POST
/
v2
/
evm
/
smart-accounts
Create a Smart Account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/evm/smart-accounts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "owners": [
    "0xfc807D1bE4997e5C7B33E4d8D57e60c5b0f02B1a"
  ]
}'
{
  "address": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e",
  "owners": [
    "0xfc807D1bE4997e5C7B33E4d8D57e60c5b0f02B1a"
  ],
  "name": "my-smart-account"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

A JWT signed using your CDP API Key Secret, encoded in base64. Refer to the Generate Bearer Token section of our Authentication docs for information on how to generate your Bearer Token.

Body

application/json
​
owners
string[]
required

Today, only a single owner can be set for a Smart Account, but this is an array to allow setting multiple owners in the future.

Example:
[
  "0xfc807D1bE4997e5C7B33E4d8D57e60c5b0f02B1a"
]

Response

Successfully created Smart Account.

​
address
string
required

The 0x-prefixed, checksum address of the Smart Account.

Example:

"0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e"

​
owners
string[]
required

Today, only a single owner can be set for a Smart Account, but this is an array to allow having multiple owners in the future. The address is a 0x-prefixed, checksum address.

Example:
[
  "0xfc807D1bE4997e5C7B33E4d8D57e60c5b0f02B1a"
]
​
name
string

An optional name for the account. Account names can consist of alphanumeric characters and hyphens, and be between 2 and 36 characters long. Account names are guaranteed to be unique across all Smart Accounts in the developer's CDP Project.

Example:

"my-smart-account"