We wanted to use this opportunity to give a standing ovation to two of our Kin community members, Charley Hine and Eugene Otto. While we are working 24/7 on laying grounds to Kin infrastructure, its SDK, and an alpha release (coming to you this December!) — Charley and Eugene took the initiative and have created the first Kin bot to be considered inside Kik.

Introducing @kinchat

@kinchat bot allows users to transfer KIN to their friends or request them to send KIN to you. Please note that using the bot won’t cost you any fees, which is very generous on their side. Due to the way ERC20 Tokens work, requiring users to pay fee for transferring KIN is not trivial — this basically means that the bot will subsidize the fee for you, which is very generous on their side (transaction fees on Ethereum currently cost $0.20–0.30 per transaction). We’re planning a similar scheme for our alpha release.

Features

As described in the documentation provided by the developers:

Request

Send “@kinchat $” or “@kinchat request” to request KIN from other chatters.

Send

Send “@kinchat send” to have Kinchat help you select to whom you’d like to send KIN and how much.

Send “@kinchat @username5” to quickly send an amount of KIN to that specific Kik username.

Send “@kinchat 5” in one-on-one chats to quickly send 5 kin to the other person.

Register your Ethereum Address

Prior to depositing or withdrawing KIN with @kinchat, users must register at least one external public Ethereum address for which they control the private key (or hold the JSON file).

Only send KIN to and from Kinchat using ERC20 compliant Ethereum wallets that allow you to control your private key. If you have received KIN within Kinchat and do not yet own an Ethereum address, you can quickly create one using MyEtherWallet.

Send an Ethereum address (e.g., 0x091f1a4ff4b48a5df0a2a6625cd1c8075a733919) directly to @kinchat to associate a new address with your username.

Deposit

Send “deposit” directly to @kinchat to receive the Kinchat Ethereum address you should send KIN to. Only send KIN from an Ethereum address you’ve registered with Kinchat.

Withdraw

Send “withdraw” or “withdraw 5” directly to @kinchat to export KIN to one of your registered external Ethereum addresses.

End words and Thanks

You can read more about the bot in this Github repository. You’re also welcome to discuss this bot directly with the other developers in the Kinchat Telegram group.

This initiative was unsolicited and showcases just the various ways developers could introduce new services to the Kin Ecosystem and subsequently benefit from the Kin Rewards Engine (KRE) and related services.

Can you think of other Kin bots or whole apps? Please let us know in our Kin Technology Telegram channel.

Stay tuned for our alpha release, coming to you in December!