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All active prediction pools on Fate EVM use WETH as the base token.
Users who hold only native ETH hit a hard dead-end when they try to buy
Bull or Bear tokens:
"Insufficient balance. You have 0 base tokens available."
The app provides no in-product path to resolve this. The current
team-documented workaround (ref: Discord #fate-evm, 3 Mar 2026) is to
direct users to an external Etherscan writeContract page to manually
call WETH.deposit() before returning to the app.
This is a significant UX gap — a first-time user interacting with any
active pool on Sepolia will hit this error with no actionable guidance.
Current Flow vs Proposed Flow
Current buy flow (broken path for ETH-only wallets)
flowchart TD
A([User opens pool page]) --> B[Enters buy amount]
B --> C{WETH balance >= amount?}
C -- YES --> D[Check allowance]
C -- NO --> E[Error toast\nInsufficient balance]
E --> F[ User sent to external Etherscan page]
F --> G[Manually calls WETH.deposit on Etherscan]
G --> H[Returns to app and retries]
D --> I{Allowance >= amount?}
I -- YES --> J[ buy tx submitted]
I -- NO --> K[approve tx]
K --> J
style E fill:#ef4444,color:#fff
style F fill:#f97316,color:#fff
style G fill:#f97316,color:#fff
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Proposed buy flow (ETH toggle in-product)
flowchart TD
A([User opens pool page]) --> B[Enter buy amount]
B --> C{Pool uses WETH as base token?}
C -- No --> D[Normal ERC20 buy flow]
C -- Yes --> E[Show payment toggle<br/>WETH or ETH]
E --> F{User selects payment source}
F -- WETH --> G{WETH balance >= amount?}
G -- Yes --> L[Check allowance]
G -- No --> M[Insufficient WETH<br/>Show ETH balance hint]
F -- ETH --> H{ETH balance >= amount?}
H -- No --> N[Insufficient ETH]
H -- Yes --> I[Step 1: Wrap ETH to WETH<br/>WETH.deposit]
I --> I2{Wrap tx confirmed?}
I2 -- No --> O[Wrap failed<br/>Rollback UI]
I2 -- Yes --> J[Step 2: Approve WETH]
L --> P{Allowance >= amount?}
J --> P
P -- No --> J
P -- Yes --> Q[Step 3: Buy tokens]
Q --> R{Buy tx confirmed?}
R -- Yes --> S[Tokens received<br/>Refresh pool state]
R -- No --> T[Buy failed<br/>Show error toast]
style I fill:#3b82f6,color:#fff
style J fill:#8b5cf6,color:#fff
style Q fill:#10b981,color:#fff
style S fill:#10b981,color:#fff
style O fill:#ef4444,color:#fff
style N fill:#ef4444,color:#fff
style T fill:#ef4444,color:#fff
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Feature and its Use Cases
Problem
All active prediction pools on Fate EVM use WETH as the base token.
Users who hold only native ETH hit a hard dead-end when they try to buy
Bull or Bear tokens:
The app provides no in-product path to resolve this. The current
team-documented workaround (ref: Discord #fate-evm, 3 Mar 2026) is to
direct users to an external Etherscan
writeContractpage to manuallycall
WETH.deposit()before returning to the app.This is a significant UX gap — a first-time user interacting with any
active pool on Sepolia will hit this error with no actionable guidance.
Current Flow vs Proposed Flow
Current buy flow (broken path for ETH-only wallets)
flowchart TD A([User opens pool page]) --> B[Enters buy amount] B --> C{WETH balance >= amount?} C -- YES --> D[Check allowance] C -- NO --> E[Error toast\nInsufficient balance] E --> F[ User sent to external Etherscan page] F --> G[Manually calls WETH.deposit on Etherscan] G --> H[Returns to app and retries] D --> I{Allowance >= amount?} I -- YES --> J[ buy tx submitted] I -- NO --> K[approve tx] K --> J style E fill:#ef4444,color:#fff style F fill:#f97316,color:#fff style G fill:#f97316,color:#fffProposed buy flow (ETH toggle in-product)
flowchart TD A([User opens pool page]) --> B[Enter buy amount] B --> C{Pool uses WETH as base token?} C -- No --> D[Normal ERC20 buy flow] C -- Yes --> E[Show payment toggle<br/>WETH or ETH] E --> F{User selects payment source} F -- WETH --> G{WETH balance >= amount?} G -- Yes --> L[Check allowance] G -- No --> M[Insufficient WETH<br/>Show ETH balance hint] F -- ETH --> H{ETH balance >= amount?} H -- No --> N[Insufficient ETH] H -- Yes --> I[Step 1: Wrap ETH to WETH<br/>WETH.deposit] I --> I2{Wrap tx confirmed?} I2 -- No --> O[Wrap failed<br/>Rollback UI] I2 -- Yes --> J[Step 2: Approve WETH] L --> P{Allowance >= amount?} J --> P P -- No --> J P -- Yes --> Q[Step 3: Buy tokens] Q --> R{Buy tx confirmed?} R -- Yes --> S[Tokens received<br/>Refresh pool state] R -- No --> T[Buy failed<br/>Show error toast] style I fill:#3b82f6,color:#fff style J fill:#8b5cf6,color:#fff style Q fill:#10b981,color:#fff style S fill:#10b981,color:#fff style O fill:#ef4444,color:#fff style N fill:#ef4444,color:#fff style T fill:#ef4444,color:#fffAdditional Context
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