No signups required for supporters. Just share your donation page and anyone can send MATIC, ETH, or any ERC-20 token directly to your wallet. It’s gas-efficient and built on Polygon.
Each creator gets a customizable page with a short URL and optional message board. Everything is non-custodial — you own your keys and your funds.
The problem is that crypto people already know crypto and have a wallet. It's the people that don't know crypto and are repulsed by it that you have to convince that hey, here's a valid use case for crypto (micropayments) but you have to do all this work before you can use it, and while the rails are there, it's just too immature.
You nailed the core problem: crypto-native users are fine jumping through hoops, but if you’re trying to use crypto to convert or prove a use case to the average user, the bar is just too high. Wallets, gas, confirmations — it feels like asking them to learn how to solder a circuit just to turn on a light.
That’s part of why I kept Fundhog super minimal: no sign-ups, no tokens, just “send crypto to a wallet” with a nice-looking page in the middle. But I totally hear you — there’s still a lot of friction under the hood.
I think the next wave of tools (especially with account abstraction and gasless UX on chains like Polygon/Base) might actually make something like your vision feasible in the near future. Would love to jam more if you ever decide to revisit the widget idea — I think it's a powerful concept.
I want to understand more on how you receive and off-ramp your donations because if it was only for USDC (which also complies with EU regulations) I knew how a normal workflow would go.
Right now, the donation flow is super simple and fully on-chain:
- The creator shares a unique page tied to their wallet address.
- Supporters send ETH, MATIC, or any ERC-20 directly to that address — no intermediaries, no custody.
- Funds are instantly available in the creator’s wallet.
There's no built-in off-ramp yet, but I’m looking into ways to plug into services like Coinbase Commerce, etc.
USDC is definitely on my radar since it’s widely accepted and has regulatory traction in the EU/US. I’d love to support flows where creators can auto-convert or cash out.
Is this a business or a hobby? Ie do you expect it to get revenue? Or are you just doing it to pass the time until something more interesting comes along? (Both are OK, but it helps to know.)
If a business where do you expect your revenue to come from? Separate donations? A commission on donations?
What will be really interesting to see is if people who accept donations will donate to you.
I wish you well, but honestly it seems like your funnel is really really small...
I just started getting into ko-fi, and I'm wondering from a content creator perspective in which cases your product should be my choice over the classic players (patreon, bymeacoffee, ko-fi). Good luck tho :)
Back when I had a small YouTube channel and a Patreon, I actually had 5 or 6 people ask if they could donate in crypto — but I didn’t even have a wallet set up at the time. That really stuck with me. It made me realize there is a niche group of supporters who are deep into crypto and prefer using it over PayPal or Stripe, whether for privacy, convenience, or just because that’s where they keep their funds.
I’m not trying to replace platforms like Ko-fi or Patreon — they’re great. But I think there’s room for a crypto-native alternative that’s simple, creator-friendly, and doesn’t feel like a finance app. If you already have crypto-savvy followers (or are active in Web3 circles), that’s where this could really shine.
