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📜Project-Whitepaper

Paywall.tel Project Whitepaper: Building a Decentralized Content Distribution Incentive Platform for the Telegram Ecosystem

Project Overview

Paywall.tel is a Telegram paid channel automated management system based on the Solana blockchain, implementing a multi-win ecosystem through PAY token incentive mechanisms. The system integrates USDT automatic payment verification, intelligent decreasing trial mechanism (30 minutes→10 seconds), and smart revenue distribution functions. USDT paid by users is automatically converted to PAY tokens and distributed according to preset ratios: 30% to channel owners, 55% to direct referrers, 5% to indirect referrers, 1% to channel referrers, 4% to project funds, and 5% for token burning. This mechanism not only provides stable revenue for content creators but also incentivizes promoters through a multi-layer referral system, forming a self-growing decentralized content economy ecosystem.

Market Pain Points and Technical Innovation

Many Telegram channel owners wish to monetize their content through paid channels but face three core challenges:

  1. Payment Verification Complexity - Traditional methods require manual confirmation of each payment, extremely inefficient and error-prone

  2. High Trust Costs - Users cannot evaluate content quality in advance, creators struggle to establish trust relationships

  3. Opaque Revenue Distribution - Lack of fair incentive mechanisms to mobilize promoter enthusiasm

Paywall.tel, through thoughtful technical choices, completely solves these problems using blockchain technology:

🔧 Technical Foundation and System Constraints

  • Solana Blockchain Ecosystem: Chosen Solana as the underlying blockchain for low gas fees and high TPS performance

  • Focus on Telegram Channels: After evaluation, channels are more suitable for quality content distribution than group chats; system focuses on channel charging rather than groups

  • USDT as Payment Currency: Uses widely accepted USDT stablecoin to reduce price volatility risk

  • Technical Threshold Explanation: Users need basic understanding of Solana blockchain or experience with other blockchain usage

🔗 Automated Payment Verification Based on Solana Blockchain

  • Automatic USDT Recognition: System monitors Solana network in real-time, automatically matching user payments with orders

  • Zero Manual Intervention: After payment confirmation, automatically authorizes user access to channels without any manual operation

  • Transparent and Auditable: All transaction records permanently stored on blockchain, completely transparent

⏰ Intelligent Decreasing Trial Mechanism

Based on the "generous but not foolish" business philosophy, designed a humane decreasing trial strategy:

🎯 Decreasing Trial Time Ladder:

  • 1st Trial: 30 minutes - Deep experience, establish product value perception

  • 2nd Trial: 25 minutes - Still generous, maintain friendly experience

  • 3rd Trial: 20 minutes - Gradual tightening, create urgency

  • 4th Trial: 15 minutes - Obvious pressure, guide payment conversion

  • 5th Trial: 10 minutes - Quick experience, strengthen payment motivation

  • 6th Trial: 5 minutes - Quick preview, last experience opportunity

  • 7th Trial: 1 minute - Emergency experience, critical conversion point

  • 8th and Above: 10 seconds - Stable baseline, basically only enough for payment completion

🧠 Business Wisdom Design:

  • Humane Experience: First provides 30 minutes of full experience time to establish product value perception

  • Natural Conversion Guidance: Trial duration gradually decreases, gently guiding users to choose payment

  • Friendly Payment Atmosphere: Avoid mandatory restrictions, let users make decisions in comfortable environment

  • Generous Service Philosophy: Utilize platform cost advantages to provide users with ample experience opportunities

Core Infrastructure: Telegram Bot System

🤖 Professional Bot Framework

Paywall.tel's core is a self-developed professional-grade Telegram bot framework specifically designed for paid channel management:

🏗️ Layered Architecture Design:

  • Handler Layer: Message reception and routing distribution, handling various Telegram events

  • Service Layer: Business logic processing and database operations, implementing core functional algorithms

  • Bot Layer: Telegram API encapsulation, providing unified bot interaction interface

⚙️ Core Functional Modules:

  • Automated Channel Management: Automatic user entry/exit processing, permission control, message management

  • Smart Trial Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of trial duration, precise execution of decreasing strategy, anti-abuse protection

  • Payment Verification System: Automatic USDT transaction recognition, real-time payment status updates, order matching processing

  • User Classification Management: Differentiated management of paid users, trial users, and whitelist users

  • Data Statistics Collection: User behavior tracking, revenue data calculation, transparency report generation

🔧 Technical Features:

  • Singleton Pattern Design: Globally unique bot instance, avoiding resource conflicts

  • Modular Architecture: Independent development of functional modules, easy maintenance and expansion

  • Intelligent Type Recognition: Automatically identifies private chats, groups, channels, adopting corresponding processing logic

  • Complete Error Handling: Automatic recovery from exceptional situations, ensuring system stable operation

📱 User Interaction Interface:

  • In-Channel Guidance: Welcome messages, trial reminders, payment buttons, status updates

  • Private Chat Payment Process: Order generation, payment guidance, status inquiry, receipt confirmation

  • Management Backend Functions: Channel configuration, price setting, revenue viewing, user management

🚀 Simple and Easy-to-Use Operation Process

For Users:

  • One-Click Trial: Enter channel trial through invitation links, enjoy decreasing duration experience

  • Convenient Payment: Support mainstream blockchain wallets, automatically gain membership after payment completion

  • Anytime Access: Can enter and exit channels anytime during membership period without repeated payment

  • Referral Benefits: Can earn continuous revenue through referring other users or recommending channel owners to join

For Channel Owners:

  • Quick Configuration: Seven simple steps to enable paid channel operation

  • Smart Management: User entry/exit, payment verification, revenue distribution all automated

  • Transparent Revenue: Real-time viewing of income data and user statistics, automatic revenue arrival

Detailed User Guide: Complete operation tutorials available at official documentation https://paytoken.gitbook.io/en/

Bot username and latest access information available at official website https://paywall.tel.

PAY Token Incentive Ecosystem

📊 PAY Token Basic Information

  • Token Name: PAY (PayWall Ecosystem Native Token)

  • Issuance Network: Solana blockchain, enjoying high performance and low fee advantages

  • Total Supply: 1 billion (1,000,000,000 PAY), fixed supply with burning mechanism for deflationary model

  • Deflationary Mechanism: 5% tokens burned per order, more active ecosystem means more burning, creating value growth momentum for long-term holders

  • Functional Positioning: Value transfer medium within ecosystem, incentive distribution medium, value storage tool

💎 Smart Distribution Mechanism

After users pay USDT to subscribe to channels, the system automatically executes the following process:

  1. Automatic PAY Token Purchase: Convert received USDT to PAY tokens on DEX

  2. Multi-party Revenue Distribution: Automatically distribute according to preset ratios to all beneficiaries

  3. Token Economic Circulation: Maintain token value stability through burning mechanism

📊 Transparent Revenue Distribution Rules

Each order revenue is automatically distributed according to the following ratios:

  • Channel Owner Revenue 30%: Content creators receive main revenue

  • Direct Referrer 55%: Promoters who refer new users receive maximum rewards, incentivizing precise promotion

  • Indirect Referrer 5%: Second-level referral relationships also receive incentives

  • Channel Referrer 1%: Users who recommend channel owners to join the platform receive continuous revenue

  • Project Development Fund 4%: Used for platform continuous development and technical upgrades

  • Token Burning 5%: 5% of tokens from each order permanently burned, forming long-term price growth trend, incentivizing all PAY holders to participate in ecosystem promotion

🔄 Multi-layer Referral Incentive System

  • Continuous Revenue Stream: Referrers not only receive one-time rewards but also earn commissions from users' every renewal

  • Compound Growth Effect: The more active referred users are, the more stable referrers' passive income becomes

  • Incentive Positive Feedback: Quality referrers naturally earn more revenue, promoting positive ecosystem circulation

Multi-win Collaborative Economic Model

💡 Collaborative Value Creation vs Zero-sum Competition

Compared to zero-sum projects like crypto speculation, Paywall.tel's core lies in collaboration creating value:

  • Value Creation Chain: Channel owners produce quality content → Promoters precise marketing → Consumers enjoy value → Pay USDT to purchase

  • Multi-party Benefit Mechanism: Every transaction benefits all participants, rather than competitive relationships

  • Network Effect Amplification: More participants mean greater revenue potential for everyone, forming positive cycles

Unlike traditional zero-sum competition, Paywall.tel builds a true collaborative value creation model:

🎯 For Content Creators

  • Focus on Creation: Technical system handles all payments, user management, and other trivial matters

  • Stable Revenue: 30% revenue ratio ensures creators receive predictable returns

  • Dual Revenue Mechanism 🔥: Channel owners can also be referrers, gaining stacked revenue

    • As direct referrer: 30% (channel owner) + 55% (direct referral) = 85% total revenue

    • As indirect referrer: 30% (channel owner) + 5% (indirect referral) = 35% total revenue

  • Data Transparency: Real-time viewing of revenue data, user statistics, and growth trends

🎯 For Promoters

  • Passive Income: Establish stable referral revenue streams without repetitive labor

  • High Revenue Ratio: Direct referrals earn 55% revenue, indirect referrals earn 5% revenue

  • Scale Effect: More quality channels recommended, more stable revenue foundation

  • Flexible Opportunities: Can serve as part-time or full-time income source

  • Continuous Revenue: Promoters earn corresponding revenue every time referred users pay in any channel

🎯 For Users

  • Full Trial: Decreasing trial mechanism (30 minutes→10 seconds) ensures full understanding of content quality before payment

  • Fair Pricing: Decentralized mechanism avoids middleman markup

  • Referral Rewards: Users can also become promoters to earn revenue

🎯 For Entire Ecosystem

  • Sustainable Development: PAY token economic model ensures long-term platform operation

  • Network Effect: More participants mean greater revenue potential for everyone

  • Technical Moat: Blockchain infrastructure forms competitive barriers

Data Transparency and User Trust

📈 Real-time Statistics Dashboard

On paywall.tel website, all participants can view:

  • Real-time System Activity: Live platform activity display with multi-language and interactive experience

  • PAY Token Trading Data: Complete records of token purchases, exchanges, and market quotations

  • Distribution Record Management: Complete process tracking and status management of every PAY token distribution

  • Channel Rankings: Channel statistics and operational data analysis sorted by revenue

  • User Rankings: Complete referral revenue statistics, conversion rate analysis, and wallet management

  • Detailed Analysis System: Deep data analysis and trend prediction for channels and users

  • Seed Round Funding Display: Transparent display of project development and investment data

🔗 Blockchain-level Transparency

All transactions completely traceable: Every USDT payment, PAY token purchase, distribution, and burning is permanently recorded on Solana blockchain

🔍 Complete Transparency Mechanism

  • Blockchain Records: All payment and distribution records permanently stored on Solana blockchain

  • Solscan Integration: Every transaction can be viewed and verified for authenticity through blockchain explorer

  • Revenue Trackable: Every revenue can be traced to specific transactions and referral relationships

  • Privacy Balance: Ensures data transparency while protecting user real identity information

This comprehensive transparency mechanism not only provides confidence assurance for users but also establishes a trust foundation for sustainable development of the entire ecosystem.

Long-term Vision: Building Decentralized Content Economy

Paywall.tel's goal is not only to solve paid channel management problems but to establish the largest decentralized content distribution incentive platform in the Telegram ecosystem:

  • Infrastructure Positioning: Provide standardized monetization tools for all content creators

  • Network Effect Amplification: As users grow, each participant's revenue potential grows geometrically

  • Ecosystem Evolution: Expand from paid channels to more content forms and value creation models

Through technical innovation and economic mechanism design, Paywall.tel is pioneering a new business ecosystem where creators focus on creation, promoters receive incentives, users enjoy value, and platforms develop sustainably.

Project Development History and Milestones

📅 Development Timeline

December 2024 - Project Launch Identified market opportunities for Telegram paid channel management, began project planning and technical research

January 13, 2025 - Technical Verification Begins Acquired core domain paywall.tel, began code development and technical feasibility verification

January 25, 2025 - Solution Document Drafting Began drafting project construction plans, clarifying business models and technical routes

January-August 2025 - Core Development Phase Completed three-layer architecture design (Handler→Service→Bot), implemented Solana payment verification, PAY token distribution system, trial mechanism, and other core functions

August 2025 - Architecture Refactoring Optimization Completed channel owner wallet address architecture refactoring, optimized distribution ratio configuration, added channel referrer mechanism

September 2025 - Whitepaper Release Officially released project whitepaper, improved business model exposition and technical solution description

🎯 Key Milestone Achievements

  • Technical Architecture Improvement: Established stable and scalable three-layer architecture system

  • Blockchain Integration: Successfully integrated Solana network, implemented USDT automatic verification and PAY token distribution

  • Trial Mechanism Innovation: Designed sophisticated anti-abuse trial system

  • Multi-layer Incentive System: Built complete referral reward and token economic model

  • Data Transparency: Established paywall.tel statistics dashboard, providing real-time ecosystem data

🚀 Future Development Planning

  • Short-term Goals (2025 Q4): Complete MVP testing, acquire first batch of seed users and demonstration channels

  • Medium-term Goals (2026 H1): Expand to 100+ active channels, verify business model feasibility

  • Long-term Vision (2026+): Become infrastructure-level platform in Telegram ecosystem, expand to more content forms

Contact Information and Community

📞 Official Contact Information

  • Official Website: https://paywall.tel (paywall represents paywall, tel represents Telegram)

  • Project Developer: Xcoder

  • Twitter: https://x.com/btc_x_coder

  • Telegram: https://t.me/btc_x_coder

👥 Community and Support

  • Early Communication Community: https://t.me/x_coder_friends

  • Technical Support: Priority through Twitter interaction, also available for discussion in official Telegram community

  • Business Cooperation: Recommended through Twitter or Telegram direct messages or interaction under official tweets

🤝 Participation Methods

  • Channel Owners: Contact official Telegram to apply for testing access

  • Investors: Follow official social media for latest funding information

  • Developers: Welcome technical exchange and ecosystem tool development cooperation

  • Users: Join community to learn about latest product developments


This whitepaper showcases Paywall.tel's technical architecture, business model, and development vision. We welcome all partners to join and jointly build the future of decentralized content distribution incentive platforms.

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