Bitcoin guide

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Post by _noqo » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 1:43 AM UTC

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Post by undefined0 » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 2:18 AM UTC

"your customer pays in bitcoin and you receive dollars in your bank account", will Stripe allow us to receive in bitcoins too? I personally would love to use that option. BitPagos does that already but their service is currently limited to Argentinian Hotels. Payza allows it as well, but Payza requires users to create an account and go through a painful process.

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Post by alinenache » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 3:07 AM UTC

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 3:28 AM UTC

undefined0 wrote: post #2

"your customer pays in bitcoin and you receive dollars in your bank account", will Stripe allow us to receive in bitcoins too? I personally would love to use that option. BitPagos does that already but their service is currently limited to Argentinian Hotels. Payza allows it as well, but Payza requires users to create an account and go through a painful process.

I would also like that. Right now it's too transparent, I always get USD and have no idea whether someone paid with Bitcoin. I'd like to just keep the Bitcoin.

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Post by Everhusk » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:08 AM UTC

Does anyone know if the 2.9% + 30c stripe fees still apply for bitcoin payments?

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Post by hayksaakian » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:09 AM UTC

Everhusk wrote: post #5

Does anyone know if the 2.9% + 30c stripe fees still apply for bitcoin payments?

The pricing for bitcoin payments is simple: free during the beta and 0.50 percent per payment when the API is out of beta in January 2015.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:13 AM UTC

undefined0 wrote: post #2

"your customer pays in bitcoin and you receive dollars in your bank account", will Stripe allow us to receive in bitcoins too? I personally would love to use that option. BitPagos does that already but their service is currently limited to Argentinian Hotels. Payza allows it as well, but Payza requires users to create an account and go through a painful process.

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Post by tomschlick » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:26 AM UTC

I'm glad to see them rolling out alternative payment options! Hopefully there will be an ACH beta soon!

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Post by lachyg » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:48 AM UTC

tomschlick wrote: post #8

I'm glad to see them rolling out alternative payment options! Hopefully there will be an ACH beta soon!

We do have ACH charges in beta! Email me: lachy@stripe.com and I can get you on board.

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Post by cca » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #4

undefined0 wrote: post #2

"your customer pays in bitcoin and you receive dollars in your bank account", will Stripe allow us to receive in bitcoins too? I personally would love to use that option. BitPagos does that already but their service is currently limited to Argentinian Hotels. Payza allows it as well, but Payza requires users to create an account and go through a painful process.

I would also like that. Right now it's too transparent, I always get USD and have no idea whether someone paid with Bitcoin. I'd like to just keep the Bitcoin.

(Christian from Stripe here.)

Our users tend to want unified behavior across payments of all different types. Of course, it's possible to filter by payment type in the API, dashboard, and data exports.

To the original question: drop us a line at bitcoin@stripe.com if you want to talk more about not converting the payments. It's definitely something we'll support if there's user interest, but it's not something we do today.