Pay

How to pay someone by username

Find @them, enter the amount, confirm, send. No gas token, no 42-character paste, no “which network.”

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@ symbol becoming a contact chip — pay by name, not by hex.

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Paying a person should feel like picking a contact. If the flow starts with “install MetaMask” or “buy ETH for gas,” you are in the wrong app for this job.

The four steps

  1. They claim @you (or you invite them). Names beat addresses.
  2. You search or pick them from friends.
  3. You enter an amount. Optional memo for your future self.
  4. You confirm the @name and the number. Then it leaves.

That’s Pay. Collect is inbound for work. Wallet is the balance those sends debit. Same @you on web and mobile.

Pre-send tester

Pass/fail. Fail means don’t send.

  • The confirmation shows an @name you recognize—not a truncated hash
  • The amount is the amount you intended
  • You’re not holding a gas token “just in case”
  • If this is a client job, you used a request or catalog—not a casual P2P as an invoice
The pause before send is the product. Check the @name like you’d check an account name at a bank.

If they’re not on Vybe yet

Invite. Don’t invent a workaround address “until they sign up.” The invite is the onboarding. When they join, you’re already in the story. Then send.

Keep going

Get the next note. Then ship the product.

One email when we publish. Meanwhile: pay by @name and put the next payment on your balance.

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