Building Citrine, on-device Android automation for eligible Coinbase Advanced BTC/ETH perpetual futures (CDE). Practical notes on encrypted API keys, recovery, simulated trading, and historical backtesting.
Citrine Edge builds Citrine, an Android app for BTC and ETH perpetual futures on Coinbase Advanced (CDE), for eligible accounts. Automation runs on the user's device, trading API keys stay encrypted there, and funds remain in Coinbase. Paper Mode, Shadow Mode, and historical backtesting let users inspect behavior before using live automation. This publication shares practical engineering notes on security, API integration, recovery, and simulation accuracy.
Our stack
Android, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coinbase Advanced APIs, and Cloudflare-backed public market-data archives. Proprietary app source remains private; the public Citrine handbook covers setup and security.
