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Coinbase SDK, Crypto, Wallets
Getting Started with Coinbase SDK Wallets: A Hands-On Guide
Coinbase SDK wallets made easy: Key features and practical examples.
Wallet interactions are fundamental to many blockchain applications, and the Coinbase SDK provides a rich set of tools for managing them. In this article, I’ll walk you through setting up wallets, listing balances, and even sending ETH — all using the Coinbase SDK. Along the way, I’ll share insights, code examples, and tips I picked up while experimenting.
(This guide assumes a basic familiarity with TypeScript and blockchain concepts. If you’re new to the Coinbase SDK, don’t worry — I’ve linked to relevant documentation along the way. Of particular help for this article will be their wallet documentation.)
Setting Up Your Environment
To begin, I simply created a new typescript file called wallet-tests.ts. I placed it into the same directory as my chatbot.ts file I’d written about previously. Thus, the path to my dot-env vars did not need to change. If you happen to run this code, though, you may need to adjust the path to your vars. (See my previous articles, if needed.)
In building this, I assembled a handful of practical examples for what I felt were likely the most common wallet…
