Just over a month ago we launched Lightning Network payments on a test shop running on our Sandbox environment. Now, we are getting ready to go live and let our merchants accept LN payments – and we couldn’t be more excited. Our pilot launch is set to go live on July 1 already! But what is Lightning Network and why is it [...]
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Our team is pleased to be in a unique position of facilitating and promoting blockchain adoption. In 2018, CoinGate has already processed 100,000 cryptocurrency payments for merchants – more than we did in the whole 2017. We are also proud to have crossed the 50,000 mark of registered users on our platform. Two big CoinGate [...]
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CoinGate users can now buy Litecoin and Ethereum. Login to your account to be among the first ones to do so! We are also pleased to announce that we will soon launch LTC and ETH as native currencies to our merchant payment gateway. Amid the tumbling cryptocurrency prices, we have witnessed a healthy spike in Altcoin payments through our [...]
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2017 was a fascinating year. With Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies becoming the hot topics of the year, CoinGate has rapidly grown alongside. Here is a brief wrap up of what we have accomplished, and what exciting new plans we have for the near future. 100,000 merchant payments processed by CoinGate in 2017! Bitcoin has grown [...]
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Every new Bitcoin block now has 5 to 7 transactions related to CoinGate. Even though we contribute just a small amount of transactions to the Bitcoin network, we believe in being responsible towards the Bitcoin blockchain. Therefore, we have implemented SegWit addresses across the CoinGate platform to reduce our impact on the network. [...]
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Below is a brief statement on our position regarding upcoming Bitcoin Gold fork on October 25, and on SegWit2x fork in November. All updates regarding the forks will be added to this post. Note: There are no planned service interruptions. No forks will be immediatelly supported. Bitcoin Gold fork, October 25 We have decided not to [...]
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As a Merchant using our payment gateway, you can improve your customer experience and conversions at checkout by using our extended API functionality to extend invoice expiration time (when payouts are in BTC). We have 2 features that make the payment experience a bit more convenient for customers. We strongly recommend using them to [...]
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As a Merchant using our payment gateway, you can improve your customer experience and conversions at checkout by using our extended API functionality to accept underpaid orders automatically. We have 2 features that make the payment experience a bit more convenient for customers. We strongly recommend using them to prevent the bulk of [...]
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Earlier this year, we expressed our support for SegWit and UASF – two Bitcoin scaling solutions. As many of you may be aware of, currently, Bitcoin’s scaling debate is at a crucial phase. Upgrades to the Bitcoin network will be implemented shortly, hopefully ensuring the network’s proper functionality in the long term. [...]
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CoinGate as a Bitcoin payments company now officially supports SegWit and UASF, and does not support Emergent Consensus. Below are the brief explanations of SegWit, UASF and Emergent Consensus, as well as the reasons why CoinGate supports SegWit and UASF, and does not support Emergent Consensus. What is SegWit? SegWit (Segregated [...]
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