EnrouteApp
Route money where it should go!
Created on 24th October 2025
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EnrouteApp
Route money where it should go!
The problem EnrouteApp solves
Managing on-chain payments especially recurring ones or multi-party distributions are tedious and error-prone. Individuals, DAOs, and startups often have to manually send funds, track percentages, and verify recipients every cycle. EnRoute solves this by turning ENS subnames into programmable payment routers.
With EnRoute, users can set up automated payment policies that split incoming funds based on predefined rules (e.g. 20% finance, 30% management, 50% operations). It makes on-chain subscriptions, payroll, and treasury automation simple, transparent, and gas-efficient; all powered by Base for cheap and fast settlement.
Challenges we ran into
One major challenge we ran into was creating and managing dynamic subdomain resolvers that could enforce programmable payment policies. Traditionally, ENS subname management is complex and not optimized for automation, especially when tied to on-chain fund routing. Fortunately, we discovered Durin, a heavily opinionated L2 resolver framework, which drastically simplified the process. By leveraging Durin, we were able to handle subdomain resolution and policy enforcement seamlessly, freeing us to focus on user experience and logic testing.
Another challenge was optimizing fund distribution gas costs across multiple recipients. We addressed this by batching transfers and testing on Base, which provided low fees and fast finality, making recurring payments practical for real users.
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What is your product’s unique value proposition?
EnRoute transforms ENS subnames into programmable payment routers, allowing users to automate on-chain fund distribution without writing custom contracts. Unlike typical wallet automation tools, EnRoute is ENS-native, policy-driven, and built for recurring and multi-party payments which makes it perfect for DAOs, startups, and creators who manage complex payment flows.
Our alpha build, deployed on Base, demonstrates seamless subname creation, policy enforcement, and automatic fund splitting through a simple dashboard. It proves that programmable, transparent payments can be both user-friendly and gas-efficient, bridging the gap between Web3 identity (ENS) and on-chain finance automation.
Who is your target customer?
Our target audience includes DAOs, hackathon organizers, freelancers, and everyday crypto users who need an easier and more reliable way to manage recurring or multi-recipient crypto payments. EnRoute simplifies this by letting them automate fund distribution using ENS. For example, sending rewards, salaries, or subscription payments to multiple wallets from a single ENS address.
We validated this audience through direct feedback from hackathon organizers and teams who often manage bounty or prize payouts manually, as well as from freelancers juggling multiple income streams. These groups consistently face friction with repetitive transfers, gas inefficiencies, and payment tracking. EnRoute’s automated routing and ENS-based structure directly address these pain points, confirming a strong product–market fit among active Web3 communities.
Who are your closest competitors and how are you different?
EnRoute operates in the automated crypto payments space, where competitors include:
• Superfluid (https://www.superfluid.finance) — Enables token streaming but requires complex setup and lacks ENS-native integration.
• Sablier (https://www.sablier.com) — Focuses on continuous payments, mostly for payroll and vesting, not flexible recurring or multi-recipient payments.
• Request Finance (https://request.finance) — Handles invoicing and crypto payroll but is more centralized and not ENS-compatible.
How EnrouteApp is unique:
EnRoute is the first solution to combine ENS-based routing with automated recurring and multi-recipient payments. Users can create payment “policies” tied to an ENS name (e.g., subscription.elinam.enrouteapp.eth or bounty.jesse.enrouteapp.eth) that automatically distributes funds across multiple wallets. This ENS-first design makes recurring payments simpler, composable, and transparent, empowering DAOs, hackathon organizers, and Web3 teams to manage automated disbursements effortlessly.
What is your distribution strategy and why?
EnRoute’s go-to-market strategy focuses on community-driven adoption through hackathons, DAOs, and ecosystem partnerships. We plan to onboard early users by integrating EnRoute into Base hackathons, builder communities, and DAO treasury workflows where recurring or multi-party payments are common such as bounty payouts, contributor rewards, and subscription services.
We’re also building partnerships with ENS ecosystem projects to leverage ENS names as payment entry points, making it easier for existing users to adopt EnRoute without changing habits. This grassroots and partnership-led approach ensures authentic growth among builders, DAOs, and Web3-native teams who’ll benefit most from automated on-chain payments.
To deepen adoption, we’re developing a Base Mini App that will let users interact with EnRoute natively inside the Base ecosystem to make it easier to create payment policies, automate transfers, and explore ENS-linked payment routes without leaving the Base experience. By integrating Base Names, EnRoute will allow users to seamlessly route funds between Base and ENS identities, bridging naming systems across ecosystems. This integration will act as both a discovery and onboarding channel, bringing EnRoute closer to the Base user base while enhancing the utility of Base Names for programmable payments.
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