Documentation & Guides
Everything you need to know about setting up extensions, active timing heartbeats, and cashing out.
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Open Wallet Dashboard →1. How Active Heartbeats Work
AdMyChat sends an active heartbeat telemetry ping approximately every 5 seconds while your editor is focused and active.
Authorization: Bearer ext_...
Payload: { surface: "vscode", campaignId: "..." }
Each valid tick credits 150 microdollars ($0.000150) into an Upstash Redis memory buffer, which is aggregated and written to PostgreSQL every 10 minutes.
2. Anti-Cheat & Tapering Rules
To ensure advertisers receive high-quality developer engagement, AdMyChat enforces four automated defense gates:
- Datacenter IP Block: Pings originating from AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, or Hetzner proxies are rejected with a 403 Forbidden.
- Frequency Limit: Pings closer than 4.8 seconds apart are rate-limited with a 429 status.
- Diminishing Returns: Full rate (150 µ$) applies up to 2,880 daily ticks (~4 hours of active coding), tapering to 50% and 10% thereafter.
- Sybil Defense: Account creation age verification prevents automated account creation.
3. Cash-Out Process
Once your available wallet balance reaches $15.00 USD, click the Cash out button on your wallet page. Disbursements are processed via Tremendous, allowing you to choose PayPal, prepaid cards, or direct bank transfer.