most "how to onboard to on-chain perps" guides take 15 minutes to read and another 30 minutes to execute. this one takes 60 seconds end to end. that is not a marketing claim — it is the actual elapsed time we measured when we built uponly.win in a single night and ripped the first test trade ourselves.
here is the speed-run. if you can hit a button and check an email, you can do this.
the 60-second plan, summarized
four steps. no software install. no extension. no seed phrase. no native gas token required.
- 0:00 — open uponly.win in a browser
- 0:10 — sign in with email or an existing wallet — privy provisions a smart wallet on base
- 0:25 — copy your wallet address and send usdc to base from your cex or another wallet
- 0:55 — choose collateral size, tap rip, watch the position open on-chain
why this is faster than every alternative
on most on-chain perp platforms the onboarding flow involves installing a wallet extension, writing down a seed phrase, bridging eth to the target chain, paying gas to approve usdc, paying gas again to deposit usdc, and then finally signing the trade itself. that is six steps minimum, often with a tutorial popup between each one.
uponly compresses all of that into one sign-in plus one deposit. here is what makes it possible.
privy smart wallets — no seed phrase
privy creates a smart wallet for you the moment you sign in. you do not write down a seed phrase. you do not download anything. your sign-in method (email, social, or existing wallet) is your access path. the wallet is non-custodial — funds live in a smart contract you control.
pimlico gas sponsorship — no eth required
pimlico sponsors base gas for transactions on uponly.win. you need usdc on base, period. no separate eth balance to maintain. no "you need a small amount of native token for gas" warnings. that single design choice cuts the onboarding flow by half.
avantis settlement — real on-chain perps
trades settle on avantis, the on-chain perp venue on base. that means it is genuinely on-chain — you can verify your position on the explorer — without the cost or latency that on-chain trading used to imply.
- privy — sign in and smart wallet provisioning
- pimlico — base gas sponsorship
- avantis — on-chain perp settlement on base
- uponly — the arcade interface gluing it all together
what each step actually involves
we promised 60 seconds. let us walk through what each chunk actually costs you in attention.
the sign-in (15 seconds)
click sign in. enter email. paste the 6-digit code from your inbox. that is it — privy has provisioned a smart wallet on base for you in the background.
the deposit (30-60 seconds)
copy your base wallet address from the deposit screen. open your cex (coinbase, binance, etc), withdraw usdc, paste the address, pick base as the network, confirm. on most modern cexes the deposit credits in under two minutes. for the full network-select walk-through, see how to deposit usdc to base from cex.
the rip (5 seconds)
pick your collateral. tap the giant rip button. uponly randomizes the pair, side, and leverage between 75x and 500x. position opens on-chain on avantis. you are trading.
the economic relationship in plain english
now that you are technically onboarded, here is what the platform actually takes from you. uponly.win runs no house — the market is the only counterparty, and we never sit opposite your trade. there is zero open fee, zero close fee, zero spread mark-up, and zero platform fee on losing trades. when you lose, the platform earns nothing. only net winnings carry a small variable cut. that is the whole revenue model.
that structural choice is not a marketing thing. it is the design that made one-tap onboarding worth building — if we made money on your losses, we would have an incentive to make onboarding hostile in subtle ways. instead, our incentive is for you to enjoy the experience enough that some of the time you win and we earn a slice of that.
what to do once you are onboarded
the onboarding flow is the easy part. learning to size, time, and exit your trades is where the work actually is. start with how to open your first 100x leverage trade and how to use max leverage without getting instantly liquidated. pair those with the broader guides category for the full how-to library.
when you are ready to do the 60-second run for real, try uponly. bring 5 minutes and a small amount of usdc. that is all you need.