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Overview

LITKEY is the native payment token for Lit Protocol services. You can use it to buy API credits directly from your wallet — no Stripe, no card, no fiat conversion. Paying with LITKEY gets you a 25% discount on API credits compared to paying with a credit card.

Get LITKEY

Swap ETH for LITKEY on Aerodrome (Base mainnet).

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Why pay with LITKEY?

  • 25% discount vs. credit card pricing. Every dollar of LITKEY credits 1.33× the dashboard rate.
  • No card required. Pay from any wallet that holds LITKEY.
  • On-chain settlement. Payments are verifiable on Base.

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Where LITKEY lives

LITKEY is live on a number of chains, but Base is the primary payment chain and where most liquidity sits. The canonical token on Base is: 
0xf732a566121fa6362e9e0fbdd6d66e5c8c925e49
If you hold LITKEY on another chain, bridge it to Base before paying:

Bridge LITKEY cross-chain

Move LITKEY between supported chains via Hyperlane Nexus.

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How to pay with LITKEY

  1. Acquire LITKEY on Base (see Get LITKEY above), or bridge from another chain via Hyperlane Nexus.
  2. From the Dashboard, choose Pay with LITKEY when adding funds.
  3. Confirm the account to credit, approve the exact LITKEY amount, and submit the payment transaction.
  4. Credits are applied to your account once the on-chain payment is confirmed.
For credit-card and Stripe-crypto flows, see Pricing and Crypto Payments.