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🌱 From a Broken Gateway to a Global Plant Map: How I Built MyZubster

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🌱 From a Broken Gateway to a Global Plant Map: How I Built MyZubster

My journey from solo developer to open‑source maintainer, one commit at a time.
🧭 The Story

Hi, I'm Daniel Ioni, an independent developer from Rimini, Italy.
I'm 38 years old, I have a little cat named Chanel, and I strongly believe that we can build a better ecosystem than the one we've known.

MyZubster was born from this belief. It's an open-source project that combines:

🌍 Global mapping of plants, animals, and people

🔒 Private payments with Monero (XMR)

🤖 Human control over AI — AI is a tool, not a master
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After months of development, MyZubster is live in production on an Aruba VPS and now has a new home:
👉 github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem
🧱 What We've Already Built

The ecosystem consists of modular, working components:
Component Description Link
Gateway Monero payment engine, webhooks, monitoring Repo
Marketplace Platform for services and skills Repo
Android App Mobile client for mapping and payments Repo
Web App Web interface for the marketplace Repo
Documentation Guides for developers and users Repo
Animal Registry Decentralized animal registry Repo

All repositories have:

✅ Clear READMEs and status badges

✅ MIT License

✅ GitHub Actions (CI)

✅ Links back to the ecosystem
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🗺️ The Next Step: Multi‑Category Mapping

We want to build an interactive map that shows:

🌿 Plants (verified by the community)

🐾 Animals (registered on the blockchain)

👤 People (service providers, local experts)
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This map will be the visual heart of MyZubster. And we need help building it.

Open mapping issues (free, for the community)

Issue Repository

6 Design MongoDB schema for mapping data MyZubsterGateway
7 REST API for mapping (plants, animals, people) MyZubsterGateway
8 Frontend for the interactive map (Leaflet/Mapbox) MyZubsterWeb
9 Script to import public datasets (GBIF, iNaturalist) MyZubsterGateway
10 Collaborative verification system for mapping data MyZubsterGateway

🔗 View all issues: https://github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem/MyZubsterGateway/issues
🤖 Escrow Multisig with AI (Bounties in XMR)

To make the marketplace secure and autonomous, we want to implement a 2‑of‑3 multisig escrow system, where:

Buyer holds key 1

Seller holds key 2

AI Agent (DeepSeek) holds key 3 and signs the fund release
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Bounty issues (paid in Monero)

Issue Bounty (XMR) Repository

1 Integrate 2/3 multisig wallet with Monero 0.10 MyZubsterGateway
2 Create AI agent for multisig (third signer) 0.15 MyZubsterGateway
3 Escrow gateway to coordinate orders and signatures 0.08 MyZubsterGateway
4 Verification system for the AI (webhook & logs) 0.06 MyZubsterGateway
5 Integrate escrow with the marketplace 0.07 MyZubster-Marketplace

🔗 View all issues: https://github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem/MyZubsterGateway/issues
🙌 How You Can Contribute

MyZubster is open source and welcomes every kind of contribution:

💻 Code

Backend (Node.js, Express, Monero, MongoDB, SQLite)

Frontend (React, Vite, React Native)

AI and bots (DeepSeek, OpenAI)

Security and performance
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🌿 Data & Mapping

Report plants and animals in your area

Verify submissions

Help import open datasets
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🗣️ Outreach

Write articles, make videos, talk about the project

Bring MyZubster to meetups, hackathons, universities
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💰 Donations
If you believe in this mission, you can support us in Monero (XMR):
45M4DW1ug8bdQowWpxucTpgsfjLbVxbYaAra79VewmBobuuhgqTjyD4R3DzpqLM2veiphcB16n24qN1QbLg3y2PYGK3Qkoe
🔗 Useful Links

GitHub Organization: https://github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem

Gateway Repository: https://github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem/MyZubsterGateway

Marketplace Repository: https://github.com/MyZubster-Ecosystem/MyZubster-Marketplace

Personal Profile: https://github.com/DanielIoni-creator

Roadmap & Issues: https://github.com/users/DanielIoni-creator/projects/1
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🌟 A Final Thought

"I don't want to operate with banks and similar projects anymore. I want to finish developing my platform and start repopulating what we already have in MyZubster, which is now empty."
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This is my promise.
If you also believe a better world is possible, welcome aboard. 🌱
📬 Connect with Me

🐦 Twitter / X: @DanielIoni

💼 LinkedIn: Daniel Ioni

📷 Instagram: @danielioni

🎵 TikTok: @danielioni

💻 GitHub: DanielIoni-creator
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Daniel Ioni – Rimini, 2026
🐱 With Chanel watching me write code

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