Orange Link is a decentralized, open-source link shortener built on Algorand. Users can create short links for URLs using generated and custom short codes.

Users can log into the application using their Algorand account and create short codes for URLs. There are two options:

1. Generated Shortcodes
2. Custom Shortcodes

Generated shortcodes are 8 characters in length and are generated by the application. Custom shortcodes can be created at a premium price of 1 ORA.

Generated Links: MBR Fee + standard Algo transaction fee (.001 Algo)

Custom Links: 1 ORA + MBR fee + standard Algo transaction fee (.001 Algo)

MBR (Minimum Balance Required) is a fee paid to the dApp to cover the cost of box storage for the short code and URL. The fee is equal to 2500 + 400 * (url.length + shortCode.length + 4) microAlgos, where url.length is the length of the original URL, shortCode.length is the length of the generated or custom shortcode, and 4 are the extra bytes used for headers for arc4 Strings.

Short codes can be resolved to the original URL anywhere the dApp page is loaded, providing trustless, long-term usability of the system. Anyone can deploy this page and the page can resolve the short code to the original URL. The shareable link includes:

URL of deployed page + # + shortcode