Topic: Developing Telegram bot wallet (Read 3399 times)
It sounds nice but telegram bots aren't open source who knows what you will do some time later. Any person could write a script for telegram, get some people using it and then completely change the parameters for it.
Ok, so last week I finalized prototype, still testing everything and want to go through security audit before launching.
But if anyone's willing to help with beta testing - please message me, I'll share details. I'm also going to come up with some sort of reward for beta testers.
Currently bot is running on testnet, so I can send you some balance for testing.
But if anyone's willing to help with beta testing - please message me, I'll share details. I'm also going to come up with some sort of reward for beta testers.
Currently bot is running on testnet, so I can send you some balance for testing.
hey count me in as beta tester. im interested to know your progress.
starting your own website took time to gain popularity, but by using telegram, you can be popular in an instant.
i think chat based app/program will be the next wave.
Ok, so last week I finalized prototype, still testing everything and want to go through security audit before launching.
But if anyone's willing to help with beta testing - please message me, I'll share details. I'm also going to come up with some sort of reward for beta testers.
Currently bot is running on testnet, so I can send you some balance for testing.
But if anyone's willing to help with beta testing - please message me, I'll share details. I'm also going to come up with some sort of reward for beta testers.
Currently bot is running on testnet, so I can send you some balance for testing.
you should defently give it a try, i know some people who will use this kind of thing for sure
you should defently give it a try, i know some people who will use this kind of thing for sure
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Which way do you think is better? Should I allow direct contact between parties?
Should be a setting. Some people do not want their numbers to get exposed for sure.The thing here is, that nobody wants to give a bot access to their private keys. So if I understood correctly, the one with bitcoins sends the coins to the bot wallet. Then seller sends product, and buyer releases coins? Have I misunderstood your bot, or is this how it works?
I'm considering that way too, however by default I keep private keys. I know that nobody wants to give access, but 90% do anyway. Coinbase is a good exampleQuote
Which way do you think is better? Should I allow direct contact between parties?
Should be a setting. Some people do not want their numbers to get exposed for sure.
The thing here is, that nobody wants to give a bot access to their private keys. So if I understood correctly, the one with bitcoins sends the coins to the bot wallet. Then seller sends product, and buyer releases coins? Have I misunderstood your bot, or is this how it works?
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Which way do you think is better? Should I allow direct contact between parties?
Should be a setting. Some people do not want their numbers to get exposed for sure.
People pointed to me, that such bot already exists: https://t.me/BTC_CHANGE_BOT
I went through and it looks great, main difference from my implementation, which I noticed so far:
I proxy all messages through the bot, to simplify conflict resolution in case of trouble and to allow some privacy to users who don't want random contacts in their Telegram.
Which way do you think is better? Should I allow direct contact between parties?
I went through and it looks great, main difference from my implementation, which I noticed so far:
I proxy all messages through the bot, to simplify conflict resolution in case of trouble and to allow some privacy to users who don't want random contacts in their Telegram.
Which way do you think is better? Should I allow direct contact between parties?
Add me as beta tester. I am interested!
Thanks, sure, as soon as I'm ready. What country are you based in?
Okay that's good options.
How determine for price rate? It's same as localbitcoin?
How to verify the amount arrive or not? That will be have a notification button?
For simplicity in first version I will just use some market average. Later will add support for formula, whatever you want your price to be, based on different sources
Add me as beta tester. I am interested!
That's good idea at the same time not really good idea. I think the uses only fit for small - decent transaction not recommend to use for big transaction.
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
Yes, sending big amounts is not recommended, could be fine for day-to-day cash. Admit it, nobody is using localbitcoins as a wallet too.
Buyer will transfer fiat as agreed with the seller: bank transfer, cash deposit, face-to-face or any other way both sides find reasonable. I will show some warnings for bank transfers and paypal, that transactions are reversible, be cautious and don't trade with strangers.
Okay that's good options.
How determine for price rate? It's same as localbitcoin?
How to verify the amount arrive or not? That will be have a notification button?
That's good idea at the same time not really good idea. I think the uses only fit for small - decent transaction not recommend to use for big transaction.
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
Yes, sending big amounts is not recommended, could be fine for day-to-day cash. Admit it, nobody is using localbitcoins as a wallet too.
Buyer will transfer fiat as agreed with the seller: bank transfer, cash deposit, face-to-face or any other way both sides find reasonable. I will show some warnings for bank transfers and paypal, that transactions are reversible, be cautious and don't trade with strangers.
telegram bot link ?
Sorry, give me another couple weeks to reply to that question. Don't want anyone to interfere just yet, but I'll appreciate help from beta testers when finished with prototype.
That's good idea at the same time not really good idea. I think the uses only fit for small - decent transaction not recommend to use for big transaction.
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
I'm interested to p2p trading system. You said above bot become an escrow, how the buyer(who transfer fiat) transfer the amount?
telegram bot link ?
Making a wallet is a very big deal.. and using telegram to communicate with your API just makes things a whole lot more complicated cuz you're exposing your API..
Using telegram makes things easier: - it already has 200 mln users
- I'm not exposing anything, API is authenticated
- I don't need to design website, think about it's security, etc
- There are let's say 10 commands with different arguments, unknown command will just not do anything, known command can be extensively tested with all possible arguments
Making a wallet is a very big deal.. and using telegram to communicate with your API just makes things a whole lot more complicated cuz you're exposing your API..
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