The Alarm Clock DApp That Will Pay You To Wake Up On Time!!!

 Here is a concept, that integrates simple productivity apps, with the ability to earn cryptocurrency; that could give us further hint into ways to bring steem technology to the mainstream.

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Better Not Rest; is a new alarm clock app, that will pay users to wake up on time, in the morning or anytime, in response to the alarm.This ‘smart contract alarm clock’; being developed by Neylor Zaurisio, will aim towards providing a simple and easy-to-use phone app, built upon Bitcoin payments and advanced smart contracts, running on the Syscoin blockchain at the back-end, thus, making it easy for everyone including non-cryptocurrency users to use, without hassle!

The Concept Upon Which ‘Better Not Rest’ Is Built:

Better Not Rest app, is adding the greatest human motivator – money, to motivate people into doing what they will normally do – wake up! The idea is to spur people to get up on time for work; for some very important appointments etc.Basically, it uses similar concepts as that already applied, by several apps such as MoneyAlarm, but in addition, it has added Bitcoin payments and smart contracts, thus, taking the art of waking up on time, to a whole new level.

MoneyAlarm had moderate success thus, Better Not Rest, added 'earning'; to the whole fun! It is game!If you don’t get yourself out of that bed, when the alarm goes off or you snooze it, you literally lose money.

The model in past apps that used this concept; is simple! You start out by making a deposit and choosing how much you would put in line, based on how much motivation you need to wake up on time; depending on the magnitude of your appointment lol; then set your alarm. "If you get up on time, then you get your deposit back; but if you over-sleep; you lose it”!

Better Not Rest, has a more genius concept! It allows to actually earn! Rather than taking payment through credit cards or Paypal, attached directly to the company behind the app; like the others; Better Not Rest takes Bitcoin deposits, which are paid directly into a smart contract, running on the Syscoin blockchain.

By eliminating the need to hold and process users’ funds, Better Not Rest, is able to return 90% of forfeited funds, back to its users. And this is where the fun and earning is! Basically, if you succeed in getting up on time, after the alarm goes off, then you not only get to keep your own deposit, you also get paid a share of the coins, taken from users who over-slept.

As all transactions are through smart contracts on the public Syscoin blockchain, the whole process is transparent and fast, thus, users can be sure of being paid on time and what's due.

Better Not Rest applies a detection system; using the native sensors found on most smartphones, to make sure that users really are up, after their alarm goes off.

Why Better Not Rest Is Applying Crowdfunding Within Its Development?

You can make a donation of any size through the http://betternot.rest/website. As they are still under-development; they accept donations.

Neylor Zaurisio the developer of this app, aims at a new way to bring further adoption for bitcoin, by creating simple PRODUCTIVITY apps, that accept bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, thus, the need for a crowdfunding; accepting Bitcoin, Ether or Sys; for people who want to see this app get built and share in the goal of introducing new users to Bitcoin. This is why, they are applying old school crowdfunding, with existing cryptocurrency instead of ICO.

In addition to funding the development of the app, 20% of any money raised during the developmental campaign, goes straight into a pot, which will be paid out to the first 1000 users of the app!Thus, early users of the app, can start using it, without needing to have any bitcoin, to make the initial deposit.Too, the simplicity and fun of the app along with social media promotion campaigns, aimed mostly at people outside the cryptocurrency community, is hoped to accomplish a fun introduction to digital currency; for many new users!

Later adopters of 'Better Not Rest', will have more traditional deposit methods! According to Neylor Zaurisio; “Later users will have options to choose how to deposit the funds, either by using USD/EUR or cryptocurrency. They will also have a wallet to support this!

Currently, transfers are automatically converted into Bitcoin and are controlled and kept, using the Syscoin Smart Contract.” Thus, allowing new people who use the app, to earn Bitcoin, without needing to have any prior experience, with the technicalities of Bitcoin and without the need to have bought bitcoin, through a third-party exchange, before starting.

Why Did Better Not Rest Choose To Use Syscoin Smart Contracts?

Better Not Rest; is likely the first decentralized app (Dapp); to use, the recently upgraded Syscoin blockchain, for its smart contracts, rather than going with more popular protocols or Dapps such as Ethereum.

Neylor Zaurisio was attracted to; “the possibility of creating multiple identities through the “Aliases”; a feature that was became possible on Syscoin version 2.1” , thus, the decision to go for the Syscoin blockchain. Too, he planned to integrate “features such as escrow and pricepeg, which would be valuable in the UI/UX User Interface that he envisions for this project.

Too, according to him, Syscoin is built on top of the Bitcoin code base, thus, one can make bitcoin payments to a SYS address, and these payments can be held on the protocol’s built-in escrow system.

The ‘price peg’ feature available on Syscoin Smart Contract, opens the possibility of easily handling multiple currencies as well as the ability, to set prices in one currency and accept payment in another.

Bottom-line, this may give us ideas for steem and mass adoption.Simple productivity apps that allow a regular internet user, the ability to earn steem, without needing to know much about cryptocurrency; blockcain etc will definitely lead to mass adoption of steem. Too, exchanges have to be made a bit simpler and User Interface is always key!

Additional article source/credit to:

http://cryptorials.io/alarm-clock-dapp-promises-pay-get-time/