Add billing using paddle (done) and crypto support (backlog) #5

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opened 2025-12-04 06:18:23 +00:00 by anton · 3 comments

anton commented

2025-12-04 06:18:23 +00:00

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Track resource usage in our own DB - cloud billing APIs lag 24-48hrs and we need real-time data for user dashboards
Write start/stop events when enclaves launch/terminate, including cloud resource ID so we can reconcile later
Hourly cron aggregates running time per user into billing summaries
We set our own pricing tiers - cloud costs are our problem, customers pay our rates
Use Paddle as payment processor (Stripe unavailable in Cayman Islands) - they handle tax compliance as Merchant of Record
Report metered usage to Paddle monthly, they invoice customers
Cloud provider APIs (AWS Cost Explorer etc) only used for monthly sanity checks - verify we didn't miss any stop events or have orphaned resources
Abstract cloud-specific stuff behind a trait so billing logic doesn't care which provider
Billing runs as separate service/worker - isolated from main API

* Track resource usage in our own DB - cloud billing APIs lag 24-48hrs and we need real-time data for user dashboards * Write start/stop events when enclaves launch/terminate, including cloud resource ID so we can reconcile later * Hourly cron aggregates running time per user into billing summaries * We set our own pricing tiers - cloud costs are our problem, customers pay our rates * Use Paddle as payment processor (Stripe unavailable in Cayman Islands) - they handle tax compliance as Merchant of Record * Report metered usage to Paddle monthly, they invoice customers * Cloud provider APIs (AWS Cost Explorer etc) only used for monthly sanity checks - verify we didn't miss any stop events or have orphaned resources * Abstract cloud-specific stuff behind a trait so billing logic doesn't care which provider * Billing runs as separate service/worker - isolated from main API

anton commented

2026-01-30 23:45:54 +00:00

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working on finalizing ToS and Privacy Policy as that's required for cc processing via Paddle

anton commented

2026-01-30 23:46:39 +00:00

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separately i came across https://shkeeper.io/ for crypto payment processing