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Monetize Your Telegram Bot with Crypto Payments: Users Guide​

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The fusion of cryptocurrency and Telegram bots is reshaping how developers and entrepreneurs monetize digital services. With over 800 million monthly active Telegram users, bots have become powerful tools for automating sales, delivering content, and engaging audiences. But to tap into the global, borderless economy, integrating crypto payments is the next frontier. If you’re a developer building Telegram bots or a user leveraging bots to sell products/services, this guide reveals how a dedicated crypto payments platform can supercharge your revenue stream.

Why Crypto Payments for Telegram Bots?​

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins offer unique advantages for monetizing Telegram bots:

  • Loyalty: Telegram as a platform develops the crypto industry, so here you will find loyal users for payment in cryptocurrency.
  • Global Accessibility: Accept payments from users worldwide without currency conversions.
  • Low Fees: Avoid steep transaction fees from traditional payment gateways.
  • Speed & Security: Instant settlements and blockchain-backed transparency.
  • Privacy: Users value anonymity - crypto aligns perfectly with Telegram’s ethos.

For developers and sellers, integrating crypto payments means unlocking a $1.2 trillion crypto market hungry for innovative use cases.

Use Cases​

Whether you’re coding bots or selling through them, here’s how a crypto payments can be integrated to your telegram bot or telegram mini-app:

  1. Sign Up: Create an account on BLLNG and generate API keys in Settings section.
consts.ts
const BLLNG_API_KEY = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
const BLLNG_BASE_URL = 'https://app.bllng.com/api';
  1. Create payments: When your customer wants to pay for your bot you should to create an invoice via our API
bllng.api.ts
import axios from 'axios';

const invoice = await axios.request<({
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        ['x-api-key']: BLLNG_API_KEY,
    },
    baseURL: BLLNG_BASE_URL,

    method: 'POST',
    url: `/invoices`,
    data: {
        title: 'Telegram bot year subscription',
        value: '4.99',
        description: 'Additional details if needed...',
    },
});

await yourDb.save(invoice.id);
  1. Embed Payment Links: Add “Pay with Crypto” button in your bot’s interface.
bot.ts
import { Markup } from 'telegraf';

const paymentUrl = `https://bllng.com/f/${invoice.id}`;
const keyboard = Markup.inlineKeyboard([Markup.button.url('Pay with Crypto', paymentUrl)]);
const msg = `<b>After payment, it takes time to process it.</b>`;

tgBotCtx.reply(msg, { parse_mode: 'HTML', keyboard });
  1. Check user payment status: After success payment you will get "succeeded" status.
payment.service.ts
// pull your saved invoices for some time
const invoice = await axios.request<({
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        ['x-api-key']: BLLNG_API_KEY,
    },
    baseURL: BLLNG_BASE_URL,

    method: 'GET',
    url: `/invoices/${invoice.id}`,
});

if (invoice.data.status === 'succeeded') {
    // Congratulations! Your bot subscription has been paid.
    // ...your other actions
}
  1. Swagger API Docs: For more information about available methods and models go to: Swagger Documentation