Guide to using NOVARUZBOT on Telegram

1. Message the bot privately: /sell
2. Choose a currency. Example: USD
3. Enter how much money you want to receive. Numbers only.
4. Enter how many satoshis you are selling. If you enter 0, the bot uses today's market price.
5. If you entered 0: enter how much more or less you charge. Example: 3 to charge 3% more. Or tap No premium or discount.
6. Choose how you want to be paid and tap Confirm.
7. Your offer is published. To remove it: /cancel
8. When someone takes it, the bot sends you an invoice. Pay it within 25 minutes. Your sats are then held by the bot.
9. Wait for the money. Check your account.
10. Once the money is in your account: /release
    If you have not received it, do not release. There is no going back.

1. Message the bot privately: /buy
2. Choose a currency. Example: USD
3. Enter how much money you will pay. Numbers only.
4. Enter how many satoshis you want. If you enter 0, the bot uses today's market price.
5. If you entered 0: enter the discount with a minus sign. Example: -2 to pay 2% less. Or tap No premium or discount.
6. Choose how you will pay and tap Confirm.
7. Your offer is published. To remove it: /cancel
8. When someone takes it, the bot asks you for an invoice from your Lightning wallet for that amount. Copy it from your wallet and paste it to the bot.
9. Pay the seller the way you both agreed and report it: /fiatsent
10. Wait. Once the seller confirms the money arrived, the satoshis land in your wallet automatically.

Shortcut: everything in one message

1. Simple purchase:
   /buy 1000 20 usd "zelle"
2. At today's price, paying 2% less:
   /buy 0 20 usd "zelle" -2
3. Accepting a range:
   /buy 0 20-100 usd "zelle" -2
   Ranges only work with 0 in the satoshis.

1. In the channel, find an offer from someone selling. Tap the Buy satoshis button.
2. Or, in the bot chat: /takeorder 12ab34cd using the offer number.
3. The bot asks you to confirm. Tap Continue. You only have a few minutes before the offer goes back to the channel.
4. If the offer is private, the bot asks for a token. Ask the person who posted it.
5. The bot asks for an invoice from your Lightning wallet. Copy it from your wallet and paste it. If you saved your address with /setaddress, it will not ask.
6. Wait for the seller to hand their sats to the bot. The bot tells you when they are held.
7. Pay the seller the way you both agreed.
8. Report that you paid: /fiatsent
9. Wait for the seller to confirm. The satoshis land in your wallet automatically.
10. If the seller disappears or something goes wrong: /dispute

1. In the channel, find an offer from someone buying. Tap the Sell satoshis button.
2. Or, in the bot chat: /takeorder 12ab34cd using the offer number.
3. The bot asks you to confirm. Tap Continue. You only have a few minutes before the offer goes back to the channel.
4. If the offer is private, the bot asks for a token. Ask the person who posted it.
5. The bot sends you an invoice. Pay it within 25 minutes. Your sats are then held by the bot.
6. Wait for the buyer to send you the money the way you both agreed.
7. Check your account. The buyer will report through the bot that they paid.
8. Once the money is in your account: /release
   If you have not received it, do not release. There is no going back.
9. If the buyer does not pay or something goes wrong: /dispute

1. Only possible on an order someone already took and that is in progress.
2. Wait 10 minutes from the moment it was taken. Before that the bot will not let you.
3. Type /dispute. If you have several orders, the bot asks which one.
4. The bot notifies the other person and the alphas.
5. An alpha takes the case. The bot tells you who it is. You write to them, tapping their name.
6. Meanwhile the satoshis stay held by the bot. Nobody takes them.
7. The alpha decides: hand the sats to the buyer, or return them to the seller.

If the seller already released the sats, there is nothing to dispute: the money is gone. Do not open disputes out of impatience; the bot keeps count of how many each person opens.

/sell — Post a sell offer

/buy — Post a buy offer

/takeorder — Take an offer by its number

/listorders — See your open orders

/fiatsent — Confirm you sent the money

/release — Release the sats to the buyer

/cancel — Cancel an order

/cancelall — Cancel all your offers

/dispute — Open a dispute

/setinvoice — Change the invoice you get paid to

/setaddress — Save your Lightning address so you skip pasting invoices

/setfiat — Save your currency

/setlang — Change the language

/listcurrencies — See the available currencies

/settings — See and change your settings

/privatemode on — Only people with your token can take your offers

/newtoken — Change that token

/showusername — Show or hide your username

/showvolume — Show or hide your traded volume

/block — Block someone

/unblock — Unblock someone

/blocklist — See who you have blocked

/start — See the house rules

/help — See the help

/terms — See the terms

/privacy — See the privacy policy

Alphas also have their own commands to authorise, ban and settle disputes. They do not work for you.

What do I need to start?

Telegram and a Lightning wallet. That is all.

Do I need an invitation?

No. The bot is open: send it /start and you can trade.

Do you ask for ID or personal data?

No. There is no registration and no identity check. The bot only knows your Telegram username.

How much does the bot charge?

0.5% of the trade, paid by the seller. The buyer pays no fee.

How much can I buy or sell?

Between 100 and 2,000,000 satoshis per trade.

What price does it use?

The market price from yadio.io, plus the premium or discount set by whoever posted the offer.

How long does a trade take?

Typically an hour and a half until someone takes your offer. After that the seller hands over the sats in about two minutes. The rest depends on how long the money transfer between you takes.

Which wallet works?

Zeus, Wallet of Satoshi, Speed, Primal, OneKey, Blink, or any Lightning wallet.

What if nobody takes my offer?

After 23 hours it is removed from the channel automatically. Before that you can remove it with /cancel.

Can I cancel after it was taken?

Only if you both agree: one asks to cancel and the other accepts. Once the buyer has reported the payment, the bot blocks cancelling. Then it is /dispute.

The sats never arrived, what do I do?

Usually your invoice expired. Send a new one with /setinvoice and the bot pays you.

What is private mode?

With /privatemode on your offers cannot be taken by just anyone: the bot gives you a token and only whoever has it can take them. You decide who gets it.

How do I avoid getting scammed?

Never release the sats without seeing the money in your account. Screenshots of receipts are easy to fake. Be wary of anyone rushing you, of anyone asking you to cancel after saying they paid, and of payment methods where money can be reversed or frozen. When in doubt, /dispute.