diff --git a/content/blog/2020/2020-02-24-goodbye_upi_link.md b/content/blog/2020/2020-02-24-goodbye_upi_link.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1fe7247 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2020/2020-02-24-goodbye_upi_link.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: Goodbye upi.link +author: rhnvrm +type: post +date: 2020-02-24T12:38:24+00:00 +draft: false +url: blog/2020/02/24/goodbye-upi-link + +--- + +Dear upi.link users + +Thanks for using upi.link and making it grow organically to over ~2k daily hits. + +Due to a takedown request for the domain upi.link from the NPCI I have had to +shutdown upi.link for now. + +I had created upi.link to solve my own problem. Till date, sharing a upi request +outside an App is not possible without an intermediary for free. After sharing a +prototype with people in my workplace, I found out that it was useful beyond +what I had imagined. I shared it with more +people and finally put it up online. It has not been my best work +but more or less was an experiment for me. Running upi.link with the least +amount of cost and infra setup was personal challenge for me. For over a year I +had run this without any extra cost to me except the domain name. + +Unfortunately, I was naive when I started building this to assume that the +NPCI is a government body and UPI is a platform. In reality, the NPCI is a +non-profit (not non-commercial) body and UPI is its product. Even though some +of the UPI spec is open, it can hardly be called an open product. NPCI owns +a trademark for UPI and also has a guideline for domains using the trademark. + +At the moment, I am working on other things and I don't have the resources to +keep the upi.link domain online by either asking/paying NPCI for allowing use of +this domain nor do I have any bandwidth in further developing anything on top of +upi.link as of now. + +I would also like to add that being involved in the fintech space in India, I +have come to appreciate what UPI has provided all of us in the short term. I am +also aware of the rising amounts of scams happening with UPI which the +NPCI tries to prevent through partner apps like BHIM, GooglePay, PhonePe etc. +Also, the fact that it has successfully reached out and onboarded +so many people and organizations is a monumental feat in itself. + +Some people, had suggested open sourcing this project but unfortunately; some +decisions, I had taken to reduce the cost of hosting the website, hinder the scope +of opensourcing the project. + +Regards diff --git a/layouts/post/single.html b/layouts/post/single.html index 484d5a3..0c9fc0f 100644 --- a/layouts/post/single.html +++ b/layouts/post/single.html @@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ along with this program. If not, see .