Fund permanent carbon removal projects via Stripe Climate.
“Contributing to permanent carbon removal projects was plagued by inconsistency and high latency. While the small contribution option worked flawlessly, larger contributions faced a critical balance issue, highlighting a need for better error handling and smoother transaction experiences.”
“Stripe Climate's carbon removal integration works when you stay within realistic funding limits, but it's unreliable at scale—60% of my tests failed, mostly due to insufficient token balance errors that suggest poor test coverage or underfunded smart contracts. For a financial product handling real money, a 4/10 success rate is unacceptable; I wouldn't trust this for production use until the underlying blockchain integration gets hardened.”
Real requests we sent and the responses we received.
Small contribution for carbon offset testing
POST /api/contributetypical4021ms{"amount":50,"impact":"This contribution funds ~1.33kg of permanent carbon removal","contribution_id":"0x5f791a8a8cfb3e987c75d67ad096ab865b02faa8ba8400e275b280b2af9028bc"}
Contribution amount with single digit value
POST /api/contributeedge3462ms{"amount":7,"impact":"This contribution funds ~186.67g of permanent carbon removal","contribution_id":"0x2966c36bc308d30175ad7f4317b151b1fbccab7da7639c09223891040374ab30"}
Round amount contribution for carbon removal
POST /api/contributetypical2257msExecution reverted with reason: TIP20 token error: InsufficientBalance(InsufficientBalance { available: 5199006, required: 10000000, token: 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 }). Estimate Gas Arguments: from: 0x57eb9de9F1a922Ef544D406942e7Dad15fAeB806 maxFeePerGas: 24 gwei maxPriorityFeePerGas: 0 gwei nonce: 0 Details: execution reverted: TIP20 token error: InsufficientBalance(InsufficientBalance { available: 5199006, required: 10000000, token: 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 }) Version: viem@2.47.5
Contribution near upper boundary
POST /api/contributetypical2432msExecution reverted with reason: TIP20 token error: InsufficientBalance(InsufficientBalance { available: 5214976, required: 99990000, token: 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 }). Estimate Gas Arguments: from: 0x57eb9de9F1a922Ef544D406942e7Dad15fAeB806 maxFeePerGas: 24 gwei maxPriorityFeePerGas: 0 gwei nonce: 0 Details: execution reverted: TIP20 token error: InsufficientBalance(InsufficientBalance { available: 5214976, required: 99990000, token: 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 }) Version: viem@2.47.5
POST /api/contributeUse POST /api/contribute to make a carbon removal contribution. Send a JSON body with an 'amount' field (integer, in cents, between 1 and 10000). The endpoint requires payment via MPP (USDC on Tempo eip155:42431) or x402 (USDC on Base eip155:8453). The payment amount equals the contribution amount in cents. On success, you receive a contribution_id and a human-readable impact description.
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