Thanks, and I don't mind at all. I've answered a few of these things already in other posts - but it's so hard to keep on top of things the information just needs to be repeated :)
- It's funded using the post reward beneficiaries system build into the STEEM blockchain. Any post made through chainBB has it's rewards divided as such: 60% author, 25% curators, 15% chainBB. steemit.com's reward model is similar at 75% author and 25% curators. This is the primary funding source for chainBB and the funds are viewable on the @chainbb account. I also plan on selling "hosting" essentially - allowing user's to run custom forums, domains, permissions, etc all within the server infrastructure I'm setting up, as well as potentially some other subscription type purchases. The reason 15% was chosen was because I don't want to raise it again, and at some point, I want to share a portion of that 15% with those running forums on the chainBB engine.
- Your keys actually never leave your browser, and aren't saved remotely on any of my servers. When you vote/post/etc on chainBB, you're actually submitting directly through the blockchain and not through any chainBB service. chainBB itself is an indexer and is read only, with an STEEM interface laying on top of it. So that's the first layer of protection. Second up, I only accept
posting keysfor chainBB, which have no access to anything critical on your account (aka funds). In the scenario where someone does compromise chainBB somehow and manages to get the key from your browser, the worst case scenario is they can post and vote as you now.
Hope that covers your questions well!
Yes it does.
Thank you, and I hope you the best of luck.