FLUX

⚡ FLUX – About the Project

🚀 Inspiration

The inspiration behind FLUX came from a real pain point: handling digital payments manually is time-consuming, inefficient, and financially wasteful. Whether it’s freelancers managing recurring subscriptions or startups dealing with payroll, most systems today require active monitoring and manual transfers. We asked: What if finance could manage itself? With the rise of AI and DeFi, we saw an opportunity to build a self-driving financial system—something that could automate not just transactions, but also optimize the money in motion.

🧠 What We Learned

Building FLUX taught us how powerful the combination of AI and smart contracts can be. We deepened our understanding of real-time payment logic, webhook-based automation, and AI-driven yield optimization strategies. We also learned how important user control and transparency are in financial apps—especially when handling funds on a decentralized network like exSat.

🛠 How We Built It

FLUX is composed of three interconnected components:

• A React + Vite frontend built with Tailwind CSS to manage user interaction and scheduling.
• A backend AI Agent in TypeScript that evaluates idle funds and schedules transactions based on timing and liquidity performance.
• A Webhook server that listens to events and triggers the AI engine.

Smart contracts for payment and liquidity management were deployed on the exSat network, ensuring speed, security, and decentralization.

⚠️ Challenges We Faced

The biggest challenge was designing an architecture that allowed the AI agent to optimize liquidity while still guaranteeing payment timing. We had to ensure funds could always be accessed when needed—no matter the yield strategy. Another hurdle was testing the orchestration of off-chain automation with on-chain execution. Simulating real-world timing for salaries or subscription payments in a testnet environment was tricky but rewarding. Also, ensuring the Web3 UX remained smooth despite the backend complexity required thoughtful frontend design.

Built With

• bitcoin
• blockchain
• nextjs
• tailwindcss