Excited to finally soft release our Discord tipping bot, DiscoPay!

1148 sats \ 1000 boost \ 26 comments \ @DiscoPay 3 Feb 2022 bitcoin freebie

Introducing DiscoPay

Send bitcoin to your friends over discord!

what does a soft release mean?

We're currently looking for people to play around with this bot on our private discord server until we buff out a few rough edges.

If you join our server I'll throw you some sats to get started!

Join here: https://discord.gg/66rQSHdN

Features in the works:

support for lnurl withdrawal
give every discord user a lightning address
on-chain deposits and withdrawals
moderation tools (paywalls etc)

website: https://discopay.cc/ twitter: https://twitter.com/DiscoPay discord server: https://discord.gg/66rQSHdN

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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @tak 17 Feb 2022 freebie

I think it's great to have a way to pay lightning or tip lightning on discord. It's a huge community and regular btc takes forever to confirm ⚡⚡⚡

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @ClickForCharity 7 Feb 2022 freebie

I just tried it out. It seems very simple and intuitive to use. I did need some help at first but that's just me! Nice bot.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @joerazor05 17 Mar 2022 freebie

This a awsome project the bot is very good for instant and easy lighting payments on lightning network there is no issue in using it

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @jerry112 23 Mar 2022 freebie

I think bot should work by @ command because like me new user will not know that he /she have to click on user to tip.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @CJK31069082 12 Feb 2022 freebie

Good bot to tip in ln network i havent used ln tipping boy in discord but this is cool

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @solonapoliebas1 20 Feb 2022 freebie

Very great Discord Channel...the people that have founded it are very friendly and helpful. Thanks a lot, it has been a great experience!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sgornick 20 Feb 2022 freebie

I left you a DM on Discord, there's more I was trying to say there but it shows you as offline / idle now.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @redaleks75 5 Feb 2022 freebie

give every discord user a lightning address

12 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 3 Feb 2022

The site looks slick, nice job!

moderation tools (paywalls etc)

Sybil resistance? I know spam is HUGE problem on discord right now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiscoPay OP 3 Feb 2022 freebie

👆

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Iamsxm 4 Mar 2022 freebie

Amazing bot! Now LN in on Discord! easy to use commands (jsut needs getting used to) But its fair! and i love it.

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @sgornick 4 Feb 2022 freebie

So DiscoPay runs the bot, and the wallet, so the Discord server operator simply needs to add the bot to that server? If so, then that's very simple, yes.

But how does DiscoPay get paid?

Is it a subscription from the Discord server operator? If so, is it flat rate?, or based on number of users, or ??

Or is instead DiscoPay's revenue coming from fees from the LN transactions?

Deposits, ... fee?
Withdrawals, ... fee?
Send (to another user), ... fee?
Receive (from another user), ... fee?

Another question .... so this is a custodial wallet, with DiscoPay holding the funds. Does the Discord server operator have any access or control to the funds? Or even visibility into user's wallet activity?

I assume that I could get kicked from that server by the admin. Do I still have the ability to chat with the bot to withdraw?

35 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiscoPay OP 4 Feb 2022 freebie

Good questions.

But how does DiscoPay get paid? Currently, there are no concrete plans to run profitably.

Is it a subscription from the Discord server operator?
Nope! No plans to do that.

Or is instead DiscoPay's revenue coming from fees from the LN transactions? This could be something I do to generate revenue. We are temporarily using opennode to facilitate deposits and withdrawals so any fee you see from the bot is me passing on their fee.

Deposits, ... fee? yes, opennode's 1%, will reduce to just cover routing fees when our node is online

Withdrawals, ... fee? yes, opennode's 1%, same as above

Send (to another user), ... fee? no fee

Receive (from another user), ... fee? no fee

Does the Discord server operator have any access or control to the funds? Or even visibility into the user's wallet activity? Nope, none. The balance is attached to the user, only. I have plans to allow the server admin to activate a server wallet to collect server dues, donations, etc...

I assume that I could get kicked from that server by the admin. Do I still have the ability to chat with the bot to withdraw? When the bot is fully launched, anyone will be able to add the bot to their own server. If you are kicked from a server you can simply create a new server, add the bot, and withdraw. Also, if the bot ever direct messages you to notify you of activity that direct message thread can be used to issue commands, like withdrawing.

Hope I answered all your Qs!

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @thrown 3 Feb 2022

I know you named it for Discord, but any chances you’ll expand to something like Matrix chat?

For example, what if this was bundled with a matrix chat server so every server also gave all its users lightning addresses.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 4 Feb 2022

give every discord user a lightning address

Whoah!!!

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @thrown 3 Feb 2022

do you block users from accidentally typing /balance and stuff in public chats? those are only allowed in DMs with the bot, right?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DiscoPay OP 3 Feb 2022 freebie

yup! Those responses will only be "ephemeral" meaning only you can see them.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 3 Feb 2022

Awesome news, will give it a test drive and create a tutorial on our site a bit later, love messing around with anything LN

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiscoPay OP 3 Feb 2022 freebie

Whoa! that's really nice. The server is totally dead so i'd love it if you joined.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Webuser 3 Feb 2022 freebie

I would like to learn how to code things similar to this.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 29 Mar 2022

UPDATE

It's live -- invite the bot to your Discord server!

DiscoPay has launched! Let's take Discord back from the shitcoiners ⚔️ #16801

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @falsefaucet 7 Feb 2022

cool little bot to tip your friends in discord, looking forward to the first public release

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 4 Feb 2022

Meanwhile, at the competition ....

@tip_cc Hey guys, just tried your bot in Discord, really neat! Any plans on integrating Lightning for BTC withdrawal?

https://twitter.com/FanisMichalakis/status/1300309741177053185

maybe some day... not a priority

https://twitter.com/tip_cc/status/1300416741215023105

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiscoPay OP 4 Feb 2022 freebie

"Competition", does anything really compete with btc on lightning?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @soggycakes 5 Feb 2022 freebie

step 2 lol