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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, achieving a multi-win ecosystem through PAY token incentive mechanisms. The system integrates USDT automatic payment verification, time-decreasing trial mechanism, and automatic revenue distribution functionality. 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.

Multi-Win Collaborative Economic Model​

Paywall.tel builds not just a channel management tool, but a complete ecosystem where content producers, referrers, and content consumers all win together.

🎯 Content Producers (Channel Owners)​

Pain Points:

  • Lack of promotion channels and user acquisition capabilities - This is the most fatal pain point for channel owners. You've carefully created quality content, but no one knows about it; you've set up a paid channel, but no users subscribe. No matter how good the content is, without traffic it equals zero. Traditional approach is advertising, but high customer acquisition costs often discourage small creators, and effectiveness is hard to guarantee.
  • Content theft and redistribution - Resources you worked hard to create, users download and leave, and some even specialize in stealing resources, bulk redistributing to other platforms. Your labor becomes free resources for others. Traditional platforms cannot effectively prevent content leakage.
  • Cumbersome promotion revenue distribution - If you want to find people to help promote, manual commission management is complex, easily leads to disputes, and difficult to establish trust relationships.
  • Low payment verification efficiency - Manual payment confirmation is both time-consuming and error-prone. Developing or renting professional bots is costly, a significant burden for newly started channel owners.

Our Solutions:

  • Free viral promotion engine - This is Paywall.tel's core value. You don't need to spend a penny on marketing, yet can build a highly motivated promotion army. We allocate 55% of revenue to direct referrers, letting promoters earn even more than you, so they'll promote your channel more actively than you would. Moreover, if you use your own referral link to invite users, you can get 85% of total revenue (30% channel owner revenue + 55% referrer revenue), maximizing your earnings.
  • Telegram private channel content protection - Through Telegram private channel settings, content cannot be forwarded or downloaded by default. Users can only view and enjoy content within the channel, unable to bulk redistribute. This protects your content rights at the technical level, giving paid users viewing rights rather than ownership.
  • Transparent automated revenue sharing system - All revenue distribution is automatically executed on blockchain, arriving in real-time. Promoters can check earnings anytime, establishing trust-free cooperation relationships.
  • Blockchain automatic payment verification - Based on Solana's automatic USDT recognition and order matching, users are immediately authorized to enter channels after payment confirmation, zero manual intervention, saving massive time costs.

📢 Referrers (Sales Entrepreneurs)​

Pain Points:

  • Want a second income but don't know what to do - Regular job income is limited, want to increase income but can't find reliable part-time opportunities. Traditional part-time jobs either have too low hourly wages or take too much time, poor return on investment.
  • Want to do sales to earn money, but traditional sales barriers are too high - Insurance requires certifications and networking; e-commerce requires inventory and capital investment; agency requires franchise fees and inventory risk. Moreover, traditional sales commissions are often only 10-20%, lots of hard work for limited earnings.
  • Want to build passive income but can't find trustworthy products - Distribution projects in the market are either pyramid schemes, or product quality is questionable and you dare not recommend to friends, or commission mechanisms are opaque and can be withheld by platforms anytime.

Our Solutions:

  • Zero-cost startup sales career - Paywall.tel provides you with a complete sales career opportunity with zero startup cost. No inventory, no investment, no rented space needed, don't even need to understand technology. You only need to do one thing: share quality channel invitation links to people who need them.
  • Market's highest sales commission ratio: 55% - This isn't a typo, it's really 55%! Traditional insurance sales commissions are 10-20%, e-commerce distribution 5-10%, course agency 20-30%, while Paywall.tel directly gives you 55%. Why so high? Because we deeply understand: promoters are the core driving force of the ecosystem. Only when promoters make money can the ecosystem truly come alive.
  • Lifetime passive income model - Refer once, earn forever. Every time users you refer pay in any channel, you automatically receive 55% commission (if they're your direct referrals) or 5% commission (if they're your indirect referrals). No repetitive labor needed, no after-sales service, earnings automatically arrive. This is true passive income.
  • Blockchain-guaranteed transparent revenue sharing - All revenue distribution is automatically executed on the Solana blockchain, every commission can be traced and verified, platforms cannot withhold. Money arrives in your wallet in real-time, no monthly settlement needed, no withdrawal applications needed, and no need to worry about platform disappearing.
  • Easiest-to-close sales scenario - Decreasing trial mechanism (30 minutes→30 seconds) lets potential customers deeply experience content for free. You don't need silver tongue persuasion, just say "try free for 30 minutes first, pay if you think it's worth it." The product comes with built-in sales tools, greatly lowering closing difficulty.

This isn't a side job, it's a career you can turn full-time: If you're dedicated enough to build a referral network, widely spread quality channels, and help referred users understand the system, your monthly income can completely reach or even exceed your regular job level. Many people are looking for a "second career," and Paywall.tel is the answer.

👥 Content Consumers​

Pain Points:

  • Time is more valuable than money, but searching everywhere for free resources wastes too much time - Your work hourly rate might be $20/hour. Spending 3 hours online searching for free resources actually costs you $60. Found content is often fragmented, outdated, incomplete. Paying some money to subscribe to a quality channel immediately gets you systematized, high-quality, continuously updated content - actually more cost-effective. Moreover, some channels provide exclusive insider information, professional analysis, scarce resources whose value cannot be measured in money.
  • Traditional VIP models have "bait-and-switch traps" - Many platforms' routine: display several carefully polished sample resources for free, attract you to become VIP member, but after payment discover most VIP content library is actually mediocre quality. This model makes it impossible to verify real VIP content quality before paying.
  • Payment privacy not protected - Traditional bank cards, credit cards, Alipay, WeChat Pay are all real-name systems. Every transaction is recorded by platforms and financial institutions. If you subscribe to sensitive content (international market analysis, legal adult content, private privacy consulting, etc.), your consumption records may be tracked, even appear on bills family members can see. In the big data era, your consumption habits are recorded, analyzed, and used for targeted advertising by countless platforms. Privacy is completely gone.
  • Traditional payment processes are cumbersome - Register account, real-name verification, bind bank card, enter password, SMS verification, wait for payment confirmation... Some bank cards may even refuse service in certain regions. When you decide to pay, complex payment processes might make you give up midway.

Our Solutions:

  • Revolutionary full-content trial mechanism - The biggest difference between Paywall.tel and traditional VIP models: what you see is everything. Click invitation link to directly enter channel, get unlimited free trial rounds (30 minutes first time, decreasing duration after), can browse all VIP content, not just "marketing samples." You can browse freely, deeply evaluate, confirm content is truly worth it before deciding to pay. Only buy what you like, discard what's not good enough.
  • Decreasing trial protects both parties' rights - Through time-decreasing trial mechanism (30 minutes→25 minutes→...→30 seconds), both protects your decision rights (can evaluate for free unlimited rounds) and protects channel owner's content rights (prevents excessive freeloading). This design is fair to both parties.
  • Blockchain anonymous payment, truly protecting privacy - Using Solana blockchain USDT payment, your wallet address is anonymous, not linked to real identity. No banks, no payment platforms requiring real-name verification, no one has the right to invade your privacy and track what content you subscribed to. Even though transactions are publicly viewable on blockchain, only shows "address A transferred to address B," completely impossible to trace back to who you are. System uses User_xxxxxxxx format anonymous identifiers, your real Telegram information is also protected. Privacy is not a crime, it's a basic right.
  • Modern blockchain payment, cross-border transactions unobstructed - Pay autonomously with your Solana wallet (Phantom, Solflare, OKX, etc.), 1-3 minutes automatic verification completed. No registration, no card binding, no cumbersome verification processes. As long as you have blockchain experience and spend some time learning to use blockchain wallets, you'll discover no one can constrain or obstruct you.

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

Users don't need to worry about these - this is my work as the developer.

⚙️ Core Functional Modules:

  • Automated Channel Management: Automatic user entry/exit processing, permission control, message management
  • Smart Trial Monitoring: Real-time trial duration monitoring, precise decreasing strategy execution, 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 and trial users
  • Data Statistics Collection: User behavior tracking, revenue data calculation, transparency report generation

🎯 Decreasing Trial Time Ladder:

  • 1st Trial: 30 minutes - Fully experience content value
  • 2nd Trial: 25 minutes - Trial time decreased compared to first trial
  • 3rd Trial: 20 minutes - Trial time further decreased
  • 4th Trial: 15 minutes - Trial time further decreased
  • 5th Trial: 10 minutes - Trial time further decreased
  • 6th Trial: 5 minutes - Trial time further decreased
  • 7th Trial: 1 minute - Trial time further decreased
  • 8th and Above: 30 seconds - Baseline trial time, only for briefly browsing channel content, finding payment button, and entering payment process

🚀 Simple and Easy-to-Use Operation Process​

For Users:

  • One-Click Trial: Enter channel trial through invitation link, 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: Simple configuration enables 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, revenue automatically arrives

Detailed User Guide: Complete operation tutorials available at official documentation https://docs.paywall.tel/en/

PAY Token Economics​

PAY token is not a speculation tool, but the value circulation medium of the Paywall.tel ecosystem. Every channel subscription payment automatically generates real demand for PAY tokens, business growth directly drives token value.

📊 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 issuance
  • Deflationary Mechanism: 5% tokens burned per order, supply continuously decreases
  • Functional Positioning: Value circulation medium within ecosystem, incentive distribution medium, value storage tool

💎 Value Growth Mechanism: Business-Driven, Not Speculation​

Value Creation Chain:

Quality Channel Creation → Referrer Sales → User Pays USDT → System Auto-Purchases PAY → Partial PAY Burned → Long-term Token Value Growth

Key Characteristics:

  • Real Buy-Side Demand: Every channel subscription payment automatically converts USDT to PAY tokens
  • Business-Driven Growth: Participants promote channel services, not tokens themselves. PAY demand comes from real business
  • Supply-Demand Dual Benefits: More prosperous channels mean more PAY purchases (demand increases); simultaneously more burning (supply decreases)
  • Collaboration Creates Value: Multi-win, not zero-sum game

🔄 Smart Distribution Mechanism​

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

  1. USDT to PAY Conversion: Automatically converts USDT to PAY tokens on DEX
  2. Multi-Party Revenue Distribution: Automatically distributes to all beneficiaries according to preset ratios
  3. Token Burning Execution: 5% of PAY permanently burned, exits circulation

📊 Revenue Distribution Rules​

Purchased PAY tokens automatically distributed according to following ratios:

  • Channel Owner 30% - Content creator's core revenue
  • Direct Referrer 55% - Promoters receive maximum incentive, driving ecosystem growth
  • Indirect Referrer 5% - Second-level referral relationships also benefit
  • Channel Referrer 1% - Users who recommend channel owners to join platform continuously benefit
  • Project Fund 4% - Ensures platform continuous development and operation
  • Token Burning 5% - Permanently exits circulation, drives long-term price appreciation

Channel Referrer Explanation: When A refers B to join ecosystem, and B later creates and operates a channel, A is that channel's referrer, enjoying 1% continuous revenue distribution from that channel.

💰 Value for Investors​

Holding PAY tokens, you're investing in:

  1. Telegram Ecosystem's Content Economy Infrastructure - Massive market space
  2. Continuous Buy-Side from Real Business Growth - Every new subscription is real demand
  3. Code-Guaranteed Deflationary Model - Supply decrease + Demand increase = Long-term price appreciation
  4. Transparent Verifiable Ecosystem Data - All transactions publicly viewable on blockchain
  5. Aligned Long-term Interests - Project's main revenue comes from PAY appreciation, sitting in same boat as investors

Developer continuously publicly active (Twitter @btc_x_coder, Telegram t.me/btc_x_coder), witnessing project from inception to growth at every step, from initially few followers to gradually making friends with like-minded partners from all sides. Mutually supporting, jointly pursuing development - this is a long-term career belonging to ecosystem partners.

Project Development History​

From initial idea to gradual system formation, Paywall.tel's development history demonstrates the project's solid 0-to-1 construction process:

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

January 13, 2025 - Technical Verification Begins Domain paywall.tel went live, 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

Long-term Vision: Building a 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.

📞 Contact and Community​

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.