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Practical writing on accepting Bitcoin in unattended retail, micro-markets, and e-commerce, and on the architecture underneath it.

Payments · 4 min read

Bitcoin Payments Without Custody: How It Works

Every Bitcoin payment processor makes a choice: hold your money or send it straight to you. Here's how non-custodial settlement actually works.

Unattended Retail · 4 min read

Bitcoin Payments for Self-Checkout Kiosks

A self-checkout kiosk customer already has a screen and a phone out. Bitcoin Lightning adds a scan-to-pay tender with no new hardware and no counter time.