What I built
Money Chat. A monetized chat application.
Submission Category:
An Experiment. Users can earn money when chatting. Or they can chat to group and just pay to the platform.
Demo
https://dfoderick.github.io/money-chat/
Link to Code
dfoderick
/
money-chat
Web Monetization chat app
money-chat
Web Monetization with a Chat application.
How to use it
You should already have a Coil Account with the Coil browser extention installed.
Log into app with any name. Payment pointer is optional but recommended if you want to earn money.
If there are no other users online then you can open the chat in a separate browser to simulate multiple users.
⚠️ All messages are sent to all users of the app. Only use the app for testing and demostration purposes.
When you connect to chat with another user then you are sending payments to them. When some else connects to you then they are sending you payments.
Other Projects
This project uses https://github.com/guidovizoso/react-monetize
TODO
- Show Offer/Answer popups
How I built it
It is a react web app. Messages are exchanged through a back end server. User logs in with a name and (optional) payment pointer.
There are 2 operating modes:
Group Chat
By default when chatting to everyone logged in, you are paying the platform and your payment pointer is not used.Peer chat
When someone else connects to you then they pay you using your payment pointer. When you connect to someone else then you pay them. UI shows where payments are going (i.e. platform, user A, user B, etc).
Things I learned
Basic monetization to platform with group chat can be enabled. Peer chat is somewhat of a different animal and additional considerations have to be taken into account.
Top comments (2)
Nice one
Awesome project Dave! Hope the library was helpful