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Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by olodolo »

svenvdz wrote: post #63
olodolo wrote: post #17

Olodolo.com currently uses coinpayments.net for this. What benefits do you offer over their implementation? I have actually been looking for a nicer system to switch over to.

Hi there, Munt is an easy to integrate and user friendly way to start accepting cryptocurrencies in your website. Munt handles things like email receipts and refunds if payments fail or if the customer has paid too much or too little. Munt is also customizable (more options coming soon) to fully represent your brand's look and feel. Have you tried our demo yet? Love to hear your thoughts on it.

Hi, I did try the demo. Based on it and your comment I see your product having the following benefits: refunds, (much)nicer UI, more customizable, and faster transactions (3 minutes? are you still accomplishing that when transfer times are generally slower than that?).

However CoinPayments is cheaper (0.5% per transaction), and supports many more coins and features. For example they can easily be set up to collect shipping addresses for me so that I don't have to. They do send a variety of receipt emails as well, but something nicer/customizable would be preferable. I could accomplish all of this using the CoinPayments API rather than the prebuilt buttons, but that would require a lot more work on my end.

I would be willing to move to something with a nicer, more customizable UI if the cost/feature gap was closed. Good luck with this!

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by [deleted] »

blunte wrote: post #41
tnolet wrote: post #9

I'm dutch with a pretty good grasp of english and never knew "munt" was slang or offensive. You learn every day.

It's definitely not commonly known as a derogatory word in English - at least not by the largest English speaking nation (US). Very, very few Americans would even know any meaning for the word "munt". But if they heard it spoken, especially if in the context of money or the herb (mint), they would assume the speaker said "mint". Also, I don't think it's a bit of a stretch to imagine that munt became mint in England a…

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Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by pasabagi »

tossaway1 wrote: post #59
blunte wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, imagine the horror all the English speakers have when the come to Netherlands and are offered verse munt thee! How silly those Dutch are for inventing a word before English existed, and then continuing to use it today even when apparently a sliver of the English speakers of the world think it means something bad.

Well, if it's being marketed to an English speaking audience, they will need to consider whether the name has negative connotations regardless of where it originated. American companies have to be sensitive to this when expanding into new markets too.

Although, occasionally, they make mistakes. Coca-cola tried to sell water with a campaign that declared it 'bottled spunk', in the early 00's. Spunk, in english english, means semen.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by blunte »

tossaway1 wrote: post #59
blunte wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, imagine the horror all the English speakers have when the come to Netherlands and are offered verse munt thee! How silly those Dutch are for inventing a word before English existed, and then continuing to use it today even when apparently a sliver of the English speakers of the world think it means something bad.

Well, if it's being marketed to an English speaking audience, they will need to consider whether the name has negative connotations regardless of where it originated. American companies have to be sensitive to this when expanding into new markets too.

That's the problem. If you look broadly enough, you will find someone who is offended by some of your words. You will never get everyone to agree on what is "ok".

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by runako »

vincelt wrote: post #70
runako wrote: post #48

Congratulations on the launch! Suggestion: Add credit-card processing. As a developer, I would benefit from being able to implement a single payment integration that let my customers pay how they want to. Credit cards are the obvious biggie, but it would also be huge to be able to e.g. receive European bank transfers as a US-based business. My dream "OmniPay" would also handle PayPal, Venmo, etc. as well, all with on…

Hey! Sorry for the shameless plug - I actually had the same problem so I built a simple product around this, eliopay.com . It integrates with PayPal, Stripe (CC) and cryptocurrencies (with Paybear). Still very new tho (haven't officially launched). I'd love to integrate with Munt in the future!

Looks fascinating! I'll keep an eye out for your Show HN!

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by spiralx »

kristianc wrote: post #47
antihero wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still is.

(UK resident here) - didn't realize the drugs connotation. I just assumed it was interchangeable with 'minger'.

It's both, which meaning comes across is dependent on who you're talking to I guess! Wiktionary says the drug-related meaning is from New Zealand, but it's been around here in London for at least two decades... we do have a lot of Anzacs though!

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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Post by spiralx »

escapologybb wrote: post #23
spiralx wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A munter is also someone who takes drugs, it comes from the context of taking pills at clubs - a munter munting gets munted.

Interesting, I always equated pills with "munted" but those other permutations always meant something very different. Maybe it's a regional thing in the UK?

Wiktionary says that munter and munted are from New Zealand, which I'm not sure about but could give it a regional spread - it's been common here in London for nearly two decades, but we have quite a few Anzacs here!
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