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Base Ledgers is in early access. Request access to run your own ledger, or use Coinbase Managed for a managed service built on it.
Run your own private payments product on Base with Base Ledgers. Balances, transfers, and counterparties stay off public block explorers, while funds settle on Base through a single Portal contract. Compliance is enforced at the ledger level with your own KYC controls, funds are self-custodied in a contract you control, and every deposit and withdrawal is an onchain call you can bundle atomically with other Base actions.

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Deposit to a ledger

Move funds from Base into the ledger with an encrypted recipient.

Transfer inside a ledger

Move balances inside the ledger with nothing on the public chain.

Withdraw from a ledger

Release funds back to Base while keeping the account private.

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Why Base Ledgers

  • Private by default. Balances, transactions, and transfers stay off public block explorers. Deposits hide the recipient and withdrawals hide the sender, so the two stay unlinkable.
  • Compliant. An operator gates the ledger with its own KYC and compliance controls.
  • Composable with Base. Deposits and withdrawals are onchain calls you can bundle with other actions — deposit-and-act or withdraw-and-swap — that settle together or not at all.
  • Configurable. Run a ledger on your own terms with self-custodied funds and custom logic for how transactions are processed.

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Built for

B2B payments

Pay vendors without broadcasting your supplier list to the public chain.

Payroll & payouts

Run onchain payroll without publishing what every employee or contractor earns.

Treasury operations

Move balances between corporate accounts, custodians, and counterparties privately.

Cross-border remittance

Run KYC-gated corridors where sender, recipient, and amount aren’t exposed.

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How it works

A payment moves through three stages: funds enter through the Portal contract, move privately within the ledger, and exit back to Base. The operator runs the services that process each step and decides how to authorize withdrawals.
  1. Deposit. A user moves funds from Base into the ledger. The recipient is encrypted, so deposits to one account stay unlinked.
  2. Transfer inside a ledger. Inside the ledger, users transfer, swap, and earn yield while balances and activity remain private.
  3. Withdraw. A user moves funds back to Base. Onchain, a withdrawal reveals the asset and amount but not the account behind it.