Ok, I think I need some help from @jmakin here. In order to set up the site to receive BAT tokens, I need to have access to the actual website, which I do not. @jmakin, can you make either of these work?
Or do I need to work with @simplicitus, since he’s the one who has the domain registered?
looks like either method should work.
Can you tell me in as much detail as you can what you need? Maybe some documentation? I have access to the domain and can probably get what you need.
As background, what I’m doing is verifying I/we actually run unstuckpolitics. The basicattentiontoken.org site is asking me to download a verification file (brave-rewards-verification.txt) and upload that verification file to the ‘.well-known’ folder on the domain (which has to be created if it’s not there). Once that file is added, I’ve got to click a link back at basicattentiontoken.org to verify it.
So I think the only question is how you want me to transfer this file to you. Then you just need to tell me when it’s uploaded to the domain.
What’s the editing the dns records method?
This is the text in the second box:
brave-ledger-verification=deccecf56a8286f6088aca20c11715aaf1a97b58f899ebb52071dff04cb62f3c
Believe it or not that’s the easier method here, I think. I can add the record.
I added the record - try to verify in the next hour, and if it fails after an hour or two, I messed up. I added the TXT record to the root domain. That should be what it wants.
I just got an email saying I am now a verified Brave Rewards creator. So I think that means there’s nothing else to do.
@VoteForSocialists, I think this means you can now direct some tokens our way? I probably won’t get around to setting up a crypto wallet to attach for a while, since I am crushed by work and family stuff right now, but I would expect that the account can receive tokens before having the wallet set up.
Exciting times - Unstuck Politics is getting into the crypto game.
Woot i am a leet haxxor
i think it’s further along now, but that last step is probably required.
wait, i tried it again, and i think it went through.
oh man that 5% rake feels like straight up marxism.
So how does this work, anyway?
i use their browser, which blocks some ads and most trackers, and also has a builtin vpn (which i don’t use) if you care about that.
in exchange they show me a discrete notification once an hour telling me to buy crypto or something. they skim some off the top, and then give me the ad revenue as non-cashable tokens, which i then send to verified creators of my own choosing.
so i have monthly contributions to wikipedia, and another charity, and now unstuck. i can also “tip” developers on github with the tokens.
Awesome! Thanks
looks like they skim the donation too. i’d be curious to see how much that raises for unstuck
Financial update. Sorry for the delay. My goal in posting these updates is threefold:
Expenses:
This is easy:
Incoming money:
Current balances:
Patreon: $2,148.96
Paypal: -$7.88
Total: $2,141.08
(The negative paypal balance means that I’ve paid a bunch of money out of my personal accounts to reimburse ggoreo and zikzak, as well as for monthly hosting fees for the past several months. And I haven’t actually been reimbursed yet - every dollar that’s ever been added to Patreon is still there. I’m just keeping track of how much UP owes me. If I wanted to be made whole right now, I’d transfer $7.88 from Patreon to my personal account. When a new treasurer takes over, I’ll just zero out the paypal balance and they’ll start with just Patreon.)
So that’s it. Going forward, I’ll probably just give smaller updates with just the numbers. But I did want there to be a record of what the treasurer actually does and where the information comes from. Also, it’s important to note that I make absolutely no decisions about what to spend money on, whether to run ads, etc. I just process money based on the decisions of the community.
As always, thanks to all of you who have donated - it’s very generous of you. I enjoy this community and I’m glad to play a small part in keeping it running. And echoing a recent comment from @jmakin, I think the best donation you can make is to recruit more smart/funny/interesting people to join the community.
Sorry for those of you looking for a Skyline Chili update. I still have money left on the gift card that was donated, and I will likely make my second trip there to celebrate my vaccine shot (for which I am not yet eligible).
We use a mail service called mailgun. It’s very good and only costs us pennies per month. I picked up the tab.
Almost 4 years of runway, hot damn.
