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EAWF Business Management System

Development Guiding Principles

• All critical business functions are designed to remain under EAWF control without dependence on SaaS providers or subscription-based business systems.
• Preferred solutions to software issues are the ones that maximizes EAWF ownership, control, portability, and independence.
• KISS!

Purpose

The EAWF Business Management System (EBMS) is a collection of self-hosted business applications designed to support EAWF operations.

The system is intended to provide:

• Customer Management
• Student Management
• Billing and Invoicing
• Bitcoin Payment Processing
• Knowledge Management
• Help Desk Operations
• Hosting Management
• Training Management
• Reporting and Analytics

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Design Philosophy

The EBMS shall prioritize:

• Self-hosting
• Open source software
• Data ownership
• Long-term maintainability
• Minimal external dependencies

The EBMS shall avoid:

• SaaS platforms
• Vendor lock-in
• Subscription business software
• Third-party billing systems
• Cloud-hosted management platforms

Preferred technologies:

• Linux
• Apache
• MariaDB
• PHP 8
• Bitcoin Core
• MediaWiki
• osTicket
• Roundcube
• FPDF

All critical business data shall remain under EAWF control.

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Current Projects

Billing System

EAWF Billing System

• Customer billing, invoicing, payment tracking, and Bitcoin payment processing.

Help Desk

EAWF Help Desk

• Customer support and ticket management.

Knowledge Base

EAWF Knowledge Base

• Documentation, procedures, training materials, and internal reference information.

Hosting Management

EAWF Hosting Management

• Domain, hosting, email, and infrastructure management.

Training Management

EAWF Training Management

• Classes, students, instructors, attendance tracking, and course materials.

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EAWF Billing System

Documentation

• EAWF Billing System/Security
• EAWF Billing System/Database
• EAWF Billing System/Invoices
• EAWF Billing System/Payments
• EAWF Billing System/Bitcoin
• EAWF Billing System/Watcher
• EAWF Billing System/Reports
• EAWF Billing System/Roadmap
• EAWF Billing System/Philosophy

Current Design Status

• Status: Planning

Core Components:

• Users
• Clients
• Invoices
• Invoice Lines
• PDF Generation
• Bitcoin Integration
• Customer Portal
• Reporting

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System Architecture

Public Infrastructure

Server: talon.eawf.com

• Customer Portal
• Billing
• Invoices
• Payment Pages
• Documentation
• Help Desk

Private Infrastructure

Device: PC Stick (satoshi)

• Bitcoin Node
  • Bitcoin Core
  • Mining
  • Address Monitoring
  • Payment Detection
  • Confirmation Tracking

No public Bitcoin Core services are exposed.
All communication is outbound from the home node.

PC: Dell Laptop

• System Management
• System Programming
• Connectivity to & Control of all devices and servers.

LaserJet Duplex Printer
Color LaserJet Printer
Label Printer
SANE Scanner
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Security Model

• Security levels determine page access.

Caption text

Level	Purpose	Description
0	Guest	Example
1	Registered User	Example
2	Hosting Client	Example
3	Bitcoin Student	Example
4	Reserved	Reserved
5	Instructor	Contract or Employee Instructor
6	Clerk	Customer Support or Accounting
7	Manager	Department Manager
8	CFO	Chief Financial Officer or Attorney
9	CEO	Admin/Owner

• A higher level inherits all lower-level permissions.

• See EAWF Billing System/Security

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Development Roadmap

Phase 1 - Initial Development

• Basic Page Template(s)
  • Header
  • Navigation
  • Body Styles
  • Footer
• CRUD Database Pages
  • Users
  • Clients
  • Inventory
  • Settings
  • Invoices
    • Invoice Headers
    • Invoice Lines
  • PDF Invoices

Phase 2 - Product Development

• Payments
• Audit Log
• Invoice Events
• Client Notes
• Documents

Phase 3 - Bitcoin Implementation

• Sales Departments
  • Wallets & Account Level Extended Public Keys
• Address Derivation
• Payment Pages
• QR Codes

Phase 4 - Bitcoin Integration & Automation

• Home Watcher
• Bitcoin Core Integration
• Automatic Payment Detection

Phase 5 - System Rollout

• Customer Portal
• Email Receipts
• Reporting

Phase 6 - Additional Payment Options

• Lightning Support

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