BitTip - IRC Bitcoin Tipping Bot (Freenode)

[Swadq]

Hi all

I've spent the last few days building this bot for IRC - BitTip.

I believe it's a great addition to help channels, offering the ability for people asking questions to show their gratitude to the people helping. There is also a wide group of people on Freednode that don't know about Bitcoin yet - you can use this bot to start a conversation with someone about Bitcoin and get them on board!

Please note, 1% is deducted from withdrawals to cover running costs.

Official channel: #bittip
Commands: !deposit - get a unique address to deposit to the bot
!balance - check your current balance
!withdraw <address> <amount> - withdraw from your balance. The transaction fee is first deducted, followed by 1%
!tip <user> <amount> - currently amount is in BTC. In the future I might add different units.

I'll be around in #bittip to answer any questions, thanks for checking it out. To get BitTip in your channel, just /invite it.

[Swadq]

Bump. Bot appears to be working great, pop into #bittip and chat with me about it if you're curious

[kuverty]

Well done! I can't get to registering my nick properly right now, but it seems really user friendly. I wish to see it on more mainstream networks after some testing. Quakenet and IRCnet, specifically.

[Acidyo]

I'd like to try this out later, if it indeed is working great than this is good news, hopefully people will start using it from now on.

[Acidyo]

Also you should make a post about this in r/bitcoin, you may get some love there and more traction.

[Swadq]

Well done! I can't get to registering my nick properly right now, but it seems really user friendly. I wish to see it on more mainstream networks after some testing. Quakenet and IRCnet, specifically.

No worries! I hope so see you int he channel so we can catch up. I would be delighted to have it on different networks in the future

I'd like to try this out later, if it indeed is working great than this is good news, hopefully people will start using it from now on.

I appreciate that, I'll see you in the channel!

Also you should make a post about this in r/bitcoin, you may get some love there and more traction.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27ieya/ive_built_a_tipping_not_for_irc_invite_bittip_to/

[Swadq]

Bump!

If you'd like to integrate this with your channel, please hit me up in #bittip

[jza]

Went there and couldt find it. Is #bittip channel a permanent channel? Is this bot open source?

I am curious about how does it work for new users, do the bot needs to be on the current channel?

I have palyed with telebit a telegram bot that do tipping and tippercoin a twitter bot. However I found some kind of flaws regarding that the person receiving end needs to previously add the bot to his contact list.

Same in facebook where the user need to authorize the app before being able to get a tip.

I am more on the santaclaus side where you wake up and find your gift without donig anything.  Whats the scenario with this bot?