Monero Subscriptions Plugin

:information_source: Summary Monero Subscriptions allows site owners to sell recurring and one-time purchase subscriptions that grant access to a group on a Discourse instance.
:hammer_and_wrench: Repository Link GitHub - spirobel/monero-discourse-subscriptions: A Discourse plugin that allows payments and subscription management via Monero.
:open_book: Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse

Features

Here is a video that describes the features:

The full video can also be found on youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyAH9JUs2g

Configuration

Please follow the steps described in the README of the github repository:

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  • I tried this with stagenet coins and it has been running without issue on forum.monerochan.news since I created it.
  • There is currently no budget to maintain it, so don’t use it for production.

Because of the versatile permission system of Discourse, it is possible to use this in many creative ways to sell content / access to more productive group conversations.

I used a special technique to make the better maintained js package work with Discourse: x.com

If you are looking for similar solutions I am also available for consulting work. This work can be adapted for other cryptocurrencies and payment providers.

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Hey, can it be adapted to display the XMR prices calculated from USD like BTCPay?

That could gain more attention and use cases :slight_smile:

Where do you currently see the difference between the way this plugin works and BTCPay?

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Hello sr, again. BTCPay calculates the pricing in USD (and crypto) when generating invoices and displaying the total price to pay.

This plugin will be updated following Bootbox is now deprecated?

We should like to use it!

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the plugin does exactly the same. Watch the video carefully.

I am currently working on an alternative.
happy to chat more on x or here in DMs

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May I know how usable this plugin actually is and how much it should be improved in order to be considered at an enterprise level?

Privacy is becoming increasingly important, and I understand that Discourse community can anticipate this.

This plugin should not be funded by those who depend on the current system but by those who are building the next.

According to the World Bank’s Financial Inclusion Project, 27% of the world’s adults remain unbanked; while a further 50% remain underbanked, defined as an adult without a credit card.

I want to know if I can push this forward or only focus on BTCPay implementation for transparent payments for enterprises or individuals that want to use cryptocurrency like Namecheap (~$80M in revenue).

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the builders are not necessarily the users of the plugin. the orgs that need it and want to use it are the ones that should fund the work to build it.

Thanks for your reply Lilly, that quote was directly sent to @spirobel because we both know that enterprise usually can’t use Monero because the need to tax and be taxed.

And Monero design just don’t care about this, probably being created for peer-to-peer transactions on individuals level.

By the way, BTCPay (as described) can integrate transparent payments and allow enterprises like Namecheap to use it :slight_smile:

I just want to know how it’s the current state of this plugin in order to focus my contributions to the more chances in Discourse to exist and/or continue existing.

Banks are going to die and not everyone will use CBDCs.

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