# OpenReceiveBot

OpenReceiveBot is the crawler run by [OpenReceive](https://openreceive.org), the open-source
project for accepting Bitcoin Lightning and stablecoin payments directly into your own wallet.

## What it does

We study how online stores take payments: which platforms they run on, and which payment
methods their checkout offers. We use what we find to:

- publish aggregate statistics about payment options on the web, and
- occasionally tell a store owner, once, when OpenReceive could add a payment option their
  store doesn't have.

We never sell or share the data.

## What it fetches

For each site, at most once every 90 days:

- `robots.txt`
- the home page, and up to two other public pages (such as a contact or payment-info page)
- public, read-only store APIs that list enabled payment methods (for example WooCommerce's
  Store API cart endpoint)

It sends one request at a time to your site, with a pause between requests.

It may also open your home page once in a standard headless browser, the way a visitor's
browser would (with its images, scripts and styles), to check that it loads and to keep a
screenshot of it.

## What it never does

- place orders, enter payment details, or submit forms
- log in, or create accounts
- bypass CAPTCHAs, firewalls, or bot protection

## How to block it

OpenReceiveBot obeys `robots.txt`. To block it completely:

```
User-agent: OpenReceiveBot
Disallow: /
```

To opt your domain out of both crawling and any contact, email info@openreceive.org with the
domain name. We honour it permanently.

User-Agent string: `OpenReceiveBot/1.0 (+https://openreceive.org/bot)`