Ask HN: Accepting Bitcoin Payments?

5 points by cauterized 11y ago ↗ HN

Has anyone here set up online payments using Bitcoin? Did you roll your own solution? Integrate a third-party API? If you used a third party, how did you select a provider?

Edited to add: Do you permit anonymous transactions? Do you offer refunds under any circumstances? How do you handle refunds?

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kordless 11y ago ↗

Check out http://blockcypher.com. The APIs are easy to use and it just works, which is my main priority when doing development.

dangrossman 11y ago ↗

I added Coinbase's "pay with bitcoin" button to an e-commerce store a year and a half ago, alongside credit cards and PayPal. One person has used it to buy something for about $2.

joshstrange 11y ago ↗

If I was going to be doing any e-commerce (with or without bitcoin) I'd be looking at Stripe and Stripe supports bitcoin as well: https://stripe.com/bitcoin

kleer001 11y ago ↗

Is this for tax, convenience, or other reasons? I thought one of the powers of Bitcoin was not needing a 3rd party. Then again there's lots of reasons not to roll any part of your own payment process.

intelliot 11y ago ↗

Braintree recently introduced support for Bitcoin: https://www.braintreepayments.com/features/coinbase

Technically, Bitcoin transactions are not anonymous; they're typically pseudonymous. Braintree requires buyers to use a Coinbase wallet. There are many reasons for this, but refunds is one of them. We enable merchants to easily issue refunds and have a cohesive experience in the Braintree Control Panel, with bitcoin alongside other payment methods like credit cards, Venmo, and Apple Pay. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.