35 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 13 Mar 2023 \ on: MVP - how to accept bitcoin in a small online shop bitcoin
Why not use a full own LNBits instance on any Linux machine, connected to any funding source that LNbits is supporting (including custodial) and use that scrub extension to FW the sats to any other external personal wallet. Or useing the Boltz swap extension and move the sats at the end of the day to a holding onchain personal wallet.
LNbits support also Wordxpress / Woocommerce plugin for webshop directly.
Also you have TPoS and LNURL devices extensions for brick & mortar shops.
And many other extensions.
If you really want to help a merchant to accept BTC/LN using LNbits at least do it completely, NOT using the demo instance legend.lnbits.
Here I wrote several guides about using LNbits (and soon will release a new powerful one):
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/getting-started-lnbits
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/the-bank-of-lnbits
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lnbits-for-small-merchants
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/umbrel-node-lnbits
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/build-your-own-lnbits-app-server
And even more guides using LNbits in many different scenarios:
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-private-banks-over-lightning
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/first-steps-to-accept-bitcoin-as
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-for-merchants
dunno if you've seen this, on the theme of LNbits related stuff , maybe of interest to you
a developer fostering a grassroots LN circular economy in Brazil, using a custom made POS device -
'The Power Of Lightning - Interview with Fernando Motolese & POS Review' on Bitcoin News YouTube channel -
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Yes saw it. Amazing to see how this small community is pushing hard to use Bitcoun. I love it.
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Thanks. You are right, it could and ideally should be done better, but the idea was that the merchant (non-technical) can manage it by him/her self without complicating it. They will hardly know how to manage a linux server.
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Your use case is not bad at all.
I suggest to analyze first each merchant case and adapt the specific solution proposed that suits better.
LNbits, BTCpay or any other BTC/LN wallet could serve well, but not always are the solutions for everything. Sometimes even with a simple mobile LN wallet a merchant can just start accepting, without any other server / node to setup. But then come the problem of liquidity (see the guide about private LN banks).
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