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Dev tools · August 11, 2014

Stellar-backed Twitter upvote bot

(Update: I’ve now taken my instance of the bot down, but the code should still work if you want to run your own.) I spent some time this weekend putting together a proof-of-concept Twitter bot which issues its own “upvote” currency. You use it by... | Greg Brockman | Svbtle

Stellar-backed Twitter upvote bot launched on August 11, 2014 with 50 votes, #1,042 of 2,208 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Stellar-backed Twitter upvote bot is a proof-of-concept tool that creates a custom currency for Twitter interactions. Users mention the bot in tweets to receive upvote credits issued on the Stellar blockchain. After linking a Stellar account and granting trust, users accumulate credits with each upvote. The bot demonstrates how blockchain-based currencies can be integrated with social media platforms. The creator has made the code available for others to run their own instances.

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(Update: I’ve now taken my instance of the bot down, but the code should still work if you want to run your own.) I spent some time this weekend putting together a proof-of-concept Twitter bot which issues its own “upvote” currency. You use it by tweeting something like the following: The bot then walks the user through linking their Stellar account and extending trust for its +++ currency. Once the trust has been granted, the bot issues a +++ credit. Each subsequent upvote results in another +++ being issued. Because the credits are issued on Stellar, they can be seen on the account viewer , or even traded on Stellar’s distributed exchange. You can grab the code for the bot from Github .…from gdb.svbtle.com

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