Apply

Joining the Discord is by approval.

AI made spam almost free to send, so bots and attack accounts poured in through our public invite link. We retired it. Every application is now read by a person, and approved applicants get an invite. Free, no email required.

  1. Apply
  2. We read it (about 3 days)
  3. Approved: your invite appears here

Purpose

Paid desks (consultation, PR listing) are in preparation

Reopening will be announced on X (@icphub_JP). See the Partnership Policy for how listings work.

Note: your message and contact are recorded on the blockchain. Only you and the operators can read them, but do not write anything sensitive.

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Leave one and you will not miss the approval (X, email). Optional.

Takes you to id.ai, the official Internet Identity site. About a minute with Face ID or a fingerprint. No password, no email.

Why approval

Before
Public invite link Discord

Anyone with the link walked in, bots included

Now
Application Discord

A person reads every application; only approved people get an invite

People who applyBots and spam

  • FreeJoining and proposals. Paid desks in preparation
  • No emailNo password either. Contact is optional
  • Deposits offOnly if spam surges, and returned in full
See how deposits work (diagrams)

Diagram — how the hold works (a future feature)

We secure funds to stop spam, not to collect them.
This diagram shows the current hold-and-refund model (a move to card-style holds is planned).

You Gateway canister Reviewed by a human Auto-refund in 14 days ICP Invite Confiscation (spam only — public count) +1

How is this different from a plain form?

It looks like a form, but you do not just send — you deposit. That changes how spam works at the root.

A traditional form

Form Inbox

Free and unlimited to send — real messages drown in the spam pile

This gateway (a canister)

Form + deposit Holds a small deposit × Review To a human

A small deposit per message — mass spam stops being a business

The form itself can hold moneyNo payment processor, no bank API. The program holds and returns funds directly, which is what makes tiny deposits viable
Refunds are executed by codeApproved, rejected or left for 14 days — in every outcome the refund is program behaviour, not operator goodwill
A public track recordConfiscation counts and refund totals are public on-chain, so arbitrary operation shows up immediately
Deposits and the rules of this gateway
  • Deposits are refunded in full whether approved, rejected or expired (minus round-trip transfer fees of about 0.0002 ICP).
  • If no review happens before the deadline (14 days for deposits, 5 days for consultations), the program refunds you in full, automatically.
  • Consultation and PR fees are kept only when the reply or listing actually happens (those two are not refunded afterwards).
  • Confiscation happens only when the operators explicitly judge something as spam (ads, scams, unrelated bulk mail). Verdict counts and amounts are publicly verifiable, and mistakes can be reversed and refunded.
  • Note: applications are stored on the blockchain. Do not write sensitive information.
  • This gateway is run by ICP Japan, a volunteer-run community. See About for who we are and the Partnership Policy for how listings work.