Change crypto payment provider

Iffabled · November 9, 2019, 4:57pm

Currently, BitPay is used to accept crypto payments. I suggest switching to a self-hosted payment server or using another payment provider.

Why not?

Limited support of altcoins
No SegWit support
No Lightning Network support
Forcing usage of Payment Protocol
Blocking users based on location
Rejecting “too high” payments
Requiring KYC for some operations
Holding funds when withdrawing to a bank account
Cooperating with Chainalysis

Alternatives

BTCPay Server - self hosted solution with no fees, but requiring manual conversion to fiat; supports Lightning and a few altcoins
CoinGate - payment provider with 1% fee for payments and free Bitcoin and SEPA bank transfer withdrawals; supports Lightning and some altcoins
CoinPayments - payment provider with 0.5% fee for payments and free Bitcoin withdrawals; supports Lightning and some altcoins

bobby_shaftoe · November 10, 2019, 12:31pm

Upvoted. BitPay has been hostile towards Bitcoin ecosystem. I would urge BTCPay Server instead.

yastrebov · February 3, 2021, 12:41am

BTCPay Server - perfect!

Himangsu_Rian · September 13, 2021, 8:25am

I’ve talked to their support team and what I came to know is that they’ve no intention to add more payment gateways. This is really bad as because Bitpay is repugnant and also not user friendly. They blocked a vast majority of countries. Hope BitWarden listen us and impermanent a different payment gateway for crypto users.