Don’t buy bitcoin – earn it. Why? It’s better for your privacy. You’re not sharing data with sketchy custodians nor trusting third-parties with your hard-earned funds. Your money, your rules. By getting paid in BTC, you’ll learn to appreciate the true power of self-sovereignty and the freedom that Bitcoin brings. People getting paid in BTC, […]
Debunking BTCPay Server misconceptions
Got my morning coffee. Started the morning workout. Okay, I lied about the workout. Checked Mattermost, then Telegram. Quiet. It appears we won’t be making a new BTCPay release today. Strange. I got used to that routine. We make releases frequently. We’re one and a half year old open-source project with exactly 373 releases at […]
How to create a Bitcoin Point of Sale (PoS)
This tutorial shows you how to create a Bitcoin Point of Sale and accept BTC payments (on-chain and via the Lightning Network). When you complete it, hopefully, you’ll have a web-based PoS that requires no additional hardware. It will run as a web app from a browser of your mobile phone or tablet. Most importantly, […]
Ride The Lightning: An open-source project making node management easy for everyone
When Lightning Network was first added to BTCPay Server on the February 25th 2018, the user experience was pretty rough for quite a while. If you’re one of the old-schoolers, you probably used a command line to manage your node and channels. While there’s nothing wrong with CLI if you’re tech-savvy, for most people that’s […]
Mike Olthoff from CoinCards.ca is the first ever merchant to use BTCPay. This is his story.
In this interview, we’re joined by Mike Olthoff. His business, CoinCards was the first company to implement and use BTCPay Server. They were also among the first few merchants to accept payments via the Lightning Network. Mike helped a lot in the early days of BTCPay by providing priceless feedback. We can easily say that […]
Introducing Pay Request – Get paid in BTC by sharing a link
I regularly pay freelancers with bitcoin. When we agree on the price in fiat, due to volatility, the numbers never add up. I have to pay again, or they have to refund me. If we agree on the amount a few days in advance, someone is always at financial or time loss. Making sure they […]