Overview

PayRam, the world’s first decentralized payments gateway, is launching a AI Blog Writing Contest to inspire crypto creators, educators, builders, and merchants to explore self‑hosted, censorship‑resistant payments using PayRam, a practical way to accept and settle crypto with no middlemen.

Put self‑hosted onchain payments at the heart of your article, and feel free to weave in PayRam’s core building blocks — self‑hosted deployment, crypto or stablecoin acceptance, merchant‑first security, and cross‑border settlement to spark useful community discussions and add your own perspective.

We strongly encourage you to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, etc. to create the blog.

Contest Tracks (pick any one)

• Track #1: PayRam Installation Guide. Create a hands-on tutorial that gets a merchant from zero to a working, secure PayRam instance. You can use this Medium article as your source, also use the screenshots available in the article!

• Track #2: Narrative blogs. Create an essay focused on censorship resistance, financial liberalization, no middlemen, and other topics PayRam as a product is tackling. You can use the PayRam Manifesto as your refernce.

Submission guidelines

• 👍We encourage the use of AI: Go wild, create blogs using ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, etc.

• ⭐ If you’re participating in Track 2, make sure you you weave PayRam into your blog.

• 📝 Word Limit: 800–2000 words.

• 👥 Authors: Up to two authors can collaborate on a single blog.

• 🌎 Publishing Platform: We recommend publishing the blog publicly on on Medium or Mirror for the best SEO, or Dev.to for a developer-focused audience.

• Don’t forget to share the blog on social media (X, Farcaster, Reddit, etc.) and tag @PayRamApp on X! Entries that complete this step will be ranked higher during the judging process.

Resources

• PayRam installation article: Medium article

• PayRam manifesto: Notion link

• PayRam master doc: Notion link

• Brand Kit: Notion link

• Website: www.payram.com

• Docs: www.docs.payram.com

• X Account: @PayRamApp

Prizes

A total of $250 USDC will be distributed across 10 places.

• 1st: $70 USDC

• 2nd: $50 USDC

• 3rd: $30 USDC

• 4th-5th: $20 USDC

• 6th-7th: $15 USDC

• 8th-10th: $10 USDC

Timeline

• Opens: 28 Aug 2025

• Deadline: 19 Sep 2025, 12:00 PM IST

• Winners announced: 26 Sep 2025, 12:00 PM IST

About PayRam

PayRam exists to widen access to commerce. We help merchants and builders become their own payments processor, removing middlemen and settling funds directly onchain, on infrastructure they control. The goal is financial liberalization: zero gatekeepers, more choice, and money flows that answer to code and policy you define.

PayRam is arriving on Solana soon!

To learn more, visit www.payram.com.

In case of any query reach out us on: https://t.me/myselfkevin