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Who it is for

Tunde hears Monad mainnet builders get early attention. First Deploy walks him through deploying his own verified contract from his own wallet, then gives him a shareable builder page listing every chain he has shipped on.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$79

$20 deposit to reserve

Guided deploy flow, contract verification, builder profile page across chains.

You choose: chains
You choose: name and logo
You choose: accent color

Customfrom $500

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

Why own your own

The pieces are live separately; the bundle of guided deploy plus portable builder page is a packaging choice, not a new mechanic.

Closest things out there

Base Learn guides first deploys and mints progress NFTs, Ronin's Builders Portal registers onchain builder profiles from deployed contracts, and thirdweb and Remix handle deploys.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Makes you a provable builder, not a spectator.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

grant · Base · rolling

Base Builder Grants

rolling, retroactive

Official page ↗

Existing shipped projects OK.

Their rule on existing code: Existing shipped projects OK (retroactive)

accelerator · Monad Foundation · upcoming

Monad builder programs (Monad Madness, Mach)

unknown

Official page ↗

Eligibility unknown.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete First Deploy app: a beginner picks a chain and a tiny template, deploys and verifies it from their own wallet, and collects a stamp per chain on a builder page, with a paywall and guide agent built in.

Base price · $79

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: pick a chain and a tiny contract, sign with your own wallet, collect a stamp per chain.

Builder status and next actionHome

Chains shipped, verified contracts, Friday streak and one next step.

Guided deployShip

Pick a chain and template, compile, sign, deploy and verify with a live terminal and rocket.

Balance check and verification retryShip

No signing without gas; one retry after indexing.

Sui Move trackShip

A separate guided Move path. Gated behind Builder.

Builder passportPassport

A stamp per chain, each linked to a verified contract and block.

Custom domain and showcasePassport

Your builder page on your own domain. Gated behind Builder.

Ship Friday streakCohort

A weekly shipping streak with reminders.

Streak saverCohort

Keep a streak through exam weeks. Gated behind Builder.

Plans and USDC checkoutMe

Starter, Builder and Cohort tiers through the shared USDC checkout.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

MRR, incoming USDC, payment methods, tiers and gates.

Platform rulesRules

Chains from one config, verification retries, balance check and templates.

Guide agent logAgent

Verification and gas failures and how the guide adapted.

Roadmap build requestsRoadmap

v2 and v3 scopes with add-on prices.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Class invitesCohort

Invite classmates and see a shared class page.

Passport share cardPassport

Share chains shipped with a ship your first link.

Hackathon warm up loopGrowth

Run a warm up week, page links, cohorts, chain launches and referrals.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

EVM deploys are free; builders subscribe for Move, domains and streak savers, and cohorts pay per class, in USDC.

StarterFreeGuided deploys on every EVM chain, verification, a builder page with stamps

Builder$19 a monthSui Move track, your own domain and showcase, Ship Friday streak saver

Cohort$199 a monthA class of up to 40 builders, a cohort page, progress for the organiser

Builders pay their own gas from their own wallet; the app never holds keys.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

A ship your first link on every builder page
Cohorts that bring whole classes
New chain launches as invite moments
Builder referral codes

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full first deploy

Three templates
Own wallet deploys
Verification with retry
Builder page with stamps
Ship Friday and paywall

Included

Cohort console

Organiser dashboard
Cohort page
Finish certificates
Hackathon warm up mode

Add-on from $500

Builder network

Builder directory
Chain launch drops
Showcase pages
Hiring board

Add-on from $1,200

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Turn spectators into provable builders, one small verified contract at a time.

Problem: Beginners watch crypto from the sidelines because the first deploy is confusing and nobody can see what they built.

Solution: A guided deploy from the builder's own wallet with verification, and a builder page of stamps read from chain.

Why now: New chains launch monthly and each wants first builders; deploys cost cents.

Market: Students, bootcamps and hackathons, from free builders to $199 a month cohorts.

The ask: Run cohorts with three Lagos universities this term.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: Tunde on a Yaba rooftop with one Base stamp.
Ship: a Monad guestbook; verification fails once, then passes.
Ship: with no gas the balance check stops the signature.
Passport: Base and Monad stamps; the custom domain is gated behind Builder.
Cohort: invite Ada and Kemi, keep the Ship Friday streak.
Owner Agent: the retry and balance check fixes.
Owner Revenue: change the Builder price.
Owner Growth: run a hackathon warm up.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

New chains, custom templates, cohort branding and certificates, scoped on a call from $1,000.

Custom from $500

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Builder programs, grants and ecosystem teams increasingly ask one question first: what have you shipped? Many capable people never cross from reading threads to deploying anything, because the first deploy, the gas, the verification step and the proof of authorship are scattered across tutorials and explorers.

What exists and what is new

This largely exists in pieces. Base Learn guides first deploys and mints progress NFTs, Ronin's Builders Portal registers onchain builder profiles from deployed contracts, and thirdweb and Remix handle deploys and verification. First Deploy is a packaging choice, not a new mechanic: one guided flow that deploys from the user's own wallet and verifies the source, plus a portable builder page that lists every chain they shipped on, read straight from deployer addresses. Its value is getting a beginner to a verified first contract quickly and making that proof easy to share.

The data it runs on

Public chain data only: contract addresses, deploy transactions and the deployer address, plus verification status from explorers or Sourcify. The user adds a display name, city and optional photo for their page. The app never holds keys and stores no private data beyond the page profile.

1.The mission

Turn spectators into provable builders, one small verified contract at a time, on any chain they choose.

2.Why people can't resist it

The first stamp Watching a passport stamp land after the first verified deploy is a real moment of pride, and people screenshot it.

Proof that travels One link that lists every chain you shipped on, each one checkable onchain, is exactly what builder calls and applications ask for.

Ship Friday A weekly small idea and a streak of Fridays keeps people shipping after the first deploy, which is where most stop.

3.How it works for real

Wallet: The user connects their own wallet (any injected wallet, or a Privy embedded wallet for first timers). Every deploy is signed by the user, so the chain records them as deployer.

Templates and compile: Small audited-style templates (guestbook, tip jar, fixed supply token) compiled in the browser with solc for EVM chains, and a Move package path for Sui using the Sui CLI guide.

Chains: EVM chains such as Base, Monad, Berachain and HyperEVM through viem with each chain's public RPC, plus Arc testnet and Sui. Chain list is configurable by the owner.

Verification: Submits standard JSON input with exact compiler settings to the Etherscan V2 multichain API or Sourcify, falling back to the chain's own explorer API, and retries on settings mismatch.

Builder page: A public page per address that indexes contracts where that address is the deployer, using explorer APIs or a light indexer, and shows verified or unverified stamps.

Guide assistant: An optional assistant explains errors in plain words using a small model such as Claude Haiku 4.5. It reads errors and balances only and cannot sign.

Hosting: Next.js on Vercel with a small database (Convex or Postgres) for page profiles and the weekly reminder.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Gas is paid by the user from their own wallet: a small contract deploy on Base is typically a few cents or less, and similar on other low fee chains, but fees vary, so the app shows a live estimate. Verification APIs have free tiers. The guide assistant costs roughly $0.002 to $0.01 per explained error with a small model. Example month with 1,000 users: hosting about $20, database about $25, assistant about $15, so roughly $60.

Free $0

Guided deploy and verify on one chain, public builder page.

Builder $5 a month

All chains, custom page link, Ship Friday ideas, export for grant applications.

Cohort From $200 per cohort

For bootcamps, campus clubs and communities: a shared board of every member's verified deploys.

5.Growth loop

Every builder page carries a 'ship your first' link, and pages get shared on builder calls, in applications and in class groups. Cohorts bring whole groups at once, and each new chain launch is a natural moment to invite people to add a stamp.

6.Risks and guardrails

Scam tokens: A token template could be misused for scams. The token template has no sale function, the page labels it as a learning deploy, and the app never promotes tokens.

False expectations: Users may think a stamp guarantees grants, rewards or program entry. Copy says plainly it is proof of shipping only.

Key safety: Beginners can be phished. The app never asks for seed phrases, never signs for the user and warns about fake 'verify your wallet' sites.

Chain changes: New chains change RPCs, explorers and verification APIs. Keep chain configs in one file and check them monthly.

Verification failures: Settings mismatches are common. Always submit the full standard JSON input and show the exact settings used.

7.Build order

Guestbook template with in-browser compile on Base
Deploy signed by the user's own wallet
Automatic verification with standard JSON input and one retry
Builder page that reads deployer addresses and shows stamps
Add Monad and two more EVM chains from one config file
Ship Friday weekly reminder and streak
Sui Move path as a separate guided track

8.Where this is going

Now
A beginner gets a verified first contract on a new chain in about ten minutes and a page to show it.
Next
Cohort boards for campuses and bootcamps, so whole classes ship together.
Later
Builder pages become a portable, checkable record that programs read instead of CVs.
The big one
Anyone, anywhere, can prove they build, with nothing to show but their own onchain work.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own First Deploy

Thousands of people want to say 'I build on Monad' or 'I build on Base' and have nothing to point at. First Deploy turns that wish into a verified contract deployed from their own wallet and a builder page that lists every chain they have shipped on. If you own it, every new builder you onboard does it on your platform, under your brand, paying you, and your own builder page is the first one on it.

What’s stopping you?

“I can't code. How can I sell a deploy tool?”

The guided deploy, verification and builder page are built. You run it, brand it and bring people to it. You will deploy your own contract first, so you understand the flow from the user's side.

“Doesn't Base Learn or Remix already do this for free?”

Parts of it, yes. Your value is the bundle and the hand holding: one flow across several chains, a page that collects every deploy, and you as the friendly guide for your community. Compete on care and audience, not features.

“Will people expect airdrops?”

Some will. Say clearly on every page that deploying does not guarantee any airdrop or reward. It builds a real, provable record; that is the honest promise.

“What if a chain changes and deploys break?”

Chains do upgrade. Test one deploy per chain monthly, keep a status note on the site, and remove a chain from the menu rather than leave it broken.

“What if nobody pays when tutorials are free?”

Many will not. Your buyers are people short on time, communities that want a branded onboarding flow, and hackathon organizers who want participants deploying in ten minutes.

The million-dollar ladder

Individual builders pay a small fee per guided deploy bundle and builder page, and communities, bootcamps and hackathon organizers pay for branded cohorts where every participant ships a verified contract.

$150

$5,700

$40,000

$85,000

First 10 builders

10 builders

$15 per deploy bundle

One community cohort a month

300 builders

$19 per builder

Bootcamps and hackathons on board

2,000 builders

$20 per builder

Million dollar run rate

4,250 builders

$20 per builder

Sell cohorts to communities instead of single deploys.
Add each new chain early when it launches, while demand for 'first builder' status is hot.
Partner with hackathon organizers to make First Deploy the warm up step.
Offer a premium builder page with custom domain and project showcase.

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.