Securely Connect Your Digital Assets
The Coinbase Browser Extension provides a seamless, fortified gateway between your Coinbase Wallet and the decentralized web. Experience unparalleled security, lightning-fast transactions, and intuitive management—all from your browser toolbar. This is the new standard for web3 interaction, built on trust and cutting-edge encryption.
Our 4 Pillars of Unbreakable Security
Zero-Knowledge Proof
Your private keys never leave your device. The extension operates with zero knowledge of your seed phrase or private data, ensuring that connection requests are handled locally and securely. This client-side encryption methodology is crucial for maintaining self-custody over your assets at all times, a fundamental principle of web3 safety.
Audited & Verified Code
The entire codebase undergoes rigorous, independent security audits by industry-leading firms. Every major update is scrutinized to patch vulnerabilities before release. We adhere strictly to open standards, ensuring transparency and community verification of our commitment to a non-custodial, open-source approach to security.
Phishing Prevention Engine
Integrated, real-time scanning automatically flags known malicious domain names and contract addresses during transaction signing, protecting you from common phishing and "drainer" attacks. This proactive defense mechanism utilizes a continuously updated threat database to safeguard your digital interactions on unfamiliar or compromised websites.
Transaction Simulation
Before confirming a critical transaction, the extension simulates the outcome on a private test environment, providing an easy-to-read summary of expected asset movements. This feature drastically reduces the risk of "blind signing" and gives you complete confidence in the transaction's result before it is broadcast to the main network.
Extension Power Features
1. Unrestricted Multi-Chain Compatibility
Beyond Ethereum, our extension seamlessly supports all major EVM-compatible chains, including Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, and Arbitrum, right out of the box. Users can easily switch between networks and view all corresponding balances without manual configuration. This comprehensive coverage ensures you can engage with the broadest spectrum of DeFi, NFTs, and dApps without needing multiple wallet interfaces. The unified dashboard provides a clear overview, simplifying the complex world of multi-chain asset management into a single, elegant window.
The infrastructure is designed to be future-proof, allowing for rapid integration of new layer-1 and layer-2 solutions as they gain traction, ensuring our users always have access to the cutting edge of blockchain technology and maximal yield opportunities.
Multi-Chain Dashboard Preview
Integrated Swap Interface Preview
2. Integrated Swap and Bridge Functionality
Execute token swaps and cross-chain bridging directly within the extension interface. We aggregate liquidity from leading decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to guarantee the best execution price and lowest slippage, all without leaving the current dApp. This eliminates the vulnerability of relying on external, unverified swapping services and drastically streamlines asset relocation. Furthermore, gas fee estimation is highly accurate, leveraging advanced predictive models to minimize transaction costs during periods of high network congestion, saving you time and capital.
Accessing liquidity and moving assets across chains should be simple and secure. Our built-in tools handle the complexity, letting you focus entirely on your decentralized activities.
3. Rich, Enhanced NFT Management
View, manage, and transact with your non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with detailed metadata and rarity filtering, directly from the extension. It provides full support for ERC-721 and ERC-1155 standards, displaying your entire collection of digital art, collectibles, and gaming assets. Critically, the extension includes a clear permission review when interacting with NFT marketplaces, alerting you to potential 'set approval for all' risks, ensuring your valuable assets are never unknowingly exposed to malicious contracts. The visual interface makes identifying and valuing your collection effortless.
From displaying high-resolution art to managing fractionalized tokens, the NFT dashboard is designed for the serious collector, offering both aesthetic viewing and robust security controls in one place.
NFT Collection Gallery Preview
Developer API Console Preview
4. Custom Developer API Access
For advanced users and developers, the extension exposes a secure, localized API conforming to the EIP-1193 standard, allowing direct integration with custom scripts and local dApp testing environments. This feature enables rapid prototyping, advanced automation, and seamless interaction with complex smart contract functions without compromising the security sandbox of the extension. Comprehensive documentation is provided to ensure safe and effective utilization of this powerful capability, fostering innovation within the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond.
Unlock the full potential of dApp development. Our sandbox environment allows local simulation of blockchain interactions, dramatically speeding up the development cycle while maintaining a strict separation from mainnet assets.
Check Your Connection Health
Click below to simulate a secure connection test with our API endpoint. This demonstrates the live, instantaneous responsiveness of the extension once installed.
Authenticating key handshake...
Detailed Q&A and Compliance
How does the extension guarantee my private key is never compromised?
The core security principle relies on a non-custodial architecture. Your private key (derived from your seed phrase) is encrypted and stored locally *only* within the secure storage mechanism provided by your browser environment (e.g., Chrome's extension storage API). **Crucially, this key never leaves your device and is never transmitted to Coinbase servers or any external third party.** All transaction signing occurs locally within the isolated extension sandbox. When you connect to a dApp, the extension merely exposes a public address and uses a secure communication channel (like the `window.ethereum` object) to request signature confirmation from you. The encrypted key itself remains inaccessible to both the website and the extension's non-critical components. We employ AES-256 encryption for local storage and require a strong, unique password for access, which adds an additional layer of protection even if your local storage were physically compromised. This multi-layered defense model ensures that the only person with access to the signing capability is the authenticated user.
What is "Mirror Formate" design and how does it enhance user experience?
In our context, the "Mirror Formate" design refers to a modern visual aesthetic characterized by symmetry, reflective surfaces (implemented via glassmorphism), and a balanced, professional layout. Specifically, it involves: **1. Symmetrical Layouts:** Key information is often presented in balanced two-column grids on larger screens, allowing the user's eye to process information efficiently. **2. Glassmorphism:** Using translucent, blurred background cards (`backdrop-filter: blur`) creates a reflective, deep, and premium look, enhancing the sense of security and modern professionalism. **3. Contrast and Clarity:** The dark background ensures high contrast with bright text and the Coinbase blue accent color, making the interface highly legible even in varying light conditions. The overall effect is a visually cohesive, deep, and intuitive interface that mirrors the precision and trustworthiness required in financial technology, reducing cognitive load and improving user confidence during high-stakes actions like transaction signing.
Is the extension open source, and why is that important for security?
While the core Coinbase Wallet logic is proprietary and subject to strict internal security protocols, the public-facing bridge code—the component that interacts with the browser and dApps—is partially open-source and regularly audited. The most critical component, the encryption and key management module, follows established, publicly verifiable cryptographic standards (like BIP39 for seed generation and standardized elliptic curve cryptography). Transparency through public audits is paramount. The security benefits of this approach are threefold: **1. Community Vetting:** Independent security researchers and developers can review the code for vulnerabilities. **2. Standards Compliance:** Ensures our implementation adheres precisely to industry-wide best practices (like EIPs). **3. Trust Verification:** Users don't have to rely solely on Coinbase's assurances; external experts continually validate the integrity of the connection protocols. This dual approach of internal scrutiny and external validation offers the highest level of trust in a non-custodial environment.
How does the extension handle gas fees and transaction speed optimization?
The extension integrates a sophisticated gas estimation algorithm that dynamically predicts optimal gas prices based on real-time network conditions. Instead of relying on simple averages, our system monitors transaction queue size, base fee trends (EIP-1559), and recent block finalization times to propose three distinct options: **1. Low:** For non-urgent transactions (lowest cost, slower confirmation). **2. Standard:** The optimal balance of cost and speed (our recommended default). **3. Fast:** For urgent actions (highest cost, guaranteed inclusion in the next few blocks). Furthermore, for supported chains (like Polygon or Optimism), the extension automatically switches to the chain's native fee structure and provides clear visibility into the L2-specific costs, ensuring you are never surprised by unexpected fees. Users also have the ability to manually override the suggested gas settings for fine-grained control over transaction parameters.
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Coinbase Extension is a non-custodial utility provided for seamless interaction with the Coinbase Wallet ecosystem. While we employ state-of-the-art security measures, users are ultimately responsible for safeguarding their seed phrase and private keys. Do not share your recovery phrase with anyone. All rights reserved 2024.