Replying to Avatar Matt Corallo

It’s downright impressive just how much friction BitPay managed to add to paying with lightning. The whole “bitpay verified” thing (which requires KYC at any amount and appears to be a totally made up requirement that no one else is even aware of) makes it totally impractical to use any EU BitPay merchant, which means I use bitcoin a hell of a lot less than I’d like.
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doot 2y ago

lmaoo idk why bitpay is still around

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Matt Corallo 2y ago

Sadly they appear to still be the default option for large businesses that don’t care about bitcoin but are happy to integrate it. A number of large providers use them :(

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Mark Camper 2y ago

Any guesses why?

Is the integration technically easier? Is theresomee client support? Or is it the desire for overcompliance?

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doot 2y ago

personally i see btcpay a lot more, but bitpay is sleeker and yeah probably easier to integrate

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Walt Munny 2y ago

It makes very easy to accept crypto if your shop is running on e.g. shopify, you just have to enable it.

https://bitpay.com/blog/accept-crypto-on-shopify-today/