Withdraw without the Generic app
Use these guides to withdraw through block explorers when the Generic app is unavailable. Choose the page that matches where your balance appears, then complete each transaction in order.
Choose your withdrawal route
Your starting balance determines which guide to follow:
| Where your balance appears | Start here | What you receive |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum GUSD or GenericUnit | Withdraw from Ethereum | USDC, USDT, or USDS on Ethereum |
| Status predeposit balance | Withdraw a Status predeposit | GenericUnit on Ethereum, then your chosen stablecoin |
| Citrea sGUSD, GUSD, or GenericUnitL2 | Withdraw from Citrea | Ethereum GUSD, then your chosen stablecoin |
The Status and Citrea routes both finish with the Ethereum guide. Status joins after you reclaim GenericUnit. Citrea joins after LayerZero delivers GUSD to Ethereum.
Prepare your wallet
You need the wallet that owns the position and enough native currency for gas:
- Ethereum transactions: ETH on Ethereum Mainnet
- Citrea transactions: cBTC on Citrea
- Cross-chain delivery: the Citrea route also charges a LayerZero fee in cBTC
- Final redemption: ETH on Ethereum after the Citrea transfer arrives
Save every transaction hash before starting the next transaction. A transaction hash is the clearest record of what succeeded and where funds are waiting.
Use contract explorers safely
Block explorers expose the same contract functions used by an application. Read functions do not change state. Write functions create wallet transactions.
Follow these rules on every page:
- Open contracts from these guides or the deployment addresses page.
- Confirm the address in your browser before connecting your wallet.
- Use Read as Proxy and Write as Proxy on Etherscan when those tabs appear.
- Use Read Proxy and Write Proxy on CitreaScan when those buttons appear.
- Call the proxy address listed in the guide, not its implementation address.
- Confirm the wallet is on the network named in the step.
- Read the completed transaction before continuing.
Enter token amounts as integers
Contract fields accept base-unit integers, not decimal token amounts. Multiply the displayed token amount by 10^decimals.
| Token or value | Decimals | Base-unit example |
|---|---|---|
| GUSD | 18 | 1 GUSD = 1000000000000000000 |
| GenericUnit | 18 | 1 unit = 1000000000000000000 |
| sGUSD shares | 18 | 1 share = 1000000000000000000 |
| GenericUnitL2 | 18 | 1 unit = 1000000000000000000 |
| USDC or USDT | 6 | 1 token = 1000000 |
| USDS | 18 | 1 token = 1000000000000000000 |
| cBTC transaction value | 18 | 1 cBTC = 1000000000000000000 |
Do not enter commas, spaces, or a decimal point. For example, enter 2500000000000000000 for 2.5 GUSD.
Stop when a result does not match
Do not guess a replacement value after a read returns 0 or a transaction reverts. Check the wallet, network, amount, and addresses again.
Do not repeat a Citrea bridge while the first message is pending. Track the original transaction through CitreaScan and LayerZero Scan before taking further action.