Chat is built-in into the Obyte wallet and allows chatting with both people and bots and enables developers to instantly redirect the user to an action that requires the wallet functionality, such as sending a payment, sharing a private profile, signing a contract, etc.
In addition to the standard text messaging functionality, the chat supports:
These capabilities are most useful for chatbots, which are small apps programmed to give automated responses depending on user input.
For deveopers, chatbots offer a way to quickly create a simple app without large investment into UI. For end users, chatbots offer a way to quickly start using a new app without investing much time into learning a new user interface.
Chatbots can be added to the Bot Store which is also built-in in Obyte wallets and is similar to the App Store on iOS or Google Play on Android. The Bot Store enables easy discovery of apps by users and a channel of distribution for app developers.
Chat messages are end-to-end encrypted using user private keys, therefore, although the messages are relayed through a hub, the hub cannot see their cleartext content.
Developers, see the documentation about chatbots on our developer website.
