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Show HN: Machinomy, JavaScript library for micropayments in Ether over HTTP

• murmansk 10y ago
  Hi, HN, basically a one-man show here. Machinomy just turned v0.1, and I thought it could be a nice opportunity for feedback. Ultimate motivation for the project is to allow autonomous devices pay for themselves. This involves many things. The library is a prototype for the payments layer. Some links: [1] Project website: http://machinomy.com http://machinomy.com [2] Code: https://github.com/machinomy/machinomy https://github.com/machinomy/machinomy [3] NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/machinomy https://www.npmjs.com/package/machinomy [4] Gitter Chat: https://gitter.im/machinomy/machinomy https://gitter.im/machinomy/machinomy [5] Twitter: https://twitter.com/machinomy https://twitter.com/machinomy
• egfx 10y ago
  You should simplify what this is about. I'm having g a hard time following all of it.
  • murmansk 10y ago
    This is a Node.js library that allows you to instantly* send a fraction of Ether as a payment for a HTTP service. * - ok, if you have a payment channel open. A payment channel is an instance of state channels described on http://www.jeffcoleman.ca/state-channels/ http://www.jeffcoleman.ca/state-channels/ It allows you to pay for just one SMS sent instead of having a minimal credit on Twilio, as an example.
    • spolu 10y ago
      Is there a cost to setting up a channel?
      • murmansk 10y ago
        Yes, it is about 20 cents to open a channel, and 30 cents to close it.
• spolu 10y ago
  Hey! Very interesting work. I left a question below (above?). I myself have been hacking on a payment related project which is also in "show" right now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13446587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13446587 Would love to get your feels as you've been thinking about machine-machine transactions quite a lot obviously. Happy to discuss more over email as well.