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Plugin Prototype
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Website main page
Inspiration
Currently classic online revenue streams (ads) are being gradually removed or replaced by services such as Patreon and Tipee due to the omnipresence of AdBlock. This disappearance of revenue has prompted many different attempts to make money off of users: Embedded ads, forced adblock removal and use of paying platforms.
What it does
PayMe intervenes by allowing users to distribute a fixed amount of money proportionally to the websites they have visited, this sum being either a monthly payment, donation of CPU time or ad time.
How we built it
By using a plugin for the user's browser, we can collect browsing history and compute use data locally, which then can be used to make the required payments.
Challenges we ran into
Short amount of time to code means we only have a basic static proof of concept, in less than 12 coding hours we needed to learn how to make charts, chrome plugins and how to use javascript.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Working chrome plugin, working charts on our website and basic static website.
What we learned
How to use Chart.js, how to make chrome plugins and javascript.
What's next for PayMe
Make the plugin functional and implement a backend, clean up the website and make it dynamic.
