Transparent, usage-based pricing. Pay per action — fractions of a cent. Likes are free — you pay to amplify, never to engage. One optional subscription: iBird Pro.
The only subscription on iBird — everything else stays pay-per-action. Renews by paying again. No auto-debit, ever.
Paid from your existing HBAR allowance — the same on-chain flow as tips. Your subscription is a verifiable Hedera transaction; no card, no personal data.
| Platform | Cost per Post | Storage |
|---|---|---|
| iBird | ~$0.001 | Arweave (permanent) |
| Farcaster | $0.001 – $0.01 | IPFS (needs pinning) |
| Lens Protocol | $0.01 – $0.05 | IPFS / Arweave |
| Ethereum (on-chain) | $5 – $50+ | On-chain (expensive) |
iBird is 10–500× cheaper than competitors. All fees include Hedera network costs + Arweave permanent storage + platform service (50% margin) — and unlike platforms that take a cut of creator earnings, iBird's fee sits on top of your costs, not inside your income: tips keep the full 90/10 creator-first split.
On September 2, 2026, X moved US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money — the platform's own financial product. Creators must adopt it to keep getting paid, and their earnings live inside the platform's wallet. iBird never inserts itself between you and your money: tips are HBAR sent straight to your own Hedera wallet in 3–5 seconds, with a publicly verifiable on-chain trail. Your payout rail is a public chain, not a private account.
The service fee is iBird's platform margin — 50% on top of real network + storage costs. Crucially, it's charged on the cost of an action, never on creator income: tips always keep the 90/10 creator-first split. This funds development, server infrastructure, and operations. It's transparently shown in every fee breakdown.
Most platforms take 20–50% of what creators earn. iBird deliberately doesn't: the fee is charged on the action's cost (network + storage), not the income. Creators keep 90% of every tip, instantly, with no follower threshold — the fee funds the rails, it doesn't tax your revenue.
No. Engagement never routes money on iBird — not to the author, not to anyone. Likes are free for humans (10 free actions/day), creators earn through tips (90/10 split, self-tipping blocked), and amplification is burn-to-advertise. There is no engagement payout loop to farm.
No. Reading, browsing, and exploring iBird is completely free. You only pay when you take an action: posting, replying, liking, tipping, or uploading media.
Network fees go to Hedera validators. Storage fees go to Arweave miners. Service fees go to iBird's revenue account (0.0.9944009) to fund the platform.
Hedera transfers cost only $0.0001 in network fees. iBird adds a 1% service fee on tips. Tipping 1 HBAR (~$0.07) costs about $0.001 in fees.
Yes. Images and videos are uploaded to Arweave, which provides 200+ years of decentralized storage for a one-time fee. No recurring payments needed.
iBird uses a burn-to-advertise model. Advertisers burn ASSET — a fixed-supply Hedera token (0.0.1991880) — to run sponsored feed placements, banners, pinned posts, and trending slots. Burns are permanently deflationary and verifiable on-chain. See the /asset-token page for details.
Since September 2, 2026, X pays US creators through X Money, the platform's own financial product — you must adopt it to keep getting paid, and your earnings sit inside the platform's wallet. iBird's rail is the opposite: every tip is HBAR transferred directly to your own Hedera wallet in 3–5 seconds, with a publicly verifiable on-chain trail. You never adopt a platform's financial product to receive what you've earned.
iBird Pro is an optional subscription: 3 HBAR per 30 days unlocks posts up to 850 characters, a ★ Pro badge next to your name, and priority placement in the Explore feed. It renews by paying again — no automatic debit, no card. Everything else on iBird stays pay-per-action.