
Release of the IOTA Tip Bot for Discord & Telegram
Since the old community tip bots had to be shut down for legal reasons, we have longed for an alternative. It’s hard to host something like this without a BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) license. But the answer was as simple as it is brilliant:
The bot only provides the recipient’s address and makes them as easy to process as possible (using deeplinks, for example).
This approach is not only BaFin- compliant, but also enables maximum decentralization because the bot does not serve as a custodial, as it is the case with most other solutions.
How does it all work?
Telegram (@IOTA_TipBot):
Simply send the bot a direct message with the command /add + address, for example:
/add GDVPSCDBXHF…NWAJCPLNWYYVSOVRS9YUKGWSTPKEIGM9E99DJJCDLCCA
to add your receiving address.
If the address is added in the backend to your account, others are able to send you a tip with: