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How it works

Gift card credits live on Starknet. When a recipient redeems to Solana, USDC is bridged via Circle’s CCTP V2 (Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol):
Total time: ~24 seconds end-to-end (burn + attestation + Solana confirmation).

Fast vs Standard mode

Each Gift carries a cctpFast flag that controls Solana redeem speed: Fast mode pays a small fee to Circle’s attestation service for priority. Standard mode waits for Starknet’s ZK proof to post to Ethereum L1.
Single-create (POST /v1/gifts) does not accept cctpFast in the request today. The gift is always created with cctpFast: true (the schema default). To set cctpFast: false, use the bulk endpoint (POST /v1/gifts/bulk) which accepts the flag, or the dashboard’s bulk-airdrop flow.

Supported chains

Redeem flow for Solana

Status flow

Technical details

  • CCTP V2 contracts: TokenMessenger on Starknet (0x07d421...), MessageTransmitter on Solana (CCTPV2Sm4...)
  • Domain IDs: Starknet = 25, Solana = 5
  • Mint recipient: must be the Solana USDC Associated Token Account (ATA), not the wallet pubkey
  • Circle attestation API: https://iris-api.circle.com/v2/messages/25?transactionHash={txHash}
  • Server relay: Chipi’s server submits the receiveMessage transaction on Solana and pays the SOL gas fee
The recipient doesn’t need SOL for gas — Chipi’s relay pays for the Solana transaction.