Inspiration
Web 2.0 is centralized, custodial, not democratic and controlled by a handful of people. Not your keys, not your money is the default and those who control the funnel, control the creators' fate.
What it does
Lets anyone start accepting payments on any supported chain in less than 2 min. Totally non-custodial, so the merchants/creators are always in control of their funds.
You may check the demo walkthrough at Celo MooPay Demo
How we built it
Using React, Node, Solidity, Rust and some love. We are blockchain agnostic and live on 7 chains(Celo, Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, BSC, NEAR, Aurora). Currently we are working hard on adding more chains, as we believe in a multi-chain and cross-chain future.
Challenges we ran into
Making a UX which is similar to what people are used to (Web 2.0) and also adding the functionality of Web 3.0. We wanted to create something which is really simple to use for anyone and for the end users, it should not matter which chain is being used or which wallet they are using to make the payments.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We have been a winner in Near Accelerator program. We have been a winner of Inc42 pitch competition in India. We have been a winner in SBHack Hackathon (Switzerland) We raised a $100k friends and family round and also signed up early users. We have added 7 major chains already and created a blockchain agnostic and non-custodial product which is quick to setup and simple to use for anyone.
What we learned
Every chain brings something exciting and new to the ecosystem. Celo has brought a huge focus on mobile and payments and that is a great thing for taking crypto mainstream.
What's next for MooPay
On boarding new partners and customers. Adding SPL and ERC20 Support. Using Celo's native SDKs for a tighter integration and providing advanced features for the customers. Shopify, Wordpress Plugins. Developer SDKs
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