · Portfolio · Settlements views
• Webhooks + Delivery log + Retry
• Node.js SDK v0.2
• Docs site
• Subscriptions, Team members, Disputes, Fraud dashboard (UI + stub data)