Re: PaySwarm demo software launched

On 22 February 2012 21:00, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> PaySwarm alpha for developers has just launched. It is an implementation
> of the PaySwarm specifications and will hopefully help people understand
> what the specs look like when they're implemented as a part of a
> commercial service. There is more about the release here:
>
> http://digitalbazaar.com/2012/02/22/new-payswarm-alpha/
>
> At the moment, we only support interactive website-based purchases, but
> plan to put in new features every month (like simple REST transactions,
> automatic payments, data portability, crowd-funding, etc.). When we make
> new releases, we'll announce them on the Web Payments mailing list.
>
> You can try the demo out here:
>
> https://dev.payswarm.com/
>
> Keep in mind that all monetary transfers for the developer site are not
> tied to any financial networks, so no need to worry about bugs causing
> any sort of financial loss. However, this is the real software that
> we're planning on commercializing later this year, so no part of the
> transaction or accounting process is faked.
>
> Once you have an account on the developer website, you can try out the
> WordPress PaySwarm demo. It demonstrates how PaySwarm can be integrated
> into blogs in order to sell particular pieces of blog content (articles,
> music, video, etc.):
>
> http://payswarm.com/wiki/WordPress_Recipes_Demo
>
> We will be creating and releasing new demos over the next couple of
> weeks. Source code will be released simultaneously with the demo
> releases. For example, here is the code for the WordPress plugin that is
> running on the live demo website:
>
> https://github.com/digitalbazaar/payswarm-wordpress/tree/dsig
>
> So, if you'd like - take the demo for a spin and let us know what you
> think about it.
>

Awesome!  I know guys have been working for 7 years to get the
infrastructure ready for this system.

I've had a quick play, it looks good so far.

Congrats on reaching this milestone!


>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
> President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: PaySwarm Website for Developers Launched
> http://digitalbazaar.com/2012/02/22/new-payswarm-alpha/
>