# Unlock Protocol Adds Support for $DEGEN 🎩

*Receive payments for subscriptions, memberships, tickets and more in $DEGEN.*

By [Unlock Protocol](https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol) · 2024-03-29

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Unlock Protocol has added support for $DEGEN for creators, event organizers, and others building on Unlock Protocol.

Projects launching subscriptions, memberships, events, and other initiatives using Unlock Protocol can now accept purchases and payments using $DEGEN. If you are setting up a paid subscription, membership or event and want to price it in $DEGEN, you can now do so.

As we are seeing community-driven tokens gain broader acceptance and utility, we are seeing increased growth, liquidity, and contributions to a more inclusive (and interesting) digital economy.

Tokens like $DEGEN are reshaping the interaction between communities and economies, accelerating a decentralized and participatory onchain environment. (Here are some great thoughts on this from [Jarrod Dicker](https://darkstar.mirror.xyz/L8ilT6K6urKFE6MN5TItUX1IArTAn4gIpC1FtB5s2xs), [TPan](https://tpan.substack.com/p/281-memecoins-are-here-to-stay) and, of course, the [/degen channel on Warpcast](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/degen).)

How to price things in $DEGEN
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If a creator or event organizer wants to price their offering natively in $DEGEN, you now have the ability to set up $DEGEN as the method of payment.

When setting up a smart contract with Unlock Protocol, deploy that smart contract on Base and use the $DEGEN ERC-20 as your pricing using the $DEGEN token ([0x4ed4e862860bed51a9570b96d89af5e1b0efefed](https://basescan.org/token/0x4ed4e862860bed51a9570b96d89af5e1b0efefed)). It will now show its price in $DEGEN.

Here’s what it looks like in practice. It takes about a minute to set up.

[![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYBhRZE6CSA)

Once the smart contract has been updated, we can take a look at how it’s presented for subscribers or attendees who are making a purchase.

Head over to [https://app.unlock-protocol.com/event/eth-galactic-2025-based](https://app.unlock-protocol.com/event/eth-galactic-2025-based) for a live example.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6489b71553d5d4fe0142c39dd5b6949e.png)

The landing page shows $DEGEN as the method of payment, and the checkout flow for this event now shows $DEGEN as the way to pay for the ticket to this event.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0db3e96d4ee92651ddaccc992bff757b.png)

**_Note:_** _Pricing in $DEGEN is_ **_not_** _limited to event tickets. Any type of onchain subscription, automatically recurring subscription, or membership can be priced in $DEGEN using Unlock Protocol._

You can get started at [https://unlock-protocol.com](https://unlock-protocol.com).

Enjoy! 🎩

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*Originally published on [Unlock Protocol](https://paragraph.com/@unlockprotocol/degen-unlock-protocol)*