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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Installing a clean version of PrestaShop properly is essential to prevent issues with various plugins, including the CoinGate Bitcoin payment extension. Thus, in this guide, we will walk you through installation step-by-step. Many of our clients sign up on CoinGate having just started their ventures into online shopping, without having [...]
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Rytis Bieliauskas, the CTO of CoinGate, gave a speech on March 17th at BlockchainUA in Kyiv. Below is the video of his presentation on public and private blockchains. Rytis Bieliauskas, who gave an insightful presentation on the differences between public and private blockchains, is perhaps the keenest Bitcoin enthusiast at CoinGate, and [...]
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You may have heard the recent talks about the Bitcoin hard fork possibility. Indeed, there have been quite a few indications of it happening in the near future. Before, and if, it happens, we wish to explain several things. What does hard fork mean; why can it happen; what implications might it have for you as our customer? First and [...]
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Using CoinGate shopping cart plugins and extensions makes it really easy to setup Bitcoin payments in your online shop. This blog post covers OpenCart Bitcoin extension installation – step-by-step with screenshots, as we know you like it. You are reading this, meaning you wish to use our OpenCart Bitcoin plugin. Great news! So [...]
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Paying for a Bitcoin invoice is easy. Here we’ll walk you through the steps of the whole process: how to pay, what happens when you pay too little, too much, or too late. To pay a Bitcoin invoice, first you’ll need a working Bitcoin wallet and some bitcoins. See the instructions for setting up a Bitcoin wallet on Electrum, or [...]
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To start using Bitcoin, you need a Bitcoin wallet (and some bitcoins). Read on for steps to install and setup Electrum, or use this guide as a reference for installing another Software Wallet. Electrum is a great Bitcoin wallet for both beginners and advanced users. It is a wallet perfectly suited for daily use of Bitcoin: making [...]
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Buy Bitcoin and Altcoins with your Credit or Debit Card! No registration is needed. Receive Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, BNB, or XRP to your wallet in less than an hour. This particular step-by-step guide walks you through the whole process of buying Bitcoin with your card – screenshots are included. Your first purchase [...]
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CoinGate CTO Rytis Bieliauskas gave a presentation on Public and Private Blockchains at Rise Vilnius. Our Bitcoin and Blockchain Guru will was invited to speak at FinTech Re-Evolution: PSD2 & Blockchain, hosted by Rise Vilnius, on January 26th. We only hope that the audience will have the capacity to handle Lithuania’s most [...]
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A Bitcoin wallet and some bitcoins are the two things you need to start using Bitcoin. This post covers the types and features of Bitcoin wallets, and the process of setting up Electrum and making your first transaction.
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2016 was a great year for the whole cryptocurrency community, including us, CoinGate. We have introduced a bunch of updates and new features to our platform, and we are really pleased with the results! Here are 10 things we did with CoinGate last year, in no particular order: two new localizations implemented (Russian and Lithuanian); [...]
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We are happy to announce that Bitcoin donations are now accepted by Crisis Intervention Centre, an NGO based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Crisis Intervention Centre, established just several months ago in July, provides anonymous, urgent and accessible professional psychological counsel. Sessions at CIC are available in Lithuanian, English and [...]
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Has Bitcoin accounting ever crossed your mind as troublesome? Just like regular income accounting, Bitcoin accounting is a must, whether your company is based in Germany, Egypt or Hong Kong (or anywhere else, except for the U.S. in our case). So how do you calculate your income if some, most, or all of your invoices are paid with [...]
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It’s been just a few months since we started processing Bitcoin payments for USB Kill – the maker of the renowned USB Killer 2.0. Honestly, we couldn‘t be happier about our partnership. It really pleases us that USB Kill chose us, rather than any other company, to enable the Bitcoin community to purchase this device. USB [...]
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