how paying works
no accounts, no card forms, no middlemen — you send crypto to an address, the chain confirms it, your tier unlocks by itself.
1 · what you can pay with
💵 USDC on Base
A dollar-coin on a cheap, fast network. Easiest: exact dollars, pennies of fees, ~1 minute to confirm. Start here if unsure.
◆ ETH on Base
Ether on the same network. The dollar price converts automatically when you make the invoice.
₿ BTC on Bitcoin
Classic on-chain bitcoin — ⏸️ paused for now. One confirmation takes ~10–60 minutes, which doesn't fit a 60-minute invoice. It'll return with longer invoices; meanwhile USDC or ETH work fine.
The join page only ever offers what's currently switched on.
1.5 · tips, unlocks & invites 💝
- Tips send USDC straight to the artist — from any post's tip ♥ button or the tip tab on /pay. Minimum $1, no unlocking involved, just love.
- Locked posts with a price tag are pay-per-view: hit unlock, pay once in USDC, and the post (photos, film, everything) is yours forever — no subscription needed.
- Tip goals show a progress bar on special posts. When the bar fills, the promised bonus drops. Herd mentality encouraged. 🐑
- Invite links live in settings: every friend who joins through yours adds +5 days to your own membership, automatically.
- Messages (if switched on) live under messages — a private letterbox between you and the owner, photos included. Some messages have a price tag: pay to unlock, same as a post.
2 · getting set up (first time only)
You need a wallet app and a little crypto in it:
- For USDC/ETH on Base: install Coinbase Wallet, Rabby, or MetaMask. Buy USDC on an exchange (Coinbase, Kraken…) and withdraw it on the Base network to your wallet address. Keep a crumb of ETH on Base for gas (a dollar's worth lasts ages).
- For BTC: any bitcoin wallet works (BlueWallet, Sparrow, Cash App…). Buy and withdraw as usual.
⚠️ The #1 mistake: withdrawing on the wrong network. For Base payments the network must say Base — not Ethereum, not Solana. Funds sent on the wrong network can get stuck.
3 · paying, step by step
- Create your account (seconds, free tier included), then log in.
- Open /pay, pick your tier, duration, and currency, then make my invoice.
- Send exactly the amount shown, to exactly the address shown. The odd cents (e.g. $7.0041) are on purpose — they identify your payment, so don't round them!
- Paste the transaction hash back on the page and hit I've sent it. The page checks the chain and unlocks you automatically.
⏳ Invoices melt after 60 minutes. If yours expires, just make a fresh one — never pay an expired invoice's amount.
4 · how long is the wait?
| currency | confirmations needed | typical wait |
|---|---|---|
| USDC / ETH (Base) | 20 blocks | ~1 minute |
| BTC | 1 block | ~10–60 minutes |
Leave the tab open — it re-checks by itself while you make tea. 🍵
5 · if something goes sideways
- “Chain doesn't know that hash yet” — you may have pasted it wrong, or it hasn't spread yet. Wait a minute and retry.
- “Smaller than the invoice” — usually rounded cents or a fee taken out. One transaction must cover the whole amount, so write to the owner with your tx hash and they'll credit it by hand.
- Invoice expired before you paid — don't pay it; make a new one.
- Paid from an exchange (no tx hash handy)? Grab it from the withdrawal history and paste it in — verification works the same.
- Still stuck? Write to the owner with your login email + transaction hash. Every payment lands in the owner's ledger, so nothing gets lost — worst case they flip your tier by hand.
6 · safety rules 🔒
- Only ever pay an address shown to you inside this site while logged in (/pay). The owner will never DM you an address.
- Double-check the first and last 6 characters of the address before sending (clipboard malware swaps addresses).
- Nervous? The invoice shows the exact amount — send precisely that down to the last digit. Anything else (over or under) lands in the owner's review queue instead of unlocking automatically.
- Sharing is caring (and rewarded): copy any locked post's link, add
?ref=YOURCODE(find it in settings), and anyone who joins through it adds +5 days to your membership. - Memberships renew by paying again — nothing auto-charges you, ever.
- 💸 All crypto payments are final. There is no chargeback mechanism on-chain — nobody, including the owner, can reverse a transaction. If something went wrong (wrong amount, expired invoice, wrong network), stop and write to the owner with your tx hash before paying again — legitimate mistakes get credited by hand from the payment ledger.