# IOTA as a currency for Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/iota-as-a-currency-for-discourse/66086
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iota-as-a-currency-for-discourse/66086 "2017-07-12T21:40:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iota-as-a-currency-for-discourse/66086/1 "2017-07-12T21:40:06Z")
Read a lot about IOTA recently, a new distributed ledger technology that - compared to blockchain - has zero transaction fees, scalability and speed:
> **[IOTA Crypto-currency for Internet-of-Things | IOTA Tangle is a Quantum-Secure...](https://satoshiwatch.com/iota-the-winner-takes/)**
>
> Forgot Password ? User Login Not a member yet?Register \[…\]
Would be cool to build a currency for Discourse with - to tip users, reward certain user behaviour, pay for content etc.
Iota is on Discourse too:
[https://forum.iota.org/](https://forum.iota.org/)
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### Author:  [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iota-as-a-currency-for-discourse/66086/2 "2017-09-19T16:25:42Z")
Hi all, someone build a simple js-application to include iota tips into any website: [https://github.com/noneymous/iota-micro-tipping](https://github.com/noneymous/iota-micro-tipping)
Since I’m only able to “code” by copying and playing around with things: Can anyone give me a hint where to start to bring this to my Discourse forum? Many thanks!
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iota-as-a-currency-for-discourse/66086/3 "2017-09-20T05:31:55Z")
A developer should start here:
> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1/30515):
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> Building a plugin in Discourse can be really simple, once you learn a couple of quirks. The goal of this post is to create a skeleton plugin and introduce you to the basics. Your development environment Make sure you have a development environment of Discourse running on your computer. I recommend you use [the appropriate setup guide](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/dev-install) and come back when you’re done. plugin.rbtada Use [GitHub - discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton: Template for Discourse plugins · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton) to create a complete di…
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