A year of Lightning Network: stats, progress and expectations
It’s been roughly a year now since the second-layer protocol known as the Lightning Network (LN) was implemented on top of Bitcoin’s blockchain.
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CoinGate enables native XRP payment option for merchants
We are thrilled to let you know that we are adding yet another payment option for our merchants, and this time it’s a big one! Due to very popular demand by the community, our next cryptocurrency on the list - XRP!
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Introducing DAI stablecoin payments for merchants
CoinGate kicked off the year with a bang, launching both TRON payment support and the Litening Network. With the intention to keep up the good pace, we present yet another native crypto integration to our payment gateway this year! This time, our very first stablecoin - Dai!
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CoinGate integrates Nano payments for merchants
It is our pleasure to announce that Nano has been integrated as our newest native cryptocurrency! Any shopper can now enjoy the benefits of extremely fast, fee-less Nano transactions when paying to merchants using CoinGate. Without any doubt, the news is fantastic for both the Nano community and our merchants. Anyone who owns Nano can [...]
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Accept Bitcoin payments in your business: why and how
The blockchain technology and Bitcoin, in particular, is surely on the way to change the financial landscape forever. In fact, Bitcoin already made a huge positive impact, especially in the global payments industry. Since the whitepaper for Bitcoin has taken the Internet by storm in 2008, it became much more than just a commodity to hold [...]
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Introducing ERC20 token support and first integrations
It is our pleasure to announce the opportunity for ERC-20 and other Ethereum tokens to be implemented on our platform, for both merchant payments and trading. CoinGate has always had the interest in the development of new cryptocurrencies that most benefit the industry. To us as a payments platform, helping the adoption and real-life use [...]
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How to pay using the Lightning Network?
After the successful pilot and amazing community feedback, we went ahead and enabled Lightning Network payment option to all our merchants. Aiming to spread the word further, we have prepared a short guide on paying with Lightning! Keep in mind that the Lightning Network is still counting the first months of its implementation. At the [...]
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What is Lightning Network? Intro to LN Payments
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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CoinGate Milestones 2018: 200,000 payments and more…
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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Buy Litecoin and Ethereum on CoinGate!
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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CoinGate: 2017 in Review, Plans for the Future
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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CoinGate implements SegWit addresses
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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CoinGate on Hard Forks: Bitcoin Gold and SegWit2x
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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Extend Invoice Expiration Time: Merchant How-To
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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Accept Underpaid Orders Automatically: Merchant How-To
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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