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Talk:Trading bitcoins

2015-06-23T21:29:18Z

Easybitz: added paxful peer to peer bitcoin marketplace

Please add a category for Peer to Peer exchanges

== Paxful ==

* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/paypal Buy Bitcoin with Paypal

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/western-union Buy Bitcoin with Western Union

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-23T21:28:08Z

Easybitz: Added Paxful peer to peer bitcoin marketplace

== Paxful ==

* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/paypal Buy Bitcoin with Paypal

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/western-union Buy Bitcoin with Western Union

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:48:45Z

Easybitz: /* Paxful */

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

== Paxful ==

* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/paypal Buy Bitcoin with Paypal

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/western-union Buy Bitcoin with Western Union

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:48:01Z

Easybitz: /* Paxful */

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

== Paxful ==

* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/paypal Buy Bitcoin with Paypal
[https://paxful.com/buy-bitcoin/western-union Buy Bitcoin with Western Union

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:43:03Z

Easybitz:

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

== Paxful ==

* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:42:40Z

Easybitz: /* Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list */

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:38:16Z

Easybitz:

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

[https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

Most of our sellers are in the USA but our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries.
You can currently buy bitcoin with PayPal, SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-14T21:35:40Z

Easybitz: /* Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list */

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-05T19:20:09Z

Easybitz: /* Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list */

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

[https://paxful.com Paxful is a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Marketplace] that lets you buy and sell bitcoin from other people directly.

Our list of proven sellers offers bitcoin for sale in all currencies and countries. Most of our sellers are in the USA but we have a strong presence in Australia, Europe, Brazil, Argentina and Asia.
You can currently buy bitcoin with SEPA, Bank of America Cash Deposit, TD Bank Cash Deposit, PayPal, PayPal My Cash, Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks Gifts cards and much more.
We are currently only allowing invited sellers of proven reputation. You will not find any scammers in our marketplace.Our reputation system is modeled after eBay and prevents the fraud so prevalent in other p2p markets.
We have been featured on Fox Business News, Coindesk, Bitcoin Magazine,Cointelegraph ( as easybitz, we rebranded in Jan 2015)

Please add us to your excellent directory.

Talk:Buying Bitcoins (the newbie version)

2015-06-05T19:18:57Z

Easybitz:

== Cubits ==

Hi. Can you please add Cubits to the list of Bitcoin platforms. Cubits is an European Bitcoin marketplace, and provides support for 17 currencies. It allows for SOFORT, SWIFT, SEPA and OBT transfers.
[https://cubits.com/ Cubits]

== BittyBot ==

Hi Taras, please could you update the BittyBot entry with our new domain name, we also compare bitcoin prices in Europe as well as the UK now.

[http://bittybot.co/ BittyBot] - allows users to compare different bitcoin sellers and prices in the UK and Europe.

== 247exchange ==

Could you please add our exchange service 247exchange.com to the list?
We're fixed-rate exchange. Our service is easy-to-use, even for newbies, having 24/7 support and detailed knowledgebase. No need to create additional payment accounts or wallets with our service.
We accept credit & debit cards (prepaid ones are also supported), SEPA, bank wire transfer. In Australia we also accept local bank transfer & cash deposit. Verification is required. The service isn't available in USA yet.

== Anycoin Direct ==
Hi there!

Could our company (https://anycoindirect.eu) be added? 

We buy and sell bitcoins instantly in Europe, offering many European payment methods: 
*iDEAL (NL)
*Giropay (DE)
*Sofort Banking (DE)
*Bancontact / Mister Cash (BE)
*MyBank (LU & IT)
*SEPA (EU)
*Online Bank Transfer (EU)

We focus on new bitcoiners, offering support through:
*Live chat
*Toll free telephone number
*Email

We instantly send the bitcoins after a successful payment, so we don't hold customer funds. {{unsigned|Lvlemmings|15:25, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Could you paraphrase your service? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 17:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

== BTC Guys LLC ==
Please delete my site. I am no longer selling Bitcoin.

www.btcguys.us
October 28th, 2014.

{{unsigned|Mansoor5|02:04, 29 October 2014‎ (UTC)}}

:Unlisted --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

== Independent Reserve ==

Hello again!

Like the chaps at Brawker, I think you may not have seen my message further down the page, so I hope you don't mind me moving it here as I see it has worked for Brawker. :)

Our company, [https://www.independentreserve.com Independent Reserve], is an Australian based Bitcoin exchange trading XBT/USD. We allow international customers to transfer funds via SWIFT transfer into our USD trust account, and Australian customers can use BPAY. Would appreciate a reference on the page if that's possible. {{unsigned|Atepper|12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)}}
:What category do you think this should be placed in? :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 22:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File: 6273907.png|30px|link=https://www.brawker.com]] Brawker ==

Hello again!

I've tried to add Brawker before but I don't think you guys read my message further down. :(

Brawker is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins. People can buy bitcoins using Paypal or credit card on [https://www.brawker.com Brawker]. With Brawker bitcoin buyers buy items at online merchants for people interested in paying with bitcoins. When they receive the items the bitcoin buyers receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during each transaction.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]
:I have added it to the Credit Card section. :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 01:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

== [[File:BTCGuys.png|40px|link=http://www.btcguys.us]] BTC Guys LLC ==

Hi there, I would like to add my site: www.btcguys.us to the list.
We are based in NY and currently accept domestic and international wire transfers as well as cash in mail and bank deposits. For complete details, visit http://www.btcguys.us/bitcoin-order.html Competitive rate compare to other players (only 5-8% markup)and no registration required!
Thank you for your help - August 25th, 2014
Edited 8/28/2014 {{Unsigned|Mansoor5}}
:Feel free to add your service :) [[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Taras, I am unable to edit the page. Would you kindly assist?

Thanks for your help,
Mansoor - September 1st, 2014
-----------------------------

== [[File:20px-expresscoin.png|20px|link=https://www.expresscoin.com]] expresscoin ==

Our site is [https://www.expresscoin.com expresscoin.com]. We want to add a payment method by USPS Money Order, Personal checks, and be added to the other payment methods. Can we get granted edit rights for this? Happy to help manage and update for others as well. [[User:Expresscoin|expresscoin]] ([[User talk:Expresscoin|talk]]) 00:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

-----------------------------
Hi!

Could I add Brawker to this version? This is a very easy and different way of buying bitcoins.

You can buy bitcoins using Paypal on Brawker.com. With Brawker you buy something at an online merchant for someone who is interested in paying with bitcoins. When the person receives the item, you receive the bitcoins that were held in escrow during the transaction. You can also pay for the item with a credit card.

Thank you!

[[User:Ibai|Ibai]]

-----------------------------

To other guy: You can have international section. {{unsigned|ChampBroc2}}

I'd like to add a section for Canadian Interac Online. Could I have edit rights? {{unsigned|Gradoj}}

== CoinTouch ==

I run [https://www.cointouch.com/ CoinTouch] (finds friends of friends that trade crypto currency). The site allows decentralised trading with trusted social network connections. I would like to update this page (and [[Getting_started]]) in order to include CoinTouch. Please could an admin do this, or grant me permission to do so. Thanks --[[User:ChrisBeach|ChrisBeach]] ([[User talk:ChrisBeach|talk]]) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

== Cryptopay ==

Dear moderators. We are Cryptopay, a UK based exchange, wallet and payment processing company. We offer EU and UK clients an easy way to buy and sell bitcoin using their bank account (SEPA transfers and Faster payments). Can you add us?

Cheers,

[[User: Cryptopay|Cryptopay]]

Hi, suggest to add https://coins.ph. This site has the fastest way to buy and sell bitcoin in the philippines and Thailand they also have online wallet.

== Please add Bitcoin Magnet to the list ==

Dear Mods,
Please can you submit the following entry to this page:

BANK TRANSFER > UK ONLY > BitcoinMagnet.co.uk

"allows customers to buy & sell Bitcoin automatically using their UK bank account. All you need to provide is an email address and either your bitcoin wallet address (if buying) or your bank account details (if selling). For buying, they give you a unique reference code to include with your bank transfer. All future transfers that include this code will be automatically converted to Bitcoin and sent to you. You can therefore set up a regular standing order if desired. For selling, they give you a unique Bitcoin deposit address to send coins to. All future payments to this address will be automatically converted to GBP and sent to your UK bank account. They use the latest Bitstamp market price and aim to complete orders within 10 minutes. The fee is currently 5%."

Many thanks,
John
@ http://www.bitcoinmagnet.co.uk

{{unsigned|Bitcoin Magnet|16:09, 17 November 2014‎ (UTC)}}
:Hello John, I have added your service to the list. :) --[[User:Taras|Taras]] ([[User talk:Taras|talk]]) 21:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very speedy response :) cheers!

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'''Bitcoin''' is a decentralized [[digital currency]] created by developer [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]. It does not rely on a central server to process transactions or store funds. There are a maximum of 2,099,999,997,690,000 Bitcoin elements (called satoshis), which are currently most commonly measured in units of 100,000,000 known as BTC. Stated another way, no more than 21 million BTC can ever be created.

{{As of|April 2014}}, it is the most widely used alternative currency,<ref name="Quantitative Analysis of the Full Bitcoin Transaction Graph">{{cite web|title=Quantitative Analysis of the Full Bitcoin Transaction Graph|url=http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/584.pdf|publisher=Cryptology ePrint Archive|accessdate=18 October 2012|author=Ron Dorit|coauthors=Adi Shamir|page=17|quote=The Bitcoin system is the best known and most widely used alternative payment scheme,...}}</ref><ref name="Mt.Gox data">{{Cite web|title=Mt.Gox data|url=http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxUSD.html|publisher=Bitcoincharts}}</ref> now with the total market cap over 6 billion US dollars<ref>{{cite web|title=Market Capitalization|url=https://blockchain.info/charts/market-cap|publisher= [[BlockChain.info]] |accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref>.

Bitcoin has no central issuer; instead, the peer-to-peer network regulates Bitcoins, transactions and issuance according to consensus in network software.
Bitcoins are issued to various nodes that verify transactions through computing power;
it is established that there will be a limited and scheduled release of no more than 21 million BTC worth of coins, which will be fully issued by the year 2140.

Internationally, Bitcoins can be exchanged and managed through various websites and [[software]] along with physical banknotes and coins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Physical Bitcoins by Casascius|url=https://www.casascius.com/|publisher=Casascius Coins|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bitbills|url=http://www.bitbills.com/|publisher=Bitbills|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History}}

A cryptographic system for untraceable payments was first described by David Chaum in 1982.<ref>[http://blog.koehntopp.de/uploads/Chaum.BlindSigForPayment.1982.PDF David Chaum, Blind signatures for untraceable payments], Advances in Cryptology - Crypto '82, Springer-Verlag (1983), 199–203.</ref> In 1990 Chaum extended this system to create the first cryptographic anonymous electronic cash system.,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Lecture Notes in Computer Science|last1=Chaum|first1=David|last2=Fiat|first2=Amos|last3=Naor|first3=Moni|title=Untraceable Electronic Cash|url=http://blog.koehntopp.de/uploads/chaum_fiat_naor_ecash.pdf}}</ref> which became known as ecash.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.12/emoney.html|publisher=Wired|title=E-Money (That's What I Want)|date=1994–2012|author=Steven Levy}}</ref> In 1998 Wei Dai published a description of an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system which he called "b-money".<ref>{{cite web|title=B-Money|url=http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt|author=Wei Dai|year=1998}}</ref> Around the same time, Nick Szabo created ''bit gold''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/bitcoin-the-cryptoanarchists-answer-to-cash/0|title=Bitcoin: The Cryptoanarchists’ Answer to Cash|publisher=IEEE Spectrum|quote=Around the same time, Nick Szabo, a computer scientist who now blogs about law and the history of money, was one of the first to imagine a new digital currency from the ground up. Although many consider his scheme, which he calls “bit gold,” to be a precursor to Bitcoin}}</ref><ref name="bitgold">{{cite web|title=Bit gold|url=http://unenumerated.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/bit-gold.html|author=Nick Szabo|quote=My proposal for bit gold is based on computing a string of bits from a string of challenge bits, using functions called variously "client puzzle function," "proof of work function," or "secure benchmark function.". The resulting string of bits is the proof of work.... The last-created string of bit gold provides the challenge bits for the next-created string.}}</ref> Like Bitcoin, ''Bit gold'' was a currency system where users would compete to solve a [[proof of work]] function, with solutions being cryptographically chained together and published via a distributed property title registry. A variant of ''Bit gold'', called ''Reusable Proofs of Work'', was implemented by Hal Finney.<ref name="bitgold"/>

In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a [[Bitcoin_white_paper|paper]]<ref name="whitepaper">{{cite web
|last= Nakamoto
|first= Satoshi
|title= Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
|url= http://www.cs.kent.edu/~JAVED/class-P2P12F/papers-2012/PAPER2012-p2p-bitcoin-satoshinakamoto.pdf
|accessdate = 14 December 2010
|date= 24 May 2009
|postscript=
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.general/12588/
|title= Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
}}</ref> on The Cryptography Mailing list at metzdowd.com<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=cryptography@metzdowd.com&q=from:%22Satoshi+Nakamoto%22 Satoshi's posts to Cryptography mailing list]</ref> describing the Bitcoin protocol.

The Bitcoin network came into existence on 3 January 2009 with the release of the first Bitcoin client, [[wxBitcoin]], and the issuance of the first Bitcoins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Block 0 – Bitcoin Block Explorer |url=http://blockexplorer.com/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg10142.html |title=Bitcoin v0.1 released}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=244765 |title=SourceForge.net: Bitcoin}}</ref>
A year after, the initial exchange rates for Bitcoin were set by individuals on the bitcointalk forums.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} The most significant transaction involved a 10,000 BTC pizza.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin|url=http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=13 October 2012}}</ref>
Today, the majority of Bitcoin exchanges occur on the [[Bitstamp]] Bitcoin exchange.<ref>{{cite web | title = Exchange volume distribution | work = by market | publisher = [[Bitcoin Charts]] | date = April 15, 2014 | url = http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/volumepie/ | accessdate = 2014-04-15 }}</ref>

In 2011, Wikileaks,<ref>{{cite news
|last= Greenberg
|first= Andy
|url= http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/06/14/wikileaks-asks-for-anonymous-bitcoin-donations/
|title= WikiLeaks Asks For Anonymous Bitcoin Donations – Andy Greenberg – The Firewall – Forbes
|publisher= Blogs.forbes.com
|date= 2011-06-14
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref> [[Freenet]],<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://freenetproject.org/donate.html
|title= /donate
|publisher= The Freenet Project
|date=
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref> Singularity Institute,<ref>[http://singinst.org/donate/ SIAI donation page]</ref> Internet Archive,<ref>[http://www.archive.org/donate/index.php Internet Archive donation page]</ref> Free Software Foundation<ref>[https://my.fsf.org/donate/other/ Other ways to donate]</ref> and others, began to accept donations in Bitcoin. The Electronic Frontier Foundation did so for a while but has since stopped, citing concerns about a lack of legal precedent about new currency systems, and because they "generally don't endorse any type of product or service."<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/06/eff-and-bitcoin
|title= EFF and Bitcoin | Electronic Frontier Foundation
|publisher= Eff.org
|date= 2011-06-14
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref> Some small businesses had started to adopt Bitcoin. LaCie, a public company, accepts Bitcoin for its Wuala service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wuala.com/en/bitcoin |title=Secure Online Storage – Backup. Sync. Share. Access Everywhere |publisher=Wuala |date= |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref>

In 2012, BitPay reports of having over 1000 merchants accepting Bitcoin under its payment processing service.<ref>{{cite web|title=BitPay Signs 1,000 Merchants to Accept Bitcoin Payments|url=http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/177_176/bitpay-signs-1000-merchants-to-accept-bitcoin-payments-1052538-1.html|publisher=American Banker|accessdate=12 October 2012}}</ref>

==Administration==
Bitcoin is administered through a decentralized peer-to-peer network.<ref name="whitepaper"/> Cryptographic technologies and the peer-to-peer network of computing power enables users to make and verify irreversible, instant online Bitcoin payments, without an obligation to trust and use centralized banking institutions and authorities. Dispute resolution services are not made directly available. Instead it is left to the users to verify and trust the parties they are sending money to through their choice of methods.

Bitcoins are issued according to rules agreed to by the majority of the computing power within the Bitcoin network. The core rules describing the predictable issuance of Bitcoins to its verifying servers, a voluntary and competitive transaction fee system and the hard limit of no more than 21 million BTC issued in total.<ref name="whitepaper"/>

Bitcoin does not require a central bank, State,<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/bitcoin-the-cryptoanarchists-answer-to-cash/3
|title= Bitcoin: The Cryptoanarchists' Answer to Cash
|publisher= IEEE.org
|date= June 2012
|accessdate = 2012-06-05
}}</ref> or incorporated backers.

==Services==
{{main|Wallet}}

Bitcoins are sent and received through software and websites called wallets. They send and confirm transactions to the network through Bitcoin addresses, the identifiers for users' Bitcoin wallets within the network.<ref name="whitepaper"/>

===Bitcoin addresses===
{{main|Address}}

Payments are made to Bitcoin "addresses": human-readable strings of numbers and letters around 33 characters in length, always beginning with the digit 1 or 3, as in the example of ''31uEbMgunupShBVTewXjtqbBv5MndwfXhb''.

Users obtain new Bitcoin addresses from their Bitcoin software. Creating a new address can be a completely offline process and require no communication with the Bitcoin network.

===Transaction fees===
{{main|Transaction fees}}
Transaction fees may be included with any transfer of Bitcoins. {{As of|2012}} many transactions are processed in a way which makes no charge for the transaction. For transactions which consume or produce many coins (and therefore have a large data size), a small transaction fee is usually expected.

===Confirmations===
{{main|Confirmation}}

The network's software confirms a transaction when it records it in a block. Further blocks of transactions confirm it even further. After six confirmations/blocks, a transaction is confirmed beyond reasonable doubt.

The network must store the whole transaction history inside the blockchain, which grows constantly as new records are added and never removed. Nakamoto conceived that as the database became larger, users would desire applications for Bitcoin that didn't store the entire database on their computer. To enable this, the blockchain uses a [[merkle tree]] to organize the transaction records in such a way that client software can locally delete portions of its own database it knows it will never need, such as earlier transaction records of Bitcoins that have changed ownership multiple times.

==Economics==

===Initial distribution===

Bitcoin has no centralized issuing authority.<ref name="ars-06-08-11">
{{Cite news
|first= Thomas
|last= Lowenthal
|title= Bitcoin: inside the encrypted, peer-to-peer digital currency
|newspaper= Ars Technica
|date= 8 June 2011
|url= http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/bitcoin-inside-the-encrypted-peer-to-peer-currency.ars
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|author= Sponsored by
|url= http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/virtual-currency
|title= Virtual currency: Bits and bob
|publisher= The Economist
|date=
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|last= Geere
|first= Duncan
|url= http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-05/16/bitcoin-p2p-currency
|title= Peer-to-peer currency Bitcoin sidesteps financial institutions (Wired UK)
|publisher= Wired.co.uk
|date=
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref> The network is programmed to increase the money supply as a geometric series until the total number of Bitcoins reaches 21 million BTC.<ref name="Quantitative Analysis of the Full Bitcoin Transaction Graph"/> {{As of|2012|10}} slightly over 10 million of the total 21 million BTC had been created; the current total number created is available online.<ref>{{cite web
|title= Total Number of Bitcoins in Existence
|url= http://blockexplorer.com/q/totalbc
|work= Bitcoin Block Explorer
|accessdate = 2012-10-03
}}</ref> By 2013 half of the total supply will have been generated, and by 2017, three-quarters will have been generated. To ensure sufficient granularity of the [[money supply]], clients can divide each BTC unit down to eight decimal places (a total of 2.1 × 1015 or 2.1 quadrillion units).<ref name="lwn">{{Cite news
|author= Nathan Willis
|date= 2010-11-10
|title= Bitcoin: Virtual money created by CPU cycles
|publisher= LWN.net
|url= http://lwn.net/Articles/414452/
}}</ref>

The network {{As of|2012|lc=on}} required over one million times more work for confirming a block and receiving an award (25 BTC {{As of|2012|2|lc=on}}) than when the first blocks were confirmed.
The difficulty is automatically adjusted every 2016 blocks based on the time taken to find the previous 2016 blocks such that one block is created roughly every 10 minutes.

Those who chose to put computational and electrical resources toward mining early on had a greater chance at receiving awards for block generations. This served to make available enough processing power to process blocks. Indeed, without miners there are no transactions and the Bitcoin economy comes to a halt.

===Exchange rate===
Prices fluctuate relative to goods and services more than more widely accepted currencies;
the price of a Bitcoin is not static.

In August 2012, 1 BTC traded at around $10.00 USD. Taking into account the total number of Bitcoins mined, the monetary base of the Bitcoin network stands at over 110 million USD.<ref>[http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/ http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/] Bitcoin statistics</ref>

== Anonymity ==
{{main|Anonymity & Security}}

=== Transactions ===

While using bitcoins is an excellent way to make your purchases, donations, and p2p payments, without losing money through inflated transaction fees, transactions are never truly anonymous. Buying Bitcoin you pass identification, Bitcoin transactions are stored publicly and permanently on the network, which means anyone can see the balance and transactions of any Bitcoin address. Bitcoin activities are recorded and available publicly via the [[blockchain]], a comprehensive database which keeps a record of bitcoin transactions.

=== Buying/selling bitcoins ===

All exchanges require the user to scan ID documents, and large transactions must be reported to the proper governmental authority. When you use Bitcoin to pay for goods and services, you will of course need to provide your name and address to the seller for delivery purposes.

This means that a third party with an interest in tracking your activities can use your visible balance and ID information as a basis from which to track your future transactions or to study previous activity. In short, you have compromised your [[security]] and [[privacy]].

In addition to conventional exchanges like Bitstamp, Bitfinex, Kraken and Coinable there are also Peer to peer exchanges like localbitcoins and Paxful. Peer to peer exchanges will often not collect KYC and identity information directly from users, instead they let the users handle KYC amongst themselves. These can often be a better alternative for those looking to purchase bitcoin quickly and without KYC delay.

=== Mixing services ===

[http://anonymity.co.in/mixing_services.html Mixing services] are used to avoid compromising of privacy and security. Mixing services provide to periodically exchange your bitcoins for different ones which cannot be associated with the original owner.

== Security ==
{{seealso|Weaknesses}}

In the history of bitcoin, there have been a few [[incidents]], caused by problematic as well as malicious transactions. In the worst such incident, and the only one of its type, a person was able to pretend that he had a practically infinite supply of bitcoins, for almost 9 hours.

Bitcoin relies, among other things, on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography public key cryptography] and thus may be vulnerable to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_cryptography#Quantum_computing_attacks quantum computing attacks] if and when practical quantum computers can be constructed.

If multiple different software packages, whose usage becomes widespread on the Bitcoin network, disagree on the protocol and the rules for transactions, this could potentially cause a fork in the block chain, with each faction of users being able to accept only their own version of the history of transactions. This could influence the price of bitcoins.

A global, organized campaign against the currency or the software could also influence the demand for bitcoins, and thus the exchange price.

==Bitcoin mining==
{{main|Mining}}

Bitcoin mining nodes are responsible for managing the Bitcoin network.

Bitcoins are awarded to Bitcoin nodes known as "miners" for the solution to a difficult [[proof-of-work]] problem which confirms transactions and prevents double-spending. This incentive, as the Nakamoto white paper describes it, encourages "nodes to support the network, and provides a way to initially distribute coins into circulation, since no central authority issues them."<ref name="whitepaper" />

Nakamoto compared the generation of new coins by expending CPU time and electricity to gold miners expending resources to add gold to circulation.<ref name="whitepaper"/>

===Node operation===

The node software for the Bitcoin network is based on peer-to-peer networking, digital signatures and cryptographic proof to make and verify transactions. Nodes broadcast transactions to the network, which records them in a public record of all transactions, called the ''blockchain'', after validating them with a [[proof-of-work|proof-of-work system]].

Satoshi Nakamoto designed the first Bitcoin node and mining software<ref name="processors">{{Cite news
|last= Davis
|first= Joshua
|title= The Crypto-Currency
|url= http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all
|accessdate = 11 November 2011
|newspaper= Wired Magazine
|date= 10 November 2011
}}</ref> and developed the majority of the first implementation, Bitcoind, from 2007 to mid-2010.<ref name="code_start">{{cite web
|url= https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=13.msg46#msg46
|title= Questions about Bitcoin
|publisher= Bitcoin forum
|date= 2009-12-10
}}</ref>

Node implementations include core software such as Bitcoind/Bitcoin-Qt, [[libbitcoin]], [[cbitcoin]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=cbitcoin|url=https://github.com/MatthewLM/cbitcoin|accessdate=3 October 2012}}</ref> and [[BitCoinJ|bitcoinj]].<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/23/0210207/Google-Engineer-Releases-Open-Source-Bitcoin-Client
|title= Google Engineer Releases Open Source Bitcoin Client
|author= angry tapir, timothy
|date= 23 March 2011
|publisher= Slashdot
|accessdate = 2011-05-18
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2012/120110-bitcoin-for-beginners-3.html?page=1
|title= Bitcoin for beginners: The BitcoinJ API
|author= Dirk Merkel
|date= 10 January 2012
|publisher= JavaWorld
|accessdate = 2012-08-03
}}</ref>

Every node in the Bitcoin network collects all the unacknowledged transactions it knows of in a file called a ''block'', which also contains a reference to the previous valid block known to that node. It then appends a [[nonce]] value to this previous block and computes the SHA-256 cryptographic hash of the block and the appended nonce value. The node repeats this process until it adds a nonce that allows for the generation of a hash with a value lower than a specified ''target''. Because computers cannot practically reverse the hash function, finding such a nonce is hard and requires on average a predictable amount of repetitious trial and error. This is where the ''[[proof-of-work]]'' concept comes in to play. When a node finds such a solution, it announces it to the rest of the network. Peers receiving the new solved block validate it by computing the hash and checking that it really starts with the given number of zero bits (i.e., that the hash is within the target). Then they accept it and add it to the chain.

===Mining rewards===
In addition to receiving the pending transactions confirmed in the block, a generating node adds a ''generate'' transaction, which awards new Bitcoins to the operator of the node that generated the block. The system sets the payout of this generated transaction according to its defined inflation schedule. The miner that generates a block also receives the fees that users have paid as an incentive to give particular transactions priority for faster confirmation.

The network never creates more than a 50 BTC reward per block and this amount will decrease over time towards zero, such that no more than 21 million BTC will ever exist.<ref name="lwn" /> As this payout decreases, the incentive for users to run block-generating nodes is intended to change to earning [[#Transaction fees|transaction fees]].

===Mining pools===
{{main|Pooled mining}}

Bitcoin users often pool computational effort to increase the stability of the collected fees and subsidy they receive.<ref name="We Use Coins Mining">{{cite web|title=About Bitcoin Mining|url=http://www.weusecoins.com/mining-guide.php|publisher=We Use Coins|accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref>

===Mining difficulty===
{{main|Difficulty}}

In order to throttle the creation of blocks, the difficulty of generating new blocks is adjusted over time. If mining output increases or decreases, the difficulty increases or decreases accordingly.

The adjustment is done by changing the threshold that a hash is required to be less than. A lower threshold means fewer possible hashes can be accepted, and thus a higher degree of difficulty. The target rate of block generation is one block every 10 minutes, or 2016 blocks every two weeks. Bitcoin changes the difficulty of finding a valid block every 2016 blocks, using the difficulty that would have been most likely to cause the prior 2016 blocks to have taken two weeks to generate, according to the timestamps on the blocks. Technically, this is done by modeling the generation of Bitcoins as Poisson process. All nodes perform and enforce the same difficulty calculation.

Difficulty is intended as an automatic stabilizer allowing mining for Bitcoins to remain profitable in the long run for the most efficient miners, independently of the fluctuations in demand of Bitcoin in relation to other currencies.

===Mining hardware===
{{main|Mining Hardware Comparison}}

Bitcoins used to be mined through Intel/AMD CPUs. {{As of | 2012}}, mining has gradually moved to [[GPU]] and [[FPGA]] hardware.<ref name="bitcoinmag-butterfly" /> [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC]]-based hardware for Bitcoin mining has been announced by several manufacturers who intend to ship products from late 2012 to early 2013.<ref name="bitcoinmag-butterfly">{{Cite web|title=Bitpay Breaks Daily Volume Record with Butterfly ASIC mining release|url=http://bitcoinmagazine.net/bitpay-breaks-daily-volume-record-with-butterfly-asic-mining-release/|publisher=Bitcoin Magazine}}</ref>

==Concerns==

===As an investment===
Bitcoin describes itself as an experimental digital currency. Reuben Grinberg has noted that Bitcoin's supporters have argued that Bitcoin is neither a security or an investment because it fails to meet the criteria for either category.<ref name="grinberg">{{cite web | url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1817857 | title=Bitcoin: An Innovative Alternative Digital Currency | publisher=SSRN | date=9 December 2011 | accessdate=4 December 2012 | author=Grinberg, Reuben}}</ref> Although it is a virtual currency, some people see it as an investment<ref name="cnbc">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/45030812/The_Pros_And_Cons_Of_Biting_on_Bitcoins | title=The Pros And Cons Of Biting on Bitcoins | publisher=CNBC | date=23 November 2011 | accessdate=4 December 2012 | author=Gustke, Constance}}</ref> or accuse it of being a form of investment fraud known as a Ponzi scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/bitcoin_under_attack/ |title=US senators draw a bead on Bitcoin |last1=Chirgwin |first1=Richard |date=8 June 2011 |publisher=The Register |accessdate=14 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/uk-traders-bitcoin-idUKBRE8300JL20120401 |title=Bitcoin, the City traders' anarchic new toy |last1=O'Leary |first1=Naomi |date=2 April 2012 |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=14 November 2012}}</ref> A report by the European Central Bank, using the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's definition of a Ponzi scheme, found that the use of bitcoins shares some characteristics with Ponzi schemes, but also has characteristics of its own which contradict several common aspects of Ponzi schemes.<ref name="ecbreport">{{cite web | url=http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/virtualcurrencyschemes201210en.pdf | title=Virtual Currency Schemes | publisher=European Central Bank | date=October 2012 | accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref>

===Privacy===
Because transactions are broadcast to the entire network, they are inherently public. Unlike regular banking,<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/bitcoin-the-cryptoanarchists-answer-to-cash/0
|title= Bitcoin: The Cryptoanarchists' Answer to Cash
|publisher= IEEE.org
|date= June 2012
|accessdate = 2012-06-05
}}</ref> which preserves customer privacy by keeping transaction records private, loose transactional privacy is accomplished in Bitcoin by using many unique addresses for every wallet, while at the same time publishing all transactions. As an example, if Alice sends 123.45 BTC to Bob, the network creates a public record that allows anyone to see that 123.45 has been sent from one address to another. However, unless Alice or Bob make their ownership of these addresses known, it is difficult for anyone else to connect the transaction with them. However, if someone connects an address to a user at any point they could follow back a series of transactions as each participant likely knows who paid them and may disclose that information on request or under duress.

It can be difficult to associate Bitcoin identities with real-life identities.<ref name="An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System">Fergal Reid and Martin Harrigan (24 July 2011). [http://anonymity-in-bitcoin.blogspot.com/2011/07/bitcoin-is-not-anonymous.html An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System]. An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System.</ref> This property makes Bitcoin transactions attractive to sellers of illegal products.<ref name="Forbes">Andy Greenberg (20 April 2011). [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0509/technology-psilocybin-bitcoins-gavin-andresen-crypto-currency.html Crypto Currency]. Forbes Magazine.</ref><ref>{{cite web
|last= Madrigal
|first= Alexis
|title= Libertarian Dream? A Site Where You Buy Drugs With Digital Dollars
|publisher= The Atlantic Monthly
|date= 2011-06-01
|url= http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/libertarian-dream-a-site-where-you-buy-drugs-with-digital-dollars/239776/
|accessdate = 2011-06-05
}}</ref>

===Illicit use===

====Cracking====
The cracking organization "LulzSec" accepted donations in Bitcoin, having said that the group "needs Bitcoin donations to continue their hacking efforts".<ref name="CNET">{{cite web
|last= Reisinger
|first= Don
|url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20070268-17/senators-target-bitcoin-currency-citing-drug-sales/
|title= Senators target Bitcoin currency, citing drug sales | The Digital Home – CNET News
|publisher= News.cnet.com
|date= 2011-06-09
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last= Olson
|first= Parmy
|url= http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/06/06/lulzsec-hackers-posts-sony-dev-source-code-get-7k-donation/
|title= LulzSec Hackers Post Sony Dev. Source Code, Get $7K Donation – Parmy Olson – Disruptors – Forbes
|publisher= Blogs.forbes.com
|date= 6 June 2011
|accessdate = 2011-06-22
}}</ref>

====Silk Road====
[[Silk Road]] is an anonymous black market that uses only the Bitcoin.<ref name="npr-06-12-11">
{{Cite news
|url= http://www.npr.org/2011/06/12/137138008/silk-road-not-your-fathers-amazon-com
|date= 12 June 2011
|newspaper= NPR
|title= Silk Road: Not Your Father's Amazon.com
|author= Staff
}}</ref>

In a 2011 letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Drug Enforcement Administration, senators Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia called for an investigation into Silk Road and the Bitcoin.<ref name="npr-06-12-11"/>
Schumer described the use of Bitcoins at Silk Road as a form of money laundering.<ref name="ars-06-08-11"/>

====Botnet mining====
In June 2011, Symantec warned about the possibility of botnets engaging in covert "mining" of Bitcoins,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Updated: 17 June 2011 | Translations available: 日本語 |url=http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/bitcoin-botnet-mining |title=Bitcoin Botnet Mining | Symantec Connect Community |publisher=Symantec.com |date=2011-06-17 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/researchers-find-malware-rigged-with-bitcoin-miner/8934 |title=Researchers find malware rigged with Bitcoin miner |publisher=ZDNet |date=2011-06-29 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref> consuming computing cycles, using extra electricity and possibly increasing the temperature of the computer. Later that month, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation caught an employee using the company's servers to generate Bitcoins without permission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thenextweb.com/au/2011/06/23/abc-employee-caught-mining-for-bitcoins-on-company-servers/ |title=ABC employee caught mining for Bitcoins on company servers |publisher=The Next Web |date=2011-06-23 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref> Some malware also uses the parallel processing capabilities of the GPUs built into many modern-day video cards.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/16/gpu_bitcoin_brute_forcing/ |title=Malware mints virtual currency using victim's GPU |date=16 August 2011|first=Dan |last=Goodin }}</ref> In mid August 2011, Bitcoin miner botnets were found;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/20211/researcher-discovers-distributed-bitcoin-cracking-trojan-malware/ |title=Infosecurity – Researcher discovers distributed bitcoin cracking trojan malware |publisher=Infosecurity-magazine.com |date=2011-08-19 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref> trojans infecting Mac OS X have also been uncovered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/405849/mac_os_x_trojan_steals_processing_power_produce_bitcoins |title=Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins – sophos, security, malware, Intego – Vulnerabilities – Security |publisher=Techworld |date=2011-11-01 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}</ref>

===Theft and fraud===
On 19 June 2011, a security breach of the Mt.Gox (an acronym for ''M''agic: ''T''he ''G''athering ''O''nline E''x''change, its original purpose) Bitcoin Exchange caused the price of a Bitcoin to briefly drop to US$0.01 on the Mt.Gox exchange (though it remained unaffected on other exchanges) after a hacker allegedly used credentials from a Mt.Gox auditor's compromised computer to illegally transfer a large number of Bitcoins to him- or herself and sell them all, creating a massive "ask" order at any price. Within minutes the price rebounded to over $15 before Mt.Gox shut down their exchange and canceled all trades that happened during the hacking period.<ref>[https://mtgox.com/press_release_20110630.html Clarification of Mt Gox Compromised Accounts and Major Bitcoin Sell-Off]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1X6qQt9ONg YouTube. Bitcoin Report]</ref> The exchange rate of Bitcoins quickly returned to near pre-crash values.<ref name="mick">Jason Mick, 19 June 2011, [http://www.dailytech.com/Inside+the+MegaHack+of+Bitcoin+the+Full+Story/article21942.htm Inside the Mega-Hack of Bitcoin: the Full Story], DailyTech</ref><ref>Timothy B. Lee, 19 June 2011, [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/bitcoin-price-plummets-on-compromised-exchange.ars Bitcoin prices plummet on hacked exchange], Ars Technica</ref><ref>Mark Karpeles, 20 June 2011, [https://support.mtgox.com/entries/20208066-huge-bitcoin-sell-off-due-to-a-compromised-account-rollback Huge Bitcoin sell off due to a compromised account – rollback], Mt.Gox Support</ref><ref name="register1">{{Cite news
|title= Bitcoin collapses on malicious trade – Mt Gox scrambling to raise the Titanic
|url= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/19/bitcoin_values_collapse_again/
|date= 2011-06-19
|author= Chirgwin, Richard
|publisher= The Register
}}</ref> Accounts with the equivalent of more than USD 8,750,000 were affected.<ref name="mick" />

In July 2011, The operator of Bitomat, the third largest Bitcoin exchange, announced that he lost access to his wallet.dat file with about 17,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 220,000 USD at that time). He announced that he would sell the service for the missing amount, aiming to use funds from the sale to refund his customers.<ref>[http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/08/01/third-largest-bitcoin-exchange-bitomat-lost-their-wallet-over-17000-bitcoins-missing/ Third Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitomat Lost Their Wallet, Over 17,000 Bitcoins Missing]. SiliconAngle</ref>

In August 2011, MyBitcoin, one of popular Bitcoin transaction processors, declared that it was hacked, which resulted in it being shut down, with paying 49% on customer deposits, leaving more than 78,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 800,000 USD at that time) unaccounted for.<ref>[http://betabeat.com/2011/08/mybitcoin-spokesman-finally-comes-forward-what-did-you-think-we-did-after-the-hack-we-got-shitfaced/ MyBitcoin Spokesman Finally Comes Forward: “What Did You Think We Did After the Hack? We Got Shitfaced”]. BetaBeat</ref><ref>[http://betabeat.com/2011/08/search-for-owners-of-mybitcoin-loses-steam/ Search for Owners of MyBitcoin Loses Steam]. BetaBeat</ref>

In early August 2012, a lawsuit was filed in San Francisco court against Bitcoinica, claiming about 460,000 USD from the company. Bitcoinica was hacked twice in 2012, which led to allegations of neglecting the safety of customers' money and cheating them out of withdrawal requests.<ref>[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/bitcoinica-users-sue-for-460k-in-lost-bitcoins/ Bitcoinica users sue for $460k in lost Bitcoins]. Arstechnica</ref><ref>[http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/first-bitcoin-lawsuit-filed-in-san-francisco First Bitcoin Lawsuit Filed In San Francisco]. IEEE Spectrum</ref>

In late August 2012, Bitcoin Savings and Trust was shut down by the owner, allegedly leaving around $5.6 million in debts; this led to allegations of the operation being a Ponzi scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bitcoin ponzi scheme – investors lose $5 million USD in online hedge fund|url=http://rt.com/usa/news/investors-currency-digital-fund-868/|publisher=RT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jeffries|first=Adrianne|title=Suspected multi-million dollar Bitcoin pyramid scheme shuts down, investors revolt|url=http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/27/3271637/bitcoin-savings-trust-pyramid-scheme-shuts-down|publisher=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mick|first=Jason|title="Pirateat40" Makes Off $5.6M USD in BitCoins From Pyramid Scheme|url=http://www.dailytech.com/Pirateat40+Makes+Off+56M+USD+in+BitCoins+From+Pyramid+Scheme/article25538.htm|publisher=DailyTech}}</ref><ref>[http://pandodaily.com/2012/08/31/bitcoin-how-a-virtual-currency-became-real-with-a-5-6m-fraud/ Bitcoin: How a Virtual Currency Became Real with a $5.6M Fraud]. PandoDaily</ref> In September 2012, it was reported that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has started an investigation on the case.<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100007836/bitcoin-pirate-scandal-sec-steps-in-amid-allegations-that-the-whole-thing-was-a-ponzi-scheme/ Bitcoin 'Pirate' scandal: SEC steps in amid allegations that the whole thing was a Ponzi scheme ]. The Telegraph</ref>

In September 2012, Bitfloor Bitcoin exchange also reported being hacked, with 24,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 250,000 USD) stolen. As a result, Bitfloor suspended operations.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19486695 Bitcoin theft causes Bitfloor exchange to go offline]. BBC</ref><ref>[http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/5/3293375/bitfloor-bitcoin-exchange-suspended-theft Bitcoin exchange BitFloor suspends operations after $250,000 theft Bitcoin exchange BitFloor suspends operations after $250,000 theft]. The Verge</ref> The same month, Bitfloor resumed operations, with its founder saying that he reported the theft to FBI, and that he is planning to repay the victims, though the time frame for such repayment is unclear.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010586/bitcoin-exchange-back-online-after-hack.html?tk=rel_news Bitcoin exchange back online after hack]. PCWorld</ref>

===Taxation===
In September 2012, the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), in Tbilisi, Georgia, held a workshop titled "Auditing Individuals and Legal Entities in the Use of e-Money." The workshop was attended by representatives from 23 countries.<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> Jerry Taylor, IOTA's technical taxation expert, said, "There's an awful lot happening on the Internet environment which is fascinating at the moment and introducing new challenges for auditors when it comes to virtual currency."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> Bitcoin was mentioned during the workshop.<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref>

Matthew Elias, founder of the [[Cryptocurrency Legal Advocacy Group]] (CLAG) published "Staying Between the Lines: A Survey of U.S. Income Taxation and its Ramifications on Cryptocurrencies", which discusses "the taxability of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> CLAG "stressed the importance for taxpayers to determine on their own whether taxes are due on a bitcoin-related transaction based on whether one has "experienced a realization event."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> Such examples are "when a taxpayer has provided a service in exchange for bitcoins, a realization event has probably occurred, and any gain or loss would likely be calculated using fair market values for the service provided."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref>

[[Peter Vessenes]], [[Bitcoin Foundation|Bitcoin Foundation's]] executive director, said, since the foundation is trying to pay for everything in bitcoin, including salaries, "How do we W-2 someone for their bitcoins? Do we mark-to-market every time a transfer happens? Payroll companies cringe."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> The Bitcoin Foundation hopes "to push for solid guidance about its legal and tax treatment." [[Patrick Murck]], legal counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation, said he would like "to help regulators understand the technology better so they can make better decisions."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref> Murck said, "Bitcoin has the potential to become much more than a niche currency, but it needs the guidance and understanding of regulators." and "The full potential of bitcoin could be realized through clearer guidelines and a better understanding by financial and tax regulators." and "Part of making that happen is to talk to regulators, the IRS, and tax professionals and helping them understand that bitcoin is not this nefarious thing, it's just software, it's a community, and there's nothing inherently nefarious about either of those things."<ref name="BitCoin Tax issues Oct 2012">{{cite journal | title=2012 TNT 209-4 NEWS ANALYSIS: VIRTUAL CURRENCY: A NEW WORRY FOR TAX ADMINISTRATORS?. (Release Date: OCTOBER 17, 2012) (Doc 2012-21516) | author=Stewart, David D. and Soong Johnston, Stephanie D. | journal=Tax Notes Today | year=2012 | month=October 29 | volume=2012 TNT 209-4 | issue=2012 TNT 209-4}}</ref>

==See Also==
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Getting started]]
* [[Using_Bitcoin|Detailed tutorial]]
* [[FAQ]]

==References==
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Software

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List of Bitcoin-related '''software'''. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

Be sure to keep on top of the latest [[CVEs|security vulnerabilities]]!

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
::''Main article and feature comparison: [[Clients]]''
*[[Bitcoin Core]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI. Linux/MacOSX/Windows. Full-featured [[Thin Client Security|thick client]] that downloads the entire [[block chain]], using code from the original Bitcoin client.
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the original Bitcoin client, providing a [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface
*[[MultiBit]] - lightweight [[Thin Client Security|thin client]] for Windows, MacOS and Linux with support for opening multiple wallets simultaneously
*[[Electrum]] - a "blazing fast, open-source, multi-OS Bitcoin client/wallet with a very active community" - also a [[Thin Client Security|thin client]].
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
*[https://github.com/TheSeven/Bitcoin-WebUI Bitcoin WebUI] - JavaScript RPC client
*[https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin Bitcoin Webskin] - PHP web interface to bitcoind
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] - command line bitcoin tools
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Armory]] - Python-based client currently in beta-level
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client (abandoned)
*[[Gocoin bitcoin software|Gocoin]] - WebUI client written in Go language, with a cold deterministic brain-wallet.
*[https://github.com/conformal/btcd btcd] An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data centers, exposed through web APIs.
*[[Mycelium]] Awarded the prestigious "Best Mobile App" award by Blockchain.info in 2014, the Mycelium wallet for Android provides several security features.

====Frontends to eWallet====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet Blockchain] - Javascript bitcoin client with client side encryption.
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Xcoinmoney xCoinMoney] Advanced API to create invoices for subscription.

====Experimental====
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0 Beertoken]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

==Bitcoin software==

===Exchange Platform Software===
*[https://www.alphapoint.com/ Alphapoint] - Bitcoin Exchange Software. Full system to run a digital currency exchange. Customize and launch your own digital currency and Bitcoin exchange in less than 20 days with AlphaPoint. Also supports automatic market-making on your exchange using 3rd party exchanges such as Bitfinex, BTCChina, and others. Supports many exchanges and smart routing, with automated account management.

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[GoCoin]] - Plugin for WooCommerce support and coming soon Magento
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/shopping_cart_plugins Coinbase Shopping Cart Plugins] - Supports Wordpress, WooCommerce, Magento, Zencart, WP e-commerce, and more.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce
*[[BitPay]] - bitcoin plugins for Magento, Opencart, Zencart, PHP, JSON API
*[[WalletBit]] - Plugins for PrestaShop, OpenCart, PHP, JSON API
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/api-general-info xCoinMoney] Advanced API for instant payment and subscriptions
*[[OpenCart Bitcoin]] - An OpenCart payment module that communicates with a bitcoin client using JSON RPC.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions; custom payment integrations
*[[OsCommerce_Bitcoin_Payment_Module|OsCommerce Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that uses a python monitoring script to interact with bitcoind for OsCommerce
* [http://drupal.org/project/uc_bitcoin Drupal Ubercart Bitcoin payment method] enables you to accept Bitcoin as payment for your Drupal/Ubercart enabled website product/services.

=== Enterprise server ===
*[https://apicoin.io Apicoin] First bitcoin PaaS (Platform as a Service)
*[http://bitsofproof.com Bits of Proof] - a modular enterprise-ready implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data center environments.

===Web apps===
*[[Abe]] — block chain viewer
*[[Bitcoin Central]] — currency exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] — poker site
*[[bitcoin_simple_php_tools]] — simple php tools for webmasters
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Coinbase_(business) Coinbase] — an international digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency
*[[Coinnext]] — Cryptocurrency Exchange
*[http://www.coinsummary.com/ CoinSummary] — multi-coin wallet manager with built-in valuation in Bitcoin and major world currencies.
* [[File:Paxful_how-to-buy-bitcoin.png |20px|link=https://paxful.com]] [https://paxful.com Paxful] Accept Bitcoin and Sell bitcoin on Peer to peer market.
*[[Pocket Dice]] — First realistic bitcoin dice game.
*[[Simplecoin]] — PHP web frontend for a pool

===White label software===
*[https://www.alphapoint.com/ Alphapoint] - Bitcoin Exchange Software. Full system to run a digital currency exchange. Customize and launch your own digital currency and Bitcoin exchange in less than 20 days with AlphaPoint. Also supports automatic market-making on your exchange using 3rd party exchanges such as Bitstamp and others. Supports many exchanges and smart routing, with automated account management.

*[https://www.draglet.com/ draglet] - Bitcoin Exchange Software / white label solution

*[https://www.casinoevolution.com/ '''Casino Evolution'''] gaming software developed by '''www.SoftSwiss.com'''

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Biticker]] - Bitcoin ticker, currency converter and history price graph (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-microformats/bkanicejfbhlidgjkpenmddnacjengld?hl=en Bitcoin Microformats] Show bitcoin address metadata embedded in a page (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-address-lookup/pmlblkdmadbidammhjiponepngbfcpge?hl=en Bitcoin Address Lookup] Right click an address to view its value. (Chrome)

===PC apps===
*[https://centrabit.com/?m0prm=6 Qt Bitcoin Trader] - Open Source Multi exchange trading client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
*[http://www.mybtc-trader.com MyBTC-Trader.com] - a MtGox Bitcoin trading client for windows with GUI
*[[Mining Explorer]] - monitoring tool for bitcoin mining
*[[Bitcoin SMS Alert]] - sends SMS text alerts to a user's phone based on BTC price / percent thresholds.
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)
*[[Bitcoin QR Popup]] - streamlined interface to bitcoin for POS systems (Windows)
*[http://gnome-help.org/content/show.php/Bitcoin+Rate?content=138572 Bitcoin Rate] - Desktop widget with BTC exchange rate (KDE)
*[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=142344 Bitcoin Monitor] - Desktop widget to monitor status of your Bitcoin miners on mining pools (KDE)
*[https://www.cortex7.net Cortex7] - Multi exchange charting and trading application for Windows, Mac and Linux.

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[https://airbitz.co/bitcoin-wallet Airbitz Bitcoin Wallet] - Full featured iPhone bitcoin wallet & directory map (finds businesses that accept bitcoin near you). Airbitz wallet also automatically implements encryption, backup, and multidevice synchronization.
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app Blockchain] - Fully featured iphone bitcoin app.
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
*[[Bit-pay]] - Mobile Checkout, set prices in any currency and receive mobile-to-mobile payment
*[http://blog.coinbase.com/post/64824441934/the-coinbase-ios-app-has-launched Coinbase iPhone App]
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/btc-miner/id648411895?ls=1&mt=8 BTC Miner (iPhone)] - monitor mining results from various mining pools on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[[BitStore]] - Simple and secure native iOS wallet
*[[BitTick]] - Real-time Bitcoin ticker. Real-time currency convert(support 50+ currency. USD, GBP, EUR, CNY, JPY, CAD, RUB, AUD, BRL, NZD, PLN, KRW…)

==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bitcoin
*[https://airbitz.co/bitcoin-wallet Airbitz Bitcoin Wallet] - Full featured Android bitcoin wallet & directory map (finds businesses that accept bitcoin near you). Airbitz wallet also automatically implements encryption, backup, and multidevice synchronization.
*[[BitCare]] - Track bitcoin wallet balance, trade on Mt.Gox, monitor mining pool hashrate, balance, worker status.
*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobnetic.coinguardian&hl=pl Bitcoin Checker] - Monitors the prices of cryptocurrencies on over 70 exchanges
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone
*[[Bitcoin Wallet]] - This is the most functional Android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[BitcoinSpinner]] - Single address, easy to use, lightweight and open source client. Keys stored on device.
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitPay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=st.brothas.mtgoxwidget&hl=pl Bitcoin Ticker Widget] - displays and monitors the current BTC and LTC exchange rates.
*[[Bridgewalker]] - euro-denominated wallet for the Bitcoin economy
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/android-app Blockchain] - Lightweight Android Bitcoin Client - Also works with blockchain.info web interface and iphone app.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android&hl=en Coinbase Wallet] - supports buying, selling, sending, requesting, and more.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android.merchant&hl=en Coinbase Merchant] - makes it easy to accept bitcoin at a retail location
*[http://coincliff.com CoinCliff] - Monitors price and fires alarms to wake you up, or notifications, as in text messages (Android)
*[http://coinomi.com/ Coinomi] - Coinomi is a very secure and lightweight, universal, open-source HD wallet for Bitcoin and many altcoins. ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinomi.wallet Android])
*[https://www.cortex7.net Cortex7] - Multi exchange charting and trading application for Android.
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on Android devices
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS
*[http://tab-trader.com/ TabTrader] - monitoring and trading(Android)

==== Windows Phone 7 ====
*Direct link to Windows Phone Marketplace Bitcoin apps: [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=bitcoin]

==== Windows Phone 8 ====
*[[Bitcoin Can]] - Monitoring prices, account balances and mobile trading on multiple exchanges including Coinbase, BTC-E, CampBX, and MtGox. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-can/57fcf4d6-497a-4663-8da3-93cb26c83b11

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[MinePeon]] - Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry PI
*BAMT - a minimal Linux based OS intended for headless mining. Initially announced [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 here] (not maintained)
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software (not maintained)

===Mining apps===
Main page: [[Mining software]]

*[[BFGMiner]] - Modular ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://www.groupfabric.com/bitcoin-miner/ Bitcoin Miner by GroupFabric] - Free easy-to-use DirectX GPU miner on the Windows Store
*[[CGMiner]] - ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ MacMiner] - A native Mac OS X Bitcoin miner based on cgminer, bfgminer, cpuminer and poclbm
*[[Asteroid]] - Mac-specific GUI based on cgminer
*[[MultiMiner]] - GUI based on cgminer/bfgminer for Windows, OS X and Linux, allows switching between currencies based on profitability

====Unmaintained====
*[[50Miner]] - A GUI frontend for Windows(Poclbm, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, cgminer)
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Bit Moose]] - Run Miners as a Windows Service.
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner
*[[Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board
*[https://github.com/mkburza/Flash-Player-Bitcoin-Miner Flash Player Bitcoin Miner] - A proof of concept Adobe Flash Player miner

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
Main page: [[Poolservers]]

*[[CoiniumServ]] - High performance C# Mono/.Net poolserver.
*[[ecoinpool]] - Erlang poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Eloipool]] - Fast Python3 poolserver
*[[Pushpoold]] - Old mining poolserver in C (not maintained)
*[[Poold]] - Old Python mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software
*[[ckpool]] - Open source pool/database/proxy/passthrough/library in c for Linux

===Libraries===

====C / C++====
*[https://airbitz.co/bitcoin-wallet-api-library Bitcoin Wallet API Library] - Airbitz Core (ABC) C/C++ Library implements user authentication, account wallet creation, multi device synchronization & backup, transaction meta data management, Bitcoin address generation, key management, decentralized access to bitcoin network, shared wallets w/multisig (Q1 2015)
*[https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58 libbase58] - C library implementation of [[Base58]] and [[Base58Check]] encodings
*[[libblkmaker]] - C library implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

=====C=====
*[https://github.com/jgarzik/picocoin picocoin] - Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

=====C++=====
*[http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ libbitcoin]

====Java====
*[[bitcoinj]] - popular client library for Java, currently used in several desktop/mobile applications.
*[[BCCAPI]] (BitCoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android.

====Objective-C====
*[https://github.com/keeshux/WaSPV WaSPV] - A native Bitcoin SPV client library for iOS with BIP32 support.

====Perl====
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API

====Python====
*[[python-blkmaker]] - Python module implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

===Development utilities===
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]
*[[PHP_developer_intro|PHP Developer Introduction]]

===Other===
*[http://www.phyramid.com/ Phyramid] Digital Agency offering software development and design services for Bitcoin businesses.
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes

== Webservices / APIs ==

===Bitcoin Infrastructure===
* [[BlockTrail.com]] - Bitcoin API and platform for developers, complete with SDKs for PHP, Python, NodeJS and more

===Bitcoin Trade Data===
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Prices, volume, and extensive charting on virtually all Bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of [[MtGox]] trades and market depth. (Must Use Chrome)
*[http://btccharts.com BTCCharts] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of multiple markets, currencies and timeframes.
*[http://MY-BTC.info MY-BTC.INFO] - A free profit/loss portfolio manager for Bitcoins and other digital currencies including many charts.
*[http://BitcoinExchangeRate.org BitcoinExchangeRate.org] - Bitcoin and USD converter with convenient URL scheme and Auto-updating Portfolio Spreadsheet.
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.
*[[Skami]] - Bitcoin Market Exchange comparison charts.
*[[BitcoinSentiment]] - Crowdvoting site offering means of voting and viewing voters sentiment towards bitcoin.
*[[TradingView]] – network where traders exchange ideas about Bitcoin using advanced free online charts

===Web interfaces for merchants===

*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://github.com/goethewins/EzBitcoin-Api-Wallet]] Simplest Web API for processing transactions with your own server. php code igniter, database and logging auth system included. Same as block chain.info api
*[[BitMerch]] - Embeddable HTML buttons, instant sign-up, instant payouts, automatic price adjustment for other currencies. No programming skills required to set up.
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[BitPay]] - Buy Now buttons, Checkout posts/callbacks, Mobile Checkout, JSON API
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
*[https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] - Provides bitcoin payment processing for Overstock.com, Reddit, Khan Academy, OkCupid, and more.
*[[GoCoin]] - Payment gateway for bitcoin. Supports JavaScript, PHP, Java, Ruby, and .NET
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion
*[[WalletBit]] - Easy JavaScript Buy Now buttons, Instant Payment Notification, Application Programming Interface (JSON API), Mobile Checkout, QR-Code
* [https://www.PikaPay.com PikaPay] ([[PikaPay|info]]) The PikaPay service will be retiring as of March 1st, 2015

[[Category:Software|*]]

How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses

2015-04-01T23:17:23Z

Easybitz: /* Merchant Services */ updated to new name of easybitz

{{merge|Merchant Howto}}

This guide is intended for small business owners who wish to help promote Bitcoin by accepting it as payment for goods and services. It's written with the assumption that you operate a regular business that sells goods or services for regular national currency such as dollars, and that you wish to accept Bitcoin as another legal way to pay, and that you intend to pay taxes on your Bitcoin income just like any other income.

With Bitcoin being touted as a way to conduct anonymous transactions and as way to compete with government currency, many small business owners wonder what's the right way to accept and account Bitcoin, or if it's legal or ethical, or whether and how they should pay taxes on income received through Bitcoin.

As far as we know, Bitcoin isn't yet formally recognized by governments and authorities as a "currency". But in practice, Bitcoin is likely no different than accepting payment in other forms, such as cash, or gold, or scrip, or gift cards or foreign currency. We think that it is pretty much the same as the local businesses of Great Barrington, Massachusetts choosing to accept their locally-printed [http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/19/us-usa-economy-berkshares-idUSN0530157720070619 "Berkshire Bucks"] to support their local economy.

====Starting to accept Bitcoin for transactions====
Accepting Bitcoin at a small business is best started in whichever manner keeps the accounting simple for you. This will vary by the type of business you are operating.

===Start with a sign===
[[{{ns:file}}:WeAcceptBitcoin.png‎]]

If you expect that the number of people interested in using Bitcoin is small, you might simply start by posting a sign or a note: "We Accept Bitcoin", and ask people to contact you directly in order to make a payment. Even if hardly anybody uses Bitcoin as a payment method, you're helping Bitcoin in two ways: one, by increasing awareness, and two, by making your customers more willing to accept Bitcoin as payment from others in the future, because now they know somewhere they can spend it.

===Utilize a merchant solution===
If you sell things on your website (goods or services), you'll want to use a [[#Merchant Services|Bitcoin merchant solution]] to accept the Bitcoins (you can usually opt to have them converted to USD or other currencies automatically with some services).

If you sell things in a brick and mortar shop, customers can pay using hardware terminals, touch screen apps or simple wallet addresses through QR Codes.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

[[File:Bitcoin-pos-terminal.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|Coinkite terminal]] [[File:Mobile_Web_App_Bitcoin_Register.jpeg|100 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|CoinBox terminal]]

[[File:Mobile_Checkout_Phone.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin Mobile Checkout|Coinify Mobile Checkout|link=https://coinify.com]]

===Smart Phone or Tablet===
You can use a wallet address with any wallet. For that it's best if you can place a QR code near your cash register to which the customers can scan with their phone and pay (use http://ma.eatgold.com/accept to make a QR code sign). For a more convenient solution you can use a dedicated app or webapp that generates a QR code on the fly including the amount.

==== Examples ====
Solutions for smart phones and tablets:
* [https://bitcoin.co.th/merchants/ bitcoin.co.th] mobile Bitcoin Point of Sale for Thailand
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], Mobile payment terminal with EUR, USD, PLN and CZK settlements.
* [[File:BitKassa_favicon.png|20px|link=https://www.BitKassa.nl]] [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] accept Bitcoin on mobile phone, tablet, computer; converts to Euro/Bitcoin (any percentage)
* [https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-for-retail BitPay] Mobile Checkout
* [https://bitpos.me/demo.html BitPOS] Merchant POS solution for Australia
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.blockchain.merchant Blockchain] Merchant for Android
* [http://www.btcxpos.com/ BTCX] POS for Sweden
* [https://coinify.com Coinify] Bitcoin Point Of Sale
* [[File:Coin_Of_Sale_logo.png|20px|link=https://coinofsale.com]] [https://coinofsale.com Coin Of Sale] - device-independent Bitcoin POS payment system
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/point_of_sale Coinbase] Point Of Sale for Android
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]][http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin point of sale for Android
* [http://www.coinpip.com CoinPip] - Bitcoin Payment Solution for Android
* [https://cryptopay.me/products/ Cryptopay] HTML5-based bitcoin POS
* [[File:Paxful_how-to-buy-bitcoin.png |20px|link=https://paxful.com]] [https://paxful.com Paxful] Simplest Point of Sale, No Fees and a peer to peer market to buy bitcoin instantly
* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [http://payful.io Payful] Accept bitcoin - point of sale, shopping cart plugins and API. Supports USA, Europe and Canada.
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, with exchange integration
* [https://gourl.io/ GoUrl] Bitcoin Mobile Checkout

===Point-of-Sale hardware terminal===
With custom hardware you can integrate with existing registers and point-of-sales solutions (examples: [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz]] [https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz Coinkite], [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal], [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat]).

===Accounting===
When a customer makes a payment, you might simply issue a credit to their account. Ideally, you want to enter it in a way that suggests you received a payment. You could consider entering it as a "discount", but you may want to consider whether this inappropriately disguises the nature of the transaction. If on the other hand, you're giving "discounts" for Bitcoins, but then you are selling the Bitcoins for currency and then counting that as income, then chances are good that your calculation of income is making up for it. Ask your accountant.

===Businesses that offer gift cards===
If your business sells gift cards or gift certificates, you may find that the easiest way to accept Bitcoin is to accept it only for the purchase of gift cards, and then require the gift cards to be used for actual purchases of goods or services. This way, the accounting practices you already have in place for processing gift cards can be put to use. The accounting for Bitcoins would then be minimized to tracking sales of a single SKU.

This method is also ideal for retail food establishments and convenience stores, where the payment of Bitcoins through a mobile phone for a small daily food purchase might be cumbersome or disruptive, especially in front of a line of other customers. Bitcoins in this case would be best used to reload prepaid cards that can then be swiped at point-of-sale.

If you don't accept gift cards, but you already accept credit cards through a swipe terminal, consider the possibility that you could add a retail gift card system through the swipe terminal you already own. Many point-of-sale terminals, including ones from VeriFone®, are designed around the ability to support multiple applications on the same terminal. Gift cards are also highly profitable because of "breakage", or in other words, the fact that a significant percentage of them never get redeemed.

You could consider adding a private label gift card program from a provider who specializes in this, not just as a jumpstart to accepting Bitcoins, but as an extra boost to income. A private label gift card service provider necessarily have to handle your funds - they can simply provide a solution that keeps track of the balance on the cards on your behalf, including features that allow users to check their balances by phone or by web. Such a solution, of course, is also what makes the cards swipeable through the card reader.

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment.

If you have access to the programming expertise such that you can generate Bitcoin addresses programmatically, consider generating a brand new Bitcoin address for each invoice, and print it on the invoice. When a Bitcoin payment arrives, you'll automatically know where it should arrive.

Customers might wonder how much BTC they should pay in order to satisfy an invoice in full. Your invoice might suggest an amount. For example, if your invoice is for $100 and BTC's are currently worth $1.24 each, your invoice might suggest that it can be paid in full ''"with a payment of 80.65 BTC if paid by (date)"''.

You might be able to anticipate the possibility that even though a Bitcoin address can be printed on an invoice or payment stub, that they are very cumbersome for most people to type, especially being a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, you should probably still do it anyway. The customer is probably going to want some paper trail for his payment. Giving him a pre-printed payment stub with a pre-printed address will satisfy that, because the customer can independently and publicly prove through [[Block Explorer]] that the payment took place.

Does your business have a website? On your invoice, consider allowing them to go to a special URL to get the address to make a Bitcoin payment just by typing in their invoice number. For example, ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc'' with a form they can enter their invoice number, or just ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc/60365'' for paying invoice #60365. This way, they can see the Bitcoin address, copy and paste it directly into their Bitcoin client.

Use a brand new address for each invoice whenever possible, and use it only once. This benefits the customer as it removes any ambiguity as to which customer is making which payment and for which invoice.

Known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup, [https://coinify.com/checkout/invoice/cb/bb Coinify]

Online wallet supporting invoicing, subscriptions and recurrent payments, [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/sending-paying-invoices xCoinMoney]

===Avoiding fraud===

You should also consider the possible risk that fraudsters could send counterfeit invoices to your customers, and entice them to make a payment to a Bitcoin address they control, instead of you. While that isn't likely in general - it depends on how well a fraudster could find out who your customers are in the first place - it would certainly be an unpleasant situation if it ever happened. One way you could control that is, whenever possible, never let people try to type Bitcoin addresses off payment stubs - instead, force people to get the full Bitcoin address from your website via secure SSL. But, still print ''most'' of the address on the payment stub (perhaps with four or five characters starred out), so that the customer's need for a paper trail can be satisfied, so they can prove they paid if there is ever a dispute. Merchants can also use the IP address geolocation to understand the close proximity of users. There is automated solution such as [https://www.fraudlabspro.com FraudLabs Pro] that automates the screening of Bitcoin transactions to determine risk level.

==Setting Prices==

When a business accepts bitcoins for payment, there generally is the need to convert them to the currencies used for paying suppliers, employees and shareholders. Some merchants set prices based on the current market rate at the time the price quote is presented to the customer (merchant services like [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [https://coinify.com Coinify], [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [http://paysius.com Paysius] do this automatically).

[[Bitcoin Prices]] lists the exchange rate for many currencies on multiple exchanges.

When prices are determined using an automated process, the current market rate can be based on either a current price or on a weighted average basis. [[Bitcoin Charts]] provides a [http://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api data feed that provides weighted prices]. [[Bitcoin Average]] also offers a weighted average price index, featuring average price across all exchanges reachable in the world and in over 150 currencies. 24h sliding average price index is also available and all data is [https://bitcoinaverage.com/api.htm reachable through the API].

When bitcoin funds for purchases are received, some merchants instantly exchange those proceeds into the preferred currency used (again done automatically by [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [https://coinify.com Coinify], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay]. Hedging for each transaction can nearly entirely eliminate exchange rate risk that the business is exposed to when accepting bitcoins for payment.

==Contract==

A sales contract might be used to ensure that specific terms are met to lessen the chances of a misunderstanding. For instance, the party sending payment is responsible for paying any [[transaction fee]] that might be necessary. A contract might specify that a transaction fee must be paid and what amount, so as to prevent the situation where the transaction is considered a low priority transaction and thus isn't confirmed quickly.

Other items that might be addressed in a contract:

* Requirement and handling of escrow through an [[:Category:Escrow_services|escrow service]].
* Jurisdiction for disputes.
* Refund policy (particularly with the exchange rate being volatile)

==Paying taxes on Bitcoin income==
[[Tax compliance]] is a topic of concern for small businesses. We aren't accountants or lawyers, and can't give legal or accounting advice.

But in many respects, Bitcoin transactions work very much like cash. Just like Bitcoin, cash is anonymous and doesn't leave a paper trail, yet is widely used in commerce every day.

Ask yourself how you would handle a cash transaction. Do you accept cash transactions? Do you normally pay taxes on cash transactions? The answer for Bitcoin should probably be the same.

As for how to decide what a Bitcoin transaction is worth... the IRS, as far as we know, has never issued a guide mentioning how to value Bitcoin transactions. But they probably have rules and guidelines on how to value transactions made in foreign currency or "cash equivalents". We imagine the accounting would be similar.

With Bitcoins, there's likely to be some difference between the value of BTC when you received them as payment, versus when you go to exchange them for another currency like USD, should you decide to do so. This scenario, likewise, would be no different if you accepted foreign currency or gold as payment. Under some scenarios, it might make sense to book the dollar value of BTC income as it is received, and then to book any difference incurred when it is exchanged for fiat currency. Under others, it might make sense to book the whole thing at the time of exchange.

Perhaps you might talk to your accountant. You don't need to get into a discussion with your accountant about block chains and private keys or the philosophy behind a decentralized currency. By comparing the fundamentals of Bitcoins to accounting concepts already well understood by the public, you can probably get all the answers you need. What would you ask your accountant if you decided that you wanted to accept ''Berkshire Bucks'' or 1-ounce gold coins as payment?

== Merchant Services ==
* [https://apicoin.io Apicoin.io] A robust, secure api to connect to the bitcoin network.
* [http://www.btc4erp.com Bitcoin Transaction Coordinator] Full Merchant Solution for organizations using the NetSuite Global ERP and eCommerce Platform
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Payment gateway for virtual currencies with direct settlement to PLN, CZK, EUR and USD. POS + API.
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [[File:BitKassa_favicon.png|20px|link=https://www.BitKassa.nl]] [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting Bitcoin, getting Euro or Euro/Bitcoin percentage. The Netherlands.
* [https://bitmerch.com BitMerch] Provides HTML buttons to start accepting bitcoins instantly. No server side setup required.
* [https://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Bitcoin and Credit Card payment processor
* [https://www.bitpay.com BitPay] Bitcoin payment processor with mobile checkout solution
* [https://bitpos.me BitPOS] Bitcoin payment processor for online and brick and mortar stores
* [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat] Merchant POS solution for accepting Bitcoin
* [http://blockchain.info/api/api_receive Blockchain.info] Free APIs to process bitcoin payments. No sign up or account needed.
* [https://www.btcmerch.com BTCMerch] Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payment_buttons Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, checkout pages, shopping cart integration, and daily cash out to USD.
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]] [http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin Point of Sales application for Android, with integration into various exchanges. Similar to Square.
* [https://coinify.com Coinify] Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in the technical aspects of accepting cryptocurrencies - such as bitcoin. Supports Bitcoin Web Payments, Mobile Checkout, In-store Bitcoin Payments and Bitcoin Invoicing with recurring billing in bitcoin.
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq/terminal Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://coinpip.com/ CoinPip] SMS and Physical Bitcoin Card Wallets, Process Bitcoin Payments and gives you the option to convert into your local currency automatically.
* [https://coinvoice.com/ Coinvoice] Invoice in USD or BTC, Get paid in USD or BTC.
* [https://coinvoy.net Coinvoy] Free Payment Gateway with built-in exchange
* [https://cryptopay.me Cryptopay] European payment gateway with daily payouts in GBP, EUR and USD. Exchange and wallet integrated.
* [https://cubits.com Cubits] Platform with multisignature wallets and merchant system Cubits Pay.
* [[File:Paxful_how-to-buy-bitcoin.png |20px|link=https://paxful.com]] [https://paxful.com Paxful] Accept Bitcoin with no internet then sell bitcoin for profit on our peer to peer exchange.
* [http://fasterco.in Fasterco.in] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants and day-traders
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [https://www.gocoin.com/docs GoCoin International payment gateway and processing platform for Merchants]
* [https://gourl.io Gourl.io] Bitcoin Payment processor with ready to use php scripts - Pay-Per-Download, Pay-Per-Product, Pay-Per-Membership, Pay-Per-Registration.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [https://www.okpay.com/en/services/accept-payments/index.html OKPAY] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants
* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [http://payful.io Payful] Accept bitcoin - point of sale, shopping cart plugins and API. Supports payment processing in US dollars, Euros and Canadian dollars.
* [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin] Bitcoin payment processing platform with solutions for the financial sector
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, including merchant integration for CAD / BTC exchange.
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/ xCoinMoney] Online wallet for instant payment and subscriptions.

==See Also==

* [[Merchant Howto]]
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[Tax compliance]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[BitCoins Mobile]] provides accurate up to date pricing from multiple exchanges from your Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.
* [[Bitcoin PayFlow]] automates the process for accepting bitcoins
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website

[[Category:ECommerce]]
[[Category:Local]]

[[de:Bitcoin_als_Geschäft_akzeptieren]]

How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses

2015-04-01T23:14:42Z

Easybitz: /* Examples */ updated to new name for easybitz

{{merge|Merchant Howto}}

This guide is intended for small business owners who wish to help promote Bitcoin by accepting it as payment for goods and services. It's written with the assumption that you operate a regular business that sells goods or services for regular national currency such as dollars, and that you wish to accept Bitcoin as another legal way to pay, and that you intend to pay taxes on your Bitcoin income just like any other income.

With Bitcoin being touted as a way to conduct anonymous transactions and as way to compete with government currency, many small business owners wonder what's the right way to accept and account Bitcoin, or if it's legal or ethical, or whether and how they should pay taxes on income received through Bitcoin.

As far as we know, Bitcoin isn't yet formally recognized by governments and authorities as a "currency". But in practice, Bitcoin is likely no different than accepting payment in other forms, such as cash, or gold, or scrip, or gift cards or foreign currency. We think that it is pretty much the same as the local businesses of Great Barrington, Massachusetts choosing to accept their locally-printed [http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/19/us-usa-economy-berkshares-idUSN0530157720070619 "Berkshire Bucks"] to support their local economy.

====Starting to accept Bitcoin for transactions====
Accepting Bitcoin at a small business is best started in whichever manner keeps the accounting simple for you. This will vary by the type of business you are operating.

===Start with a sign===
[[{{ns:file}}:WeAcceptBitcoin.png‎]]

If you expect that the number of people interested in using Bitcoin is small, you might simply start by posting a sign or a note: "We Accept Bitcoin", and ask people to contact you directly in order to make a payment. Even if hardly anybody uses Bitcoin as a payment method, you're helping Bitcoin in two ways: one, by increasing awareness, and two, by making your customers more willing to accept Bitcoin as payment from others in the future, because now they know somewhere they can spend it.

===Utilize a merchant solution===
If you sell things on your website (goods or services), you'll want to use a [[#Merchant Services|Bitcoin merchant solution]] to accept the Bitcoins (you can usually opt to have them converted to USD or other currencies automatically with some services).

If you sell things in a brick and mortar shop, customers can pay using hardware terminals, touch screen apps or simple wallet addresses through QR Codes.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

[[File:Bitcoin-pos-terminal.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|Coinkite terminal]] [[File:Mobile_Web_App_Bitcoin_Register.jpeg|100 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|CoinBox terminal]]

[[File:Mobile_Checkout_Phone.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin Mobile Checkout|Coinify Mobile Checkout|link=https://coinify.com]]

===Smart Phone or Tablet===
You can use a wallet address with any wallet. For that it's best if you can place a QR code near your cash register to which the customers can scan with their phone and pay (use http://ma.eatgold.com/accept to make a QR code sign). For a more convenient solution you can use a dedicated app or webapp that generates a QR code on the fly including the amount.

==== Examples ====
Solutions for smart phones and tablets:
* [https://bitcoin.co.th/merchants/ bitcoin.co.th] mobile Bitcoin Point of Sale for Thailand
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], Mobile payment terminal with EUR, USD, PLN and CZK settlements.
* [[File:BitKassa_favicon.png|20px|link=https://www.BitKassa.nl]] [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] accept Bitcoin on mobile phone, tablet, computer; converts to Euro/Bitcoin (any percentage)
* [https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-for-retail BitPay] Mobile Checkout
* [https://bitpos.me/demo.html BitPOS] Merchant POS solution for Australia
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.blockchain.merchant Blockchain] Merchant for Android
* [http://www.btcxpos.com/ BTCX] POS for Sweden
* [https://coinify.com Coinify] Bitcoin Point Of Sale
* [[File:Coin_Of_Sale_logo.png|20px|link=https://coinofsale.com]] [https://coinofsale.com Coin Of Sale] - device-independent Bitcoin POS payment system
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/point_of_sale Coinbase] Point Of Sale for Android
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]][http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin point of sale for Android
* [http://www.coinpip.com CoinPip] - Bitcoin Payment Solution for Android
* [https://cryptopay.me/products/ Cryptopay] HTML5-based bitcoin POS
* [[File:Paxful_how-to-buy-bitcoin.png |20px|link=https://paxful.com]] [https://paxful.com Paxful] Simplest Point of Sale, No Fees and a peer to peer market to buy bitcoin instantly
* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [http://payful.io Payful] Accept bitcoin - point of sale, shopping cart plugins and API. Supports USA, Europe and Canada.
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, with exchange integration
* [https://gourl.io/ GoUrl] Bitcoin Mobile Checkout

===Point-of-Sale hardware terminal===
With custom hardware you can integrate with existing registers and point-of-sales solutions (examples: [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz]] [https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz Coinkite], [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal], [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat]).

===Accounting===
When a customer makes a payment, you might simply issue a credit to their account. Ideally, you want to enter it in a way that suggests you received a payment. You could consider entering it as a "discount", but you may want to consider whether this inappropriately disguises the nature of the transaction. If on the other hand, you're giving "discounts" for Bitcoins, but then you are selling the Bitcoins for currency and then counting that as income, then chances are good that your calculation of income is making up for it. Ask your accountant.

===Businesses that offer gift cards===
If your business sells gift cards or gift certificates, you may find that the easiest way to accept Bitcoin is to accept it only for the purchase of gift cards, and then require the gift cards to be used for actual purchases of goods or services. This way, the accounting practices you already have in place for processing gift cards can be put to use. The accounting for Bitcoins would then be minimized to tracking sales of a single SKU.

This method is also ideal for retail food establishments and convenience stores, where the payment of Bitcoins through a mobile phone for a small daily food purchase might be cumbersome or disruptive, especially in front of a line of other customers. Bitcoins in this case would be best used to reload prepaid cards that can then be swiped at point-of-sale.

If you don't accept gift cards, but you already accept credit cards through a swipe terminal, consider the possibility that you could add a retail gift card system through the swipe terminal you already own. Many point-of-sale terminals, including ones from VeriFone®, are designed around the ability to support multiple applications on the same terminal. Gift cards are also highly profitable because of "breakage", or in other words, the fact that a significant percentage of them never get redeemed.

You could consider adding a private label gift card program from a provider who specializes in this, not just as a jumpstart to accepting Bitcoins, but as an extra boost to income. A private label gift card service provider necessarily have to handle your funds - they can simply provide a solution that keeps track of the balance on the cards on your behalf, including features that allow users to check their balances by phone or by web. Such a solution, of course, is also what makes the cards swipeable through the card reader.

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment.

If you have access to the programming expertise such that you can generate Bitcoin addresses programmatically, consider generating a brand new Bitcoin address for each invoice, and print it on the invoice. When a Bitcoin payment arrives, you'll automatically know where it should arrive.

Customers might wonder how much BTC they should pay in order to satisfy an invoice in full. Your invoice might suggest an amount. For example, if your invoice is for $100 and BTC's are currently worth $1.24 each, your invoice might suggest that it can be paid in full ''"with a payment of 80.65 BTC if paid by (date)"''.

You might be able to anticipate the possibility that even though a Bitcoin address can be printed on an invoice or payment stub, that they are very cumbersome for most people to type, especially being a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, you should probably still do it anyway. The customer is probably going to want some paper trail for his payment. Giving him a pre-printed payment stub with a pre-printed address will satisfy that, because the customer can independently and publicly prove through [[Block Explorer]] that the payment took place.

Does your business have a website? On your invoice, consider allowing them to go to a special URL to get the address to make a Bitcoin payment just by typing in their invoice number. For example, ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc'' with a form they can enter their invoice number, or just ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc/60365'' for paying invoice #60365. This way, they can see the Bitcoin address, copy and paste it directly into their Bitcoin client.

Use a brand new address for each invoice whenever possible, and use it only once. This benefits the customer as it removes any ambiguity as to which customer is making which payment and for which invoice.

Known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup, [https://coinify.com/checkout/invoice/cb/bb Coinify]

Online wallet supporting invoicing, subscriptions and recurrent payments, [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/sending-paying-invoices xCoinMoney]

===Avoiding fraud===

You should also consider the possible risk that fraudsters could send counterfeit invoices to your customers, and entice them to make a payment to a Bitcoin address they control, instead of you. While that isn't likely in general - it depends on how well a fraudster could find out who your customers are in the first place - it would certainly be an unpleasant situation if it ever happened. One way you could control that is, whenever possible, never let people try to type Bitcoin addresses off payment stubs - instead, force people to get the full Bitcoin address from your website via secure SSL. But, still print ''most'' of the address on the payment stub (perhaps with four or five characters starred out), so that the customer's need for a paper trail can be satisfied, so they can prove they paid if there is ever a dispute. Merchants can also use the IP address geolocation to understand the close proximity of users. There is automated solution such as [https://www.fraudlabspro.com FraudLabs Pro] that automates the screening of Bitcoin transactions to determine risk level.

==Setting Prices==

When a business accepts bitcoins for payment, there generally is the need to convert them to the currencies used for paying suppliers, employees and shareholders. Some merchants set prices based on the current market rate at the time the price quote is presented to the customer (merchant services like [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [https://coinify.com Coinify], [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [http://paysius.com Paysius] do this automatically).

[[Bitcoin Prices]] lists the exchange rate for many currencies on multiple exchanges.

When prices are determined using an automated process, the current market rate can be based on either a current price or on a weighted average basis. [[Bitcoin Charts]] provides a [http://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api data feed that provides weighted prices]. [[Bitcoin Average]] also offers a weighted average price index, featuring average price across all exchanges reachable in the world and in over 150 currencies. 24h sliding average price index is also available and all data is [https://bitcoinaverage.com/api.htm reachable through the API].

When bitcoin funds for purchases are received, some merchants instantly exchange those proceeds into the preferred currency used (again done automatically by [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [https://coinify.com Coinify], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay]. Hedging for each transaction can nearly entirely eliminate exchange rate risk that the business is exposed to when accepting bitcoins for payment.

==Contract==

A sales contract might be used to ensure that specific terms are met to lessen the chances of a misunderstanding. For instance, the party sending payment is responsible for paying any [[transaction fee]] that might be necessary. A contract might specify that a transaction fee must be paid and what amount, so as to prevent the situation where the transaction is considered a low priority transaction and thus isn't confirmed quickly.

Other items that might be addressed in a contract:

* Requirement and handling of escrow through an [[:Category:Escrow_services|escrow service]].
* Jurisdiction for disputes.
* Refund policy (particularly with the exchange rate being volatile)

==Paying taxes on Bitcoin income==
[[Tax compliance]] is a topic of concern for small businesses. We aren't accountants or lawyers, and can't give legal or accounting advice.

But in many respects, Bitcoin transactions work very much like cash. Just like Bitcoin, cash is anonymous and doesn't leave a paper trail, yet is widely used in commerce every day.

Ask yourself how you would handle a cash transaction. Do you accept cash transactions? Do you normally pay taxes on cash transactions? The answer for Bitcoin should probably be the same.

As for how to decide what a Bitcoin transaction is worth... the IRS, as far as we know, has never issued a guide mentioning how to value Bitcoin transactions. But they probably have rules and guidelines on how to value transactions made in foreign currency or "cash equivalents". We imagine the accounting would be similar.

With Bitcoins, there's likely to be some difference between the value of BTC when you received them as payment, versus when you go to exchange them for another currency like USD, should you decide to do so. This scenario, likewise, would be no different if you accepted foreign currency or gold as payment. Under some scenarios, it might make sense to book the dollar value of BTC income as it is received, and then to book any difference incurred when it is exchanged for fiat currency. Under others, it might make sense to book the whole thing at the time of exchange.

Perhaps you might talk to your accountant. You don't need to get into a discussion with your accountant about block chains and private keys or the philosophy behind a decentralized currency. By comparing the fundamentals of Bitcoins to accounting concepts already well understood by the public, you can probably get all the answers you need. What would you ask your accountant if you decided that you wanted to accept ''Berkshire Bucks'' or 1-ounce gold coins as payment?

== Merchant Services ==
* [https://apicoin.io Apicoin.io] A robust, secure api to connect to the bitcoin network.
* [http://www.btc4erp.com Bitcoin Transaction Coordinator] Full Merchant Solution for organizations using the NetSuite Global ERP and eCommerce Platform
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Payment gateway for virtual currencies with direct settlement to PLN, CZK, EUR and USD. POS + API.
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [[File:BitKassa_favicon.png|20px|link=https://www.BitKassa.nl]] [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting Bitcoin, getting Euro or Euro/Bitcoin percentage. The Netherlands.
* [https://bitmerch.com BitMerch] Provides HTML buttons to start accepting bitcoins instantly. No server side setup required.
* [https://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Bitcoin and Credit Card payment processor
* [https://www.bitpay.com BitPay] Bitcoin payment processor with mobile checkout solution
* [https://bitpos.me BitPOS] Bitcoin payment processor for online and brick and mortar stores
* [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat] Merchant POS solution for accepting Bitcoin
* [http://blockchain.info/api/api_receive Blockchain.info] Free APIs to process bitcoin payments. No sign up or account needed.
* [https://www.btcmerch.com BTCMerch] Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payment_buttons Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, checkout pages, shopping cart integration, and daily cash out to USD.
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]] [http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin Point of Sales application for Android, with integration into various exchanges. Similar to Square.
* [https://coinify.com Coinify] Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in the technical aspects of accepting cryptocurrencies - such as bitcoin. Supports Bitcoin Web Payments, Mobile Checkout, In-store Bitcoin Payments and Bitcoin Invoicing with recurring billing in bitcoin.
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq/terminal Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://coinpip.com/ CoinPip] SMS and Physical Bitcoin Card Wallets, Process Bitcoin Payments and gives you the option to convert into your local currency automatically.
* [https://coinvoice.com/ Coinvoice] Invoice in USD or BTC, Get paid in USD or BTC.
* [https://coinvoy.net Coinvoy] Free Payment Gateway with built-in exchange
* [https://cryptopay.me Cryptopay] European payment gateway with daily payouts in GBP, EUR and USD. Exchange and wallet integrated.
* [https://cubits.com Cubits] Platform with multisignature wallets and merchant system Cubits Pay.
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail.ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Map
* [http://fasterco.in Fasterco.in] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants and day-traders
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [https://www.gocoin.com/docs GoCoin International payment gateway and processing platform for Merchants]
* [https://gourl.io Gourl.io] Bitcoin Payment processor with ready to use php scripts - Pay-Per-Download, Pay-Per-Product, Pay-Per-Membership, Pay-Per-Registration.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [https://www.okpay.com/en/services/accept-payments/index.html OKPAY] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants
* [[File:Payful.png|20px|link=http://payful.io]] [http://payful.io Payful] Accept bitcoin - point of sale, shopping cart plugins and API. Supports payment processing in US dollars, Euros and Canadian dollars.
* [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin] Bitcoin payment processing platform with solutions for the financial sector
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, including merchant integration for CAD / BTC exchange.
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/ xCoinMoney] Online wallet for instant payment and subscriptions.

==See Also==

* [[Merchant Howto]]
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[Tax compliance]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[BitCoins Mobile]] provides accurate up to date pricing from multiple exchanges from your Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.
* [[Bitcoin PayFlow]] automates the process for accepting bitcoins
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website

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List of Bitcoin-related '''software'''. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

Be sure to keep on top of the latest [[CVEs|security vulnerabilities]]!

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
::''Main article and feature comparison: [[Clients]]''
*[[Bitcoin Core]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI. Linux/MacOSX/Windows. Full-featured [[Thin Client Security|thick client]] that downloads the entire [[block chain]], using code from the original Bitcoin client.
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the original Bitcoin client, providing a [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface
*[[MultiBit]] - lightweight [[Thin Client Security|thin client]] for Windows, MacOS and Linux with support for opening multiple wallets simultaneously
*[[Electrum]] - a "blazing fast, open-source, multi-OS Bitcoin client/wallet with a very active community" - also a [[Thin Client Security|thin client]].
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
*[https://github.com/TheSeven/Bitcoin-WebUI Bitcoin WebUI] - JavaScript RPC client
*[https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin Bitcoin Webskin] - PHP web interface to bitcoind
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] - command line bitcoin tools
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Armory]] - Python-based client currently in beta-level
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client (abandoned)
*[[Gocoin bitcoin software|Gocoin]] - WebUI client written in Go language, with a cold deterministic brain-wallet.
*[https://github.com/conformal/btcd btcd] An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data centers, exposed through web APIs.
*[[Mycelium]] Awarded the prestigious "Best Mobile App" award by Blockchain.info in 2014, the Mycelium wallet for Android provides several security features.

====Frontends to eWallet====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet Blockchain] - Javascript bitcoin client with client side encryption.
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Xcoinmoney xCoinMoney] Advanced API to create invoices for subscription.

====Experimental====
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0 Beertoken]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

==Bitcoin software==

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[GoCoin]] - Plugin for WooCommerce support and coming soon Magento
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/shopping_cart_plugins Coinbase Shopping Cart Plugins] - Supports Wordpress, WooCommerce, Magento, Zencart, WP e-commerce, and more.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce
*[[BitPay]] - bitcoin plugins for Magento, Opencart, Zencart, PHP, JSON API
*[[WalletBit]] - Plugins for PrestaShop, OpenCart, PHP, JSON API
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/api-general-info xCoinMoney] Advanced API for instant payment and subscriptions
*[[OpenCart Bitcoin]] - An OpenCart payment module that communicates with a bitcoin client using JSON RPC.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions; custom payment integrations
*[[OsCommerce_Bitcoin_Payment_Module|OsCommerce Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that uses a python monitoring script to interact with bitcoind for OsCommerce
* [http://drupal.org/project/uc_bitcoin Drupal Ubercart Bitcoin payment method] enables you to accept Bitcoin as payment for your Drupal/Ubercart enabled website product/services.

=== Enterprise server ===
*[https://apicoin.io Apicoin] First bitcoin PaaS (Platform as a Service)
*[http://bitsofproof.com Bits of Proof] - a modular enterprise-ready implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data center environments.

===Web apps===
*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]] [https://easybitz.com/merchant EasyBitz] Simplest Merchant POS + Live Transaction Map
*[[Bitcoin Central]] - currency exchange
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Coinbase_(business) Coinbase] - an international digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency
*[[Coinnext]] - Cryptocurrency Exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] - poker site
*[[Abe]] - block chain viewer
*[[Simplecoin]] - PHP web frontend for a pool
*[[bitcoin_simple_php_tools]] simple php tools for webmasters
* [http://www.coinsummary.com/ CoinSummary] - multi-coin wallet manager with built-in valuation in Bitcoin and major world currencies.

===White label software===
*[https://www.draglet.com/ draglet] - Bitcoin Exchange Software / white label solution

*[https://www.casinoevolution.com/ '''Casino Evolution'''] gaming software developed by '''www.SoftSwiss.com'''

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Biticker]] - Bitcoin ticker, currency converter and history price graph (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-microformats/bkanicejfbhlidgjkpenmddnacjengld?hl=en Bitcoin Microformats] Show bitcoin address metadata embedded in a page (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-address-lookup/pmlblkdmadbidammhjiponepngbfcpge?hl=en Bitcoin Address Lookup] Right click an address to view its value. (Chrome)

===PC apps===
*[http://centrabit.com/ Qt Bitcoin Trader] - Open Source Multi exchange trading client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
*[[http://www.mybtc-trader.com MyBTC-Trader.com]] - a MtGox Bitcoin trading client for windows with GUI
*[[Mining Explorer]] - monitoring tool for bitcoin mining
*[[Bitcoin SMS Alert]] - sends SMS text alerts to a user's phone based on BTC price / percent thresholds.
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)
*[[Bitcoin QR Popup]] - streamlined interface to bitcoin for POS systems (Windows)
*[http://gnome-help.org/content/show.php/Bitcoin+Rate?content=138572 Bitcoin Rate] - Desktop widget with BTC exchange rate (KDE)
*[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=142344 Bitcoin Monitor] - Desktop widget to monitor status of your Bitcoin miners on mining pools (KDE)

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app Blockchain] - Fully featured iphone bitcoin app.
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
*[[Bit-pay]] - Mobile Checkout, set prices in any currency and receive mobile-to-mobile payment
*[http://blog.coinbase.com/post/64824441934/the-coinbase-ios-app-has-launched Coinbase iPhone App]
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/btc-miner/id648411895?ls=1&mt=8 BTC Miner (iPhone)] - monitor mining results from various mining pools on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[[BitStore]] - Simple and secure native iOS wallet
*[[BitTick]] - Real-time Bitcoin ticker. Real-time currency convert(support 50+ currency. USD, GBP, EUR, CNY, JPY, CAD, RUB, AUD, BRL, NZD, PLN, KRW…)

==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bitcoin
*[[BitCare]] - Track bitcoin wallet balance, trade on Mt.Gox, monitor mining pool hashrate, balance, worker status.
*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone
*[[Bitcoin Wallet]] - This is the most functional Android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[BitcoinSpinner]] - Single address, easy to use, lightweight and open source client. Keys stored on device.
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitPay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)
*[[Bridgewalker]] - euro-denominated wallet for the Bitcoin economy
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/android-app Blockchain] - Lightweight Android Bitcoin Client - Also works with blockchain.info web interface and iphone app.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android&hl=en Coinbase Wallet] - supports buying, selling, sending, requesting, and more.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android.merchant&hl=en Coinbase Merchant] - makes it easy to accept bitcoin at a retail location
*[[http://coincliff.com CoinCliff]] - Monitors price and fires alarms to wake you up, or notifications, as in text messages (Android)
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on Android devices
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS

==== Windows Phone 7 ====
*Direct link to Windows Phone Marketplace Bitcoin apps: [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=bitcoin]

==== Windows Phone 8 ====
*[[Bitcoin Can]] - Monitoring prices, account balances and mobile trading on multiple exchanges including Coinbase, BTC-E, CampBX, and MtGox. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-can/57fcf4d6-497a-4663-8da3-93cb26c83b11

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[MinePeon]] - Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry PI
*BAMT - a minimal Linux based OS intended for headless mining. Initially announced [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 here] (not maintained)
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software (not maintained)

===Mining apps===
Main page: [[Mining software]]

*[[BFGMiner]] - Modular ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://www.groupfabric.com/bitcoin-miner/ Bitcoin Miner by GroupFabric] - Free easy-to-use DirectX GPU miner on the Windows Store
*[[CGMiner]] - ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ MacMiner] - A native Mac OS X Bitcoin miner based on cgminer, bfgminer, cpuminer and poclbm
*[[Asteroid]] - Mac-specific GUI based on cgminer
*[[MultiMiner]] - GUI based on cgminer/bfgminer for Windows, OS X and Linux, allows switching between currencies based on profitability

====Unmaintained====
*[[50Miner]] - A GUI frontend for Windows(Poclbm, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, cgminer)
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Bit Moose]] - Run Miners as a Windows Service.
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner
*[[Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board
*[https://github.com/mkburza/Flash-Player-Bitcoin-Miner Flash Player Bitcoin Miner] - A proof of concept Adobe Flash Player miner

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
Main page: [[Poolservers]]

*[[CoiniumServ]] - High performance C# Mono/.Net poolserver.
*[[ecoinpool]] - Erlang poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Eloipool]] - Fast Python3 poolserver
*[[Pushpoold]] - Old mining poolserver in C (not maintained)
*[[Poold]] - Old Python mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software

===Libraries===

====C / C++====
*[https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58 libbase58] - C library implementation of [[Base58]] and [[Base58Check]] encodings
*[[libblkmaker]] - C library implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

=====C=====
*[https://github.com/jgarzik/picocoin picocoin] - Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

=====C++=====
*[http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ libbitcoin]

====Java====
*[[bitcoinj]] - popular client library for Java, currently used in several desktop/mobile applications.
*[[BCCAPI]] (BitCoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android.

====Objective-C====
*[https://github.com/keeshux/WaSPV WaSPV] - A native Bitcoin SPV client library for iOS with BIP32 support.

====Perl====
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API

====Python====
*[[python-blkmaker]] - Python module implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

===Development utilities===
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]
*[[PHP_developer_intro|PHP Developer Introduction]]

===Other===
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes
*[[Devcoin]] - the open source developer coin

== Webservices / APIs ==

===Bitcoin Infrastructure===
* [[BlockTrail.com]] - Bitcoin API and platform for developers, complete with SDKs for PHP, Python, NodeJS and more

===Bitcoin Trade Data===
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Prices, volume, and extensive charting on virtually all Bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of [[MtGox]] trades and market depth. (Must Use Chrome)
*[http://btccharts.com BTCCharts] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of multiple markets, currencies and timeframes.
*[http://MY-BTC.info MY-BTC.INFO] - A free profit/loss portfolio manager for Bitcoins and other digital currencies including many charts.
*[http://BitcoinExchangeRate.org BitcoinExchangeRate.org] - Bitcoin and USD converter with convenient URL scheme and Auto-updating Portfolio Spreadsheet.
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.
*[[Skami]] - Bitcoin Market Exchange comparison charts.
*[[BitcoinSentiment]] - Crowdvoting site offering means of voting and viewing voters sentiment towards bitcoin.
*[[TradingView]] – network where traders exchange ideas about Bitcoin using advanced free online charts

===Web interfaces for merchants===

*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://github.com/goethewins/EzBitcoin-Api-Wallet]] Simplest Web API for processing transactions with your own server. php code igniter, database and logging auth system included. Same as block chain.info api
*[[BitMerch]] - Embeddable HTML buttons, instant sign-up, instant payouts, automatic price adjustment for other currencies. No programming skills required to set up.
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[BitPay]] - Buy Now buttons, Checkout posts/callbacks, Mobile Checkout, JSON API
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
*[https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] - Provides bitcoin payment processing for Overstock.com, Reddit, Khan Academy, OkCupid, and more.
*[[GoCoin]] - Payment gateway for bitcoin. Supports JavaScript, PHP, Java, Ruby, and .NET
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion
*[[WalletBit]] - Easy JavaScript Buy Now buttons, Instant Payment Notification, Application Programming Interface (JSON API), Mobile Checkout, QR-Code
* [https://PikaPay.com PikaPay] ([[PikaPay|info]]) Buy Now buttons, Twitter Integration, JSON API

[[Category:Software|*]]

Software

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List of Bitcoin-related '''software'''. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

Be sure to keep on top of the latest [[CVEs|security vulnerabilities]]!

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
::''Main article and feature comparison: [[Clients]]''
*[[Bitcoin Core]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI. Linux/MacOSX/Windows. Full-featured [[Thin Client Security|thick client]] that downloads the entire [[block chain]], using code from the original Bitcoin client.
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the original Bitcoin client, providing a [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface
*[[MultiBit]] - lightweight [[Thin Client Security|thin client]] for Windows, MacOS and Linux with support for opening multiple wallets simultaneously
*[[Electrum]] - a "blazing fast, open-source, multi-OS Bitcoin client/wallet with a very active community" - also a [[Thin Client Security|thin client]].
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
*[https://github.com/TheSeven/Bitcoin-WebUI Bitcoin WebUI] - JavaScript RPC client
*[https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin Bitcoin Webskin] - PHP web interface to bitcoind
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] - command line bitcoin tools
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Armory]] - Python-based client currently in beta-level
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client (abandoned)
*[[Gocoin bitcoin software|Gocoin]] - WebUI client written in Go language, with a cold deterministic brain-wallet.
*[https://github.com/conformal/btcd btcd] An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data centers, exposed through web APIs.
*[[Mycelium]] Awarded the prestigious "Best Mobile App" award by Blockchain.info in 2014, the Mycelium wallet for Android provides several security features.

====Frontends to eWallet====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet Blockchain] - Javascript bitcoin client with client side encryption.
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Xcoinmoney xCoinMoney] Advanced API to create invoices for subscription.

====Experimental====
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0 Beertoken]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

==Bitcoin software==

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[GoCoin]] - Plugin for WooCommerce support and coming soon Magento
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/shopping_cart_plugins Coinbase Shopping Cart Plugins] - Supports Wordpress, WooCommerce, Magento, Zencart, WP e-commerce, and more.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce
*[[BitPay]] - bitcoin plugins for Magento, Opencart, Zencart, PHP, JSON API
*[[WalletBit]] - Plugins for PrestaShop, OpenCart, PHP, JSON API
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/api-general-info xCoinMoney] Advanced API for instant payment and subscriptions
*[[OpenCart Bitcoin]] - An OpenCart payment module that communicates with a bitcoin client using JSON RPC.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions; custom payment integrations
*[[OsCommerce_Bitcoin_Payment_Module|OsCommerce Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that uses a python monitoring script to interact with bitcoind for OsCommerce
* [http://drupal.org/project/uc_bitcoin Drupal Ubercart Bitcoin payment method] enables you to accept Bitcoin as payment for your Drupal/Ubercart enabled website product/services.

=== Enterprise server ===
*[https://apicoin.io Apicoin] First bitcoin PaaS (Platform as a Service)
*[http://bitsofproof.com Bits of Proof] - a modular enterprise-ready implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data center environments.

===Web apps===
*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]] [https://easybitz.com/merchant EasyBitz] Simplest Merchant POS + Live Transaction Map
*[[Bitcoin Central]] - currency exchange
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Coinbase_(business) Coinbase] - an international digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency
*[[Coinnext]] - Cryptocurrency Exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] - poker site
*[[Abe]] - block chain viewer
*[[Simplecoin]] - PHP web frontend for a pool
*[[bitcoin_simple_php_tools]] simple php tools for webmasters
* [http://www.coinsummary.com/ CoinSummary] - multi-coin wallet manager with built-in valuation in Bitcoin and major world currencies.

===White label software===
*[https://www.draglet.com/ draglet] - Bitcoin Exchange Software / white label solution

*[https://www.casinoevolution.com/ '''Casino Evolution'''] gaming software developed by '''www.SoftSwiss.com'''

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Biticker]] - Bitcoin ticker, currency converter and history price graph (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-microformats/bkanicejfbhlidgjkpenmddnacjengld?hl=en Bitcoin Microformats] Show bitcoin address metadata embedded in a page (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-address-lookup/pmlblkdmadbidammhjiponepngbfcpge?hl=en Bitcoin Address Lookup] Right click an address to view its value. (Chrome)

===PC apps===
*[http://centrabit.com/ Qt Bitcoin Trader] - Open Source Multi exchange trading client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
*[[http://www.mybtc-trader.com MyBTC-Trader.com]] - a MtGox Bitcoin trading client for windows with GUI
*[[Mining Explorer]] - monitoring tool for bitcoin mining
*[[Bitcoin SMS Alert]] - sends SMS text alerts to a user's phone based on BTC price / percent thresholds.
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)
*[[Bitcoin QR Popup]] - streamlined interface to bitcoin for POS systems (Windows)
*[http://gnome-help.org/content/show.php/Bitcoin+Rate?content=138572 Bitcoin Rate] - Desktop widget with BTC exchange rate (KDE)
*[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=142344 Bitcoin Monitor] - Desktop widget to monitor status of your Bitcoin miners on mining pools (KDE)

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app Blockchain] - Fully featured iphone bitcoin app.
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
*[[Bit-pay]] - Mobile Checkout, set prices in any currency and receive mobile-to-mobile payment
*[http://blog.coinbase.com/post/64824441934/the-coinbase-ios-app-has-launched Coinbase iPhone App]
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/btc-miner/id648411895?ls=1&mt=8 BTC Miner (iPhone)] - monitor mining results from various mining pools on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[[BitStore]] - Simple and secure native iOS wallet
*[[BitTick]] - Real-time Bitcoin ticker. Real-time currency convert(support 50+ currency. USD, GBP, EUR, CNY, JPY, CAD, RUB, AUD, BRL, NZD, PLN, KRW…)

==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bitcoin
*[[BitCare]] - Track bitcoin wallet balance, trade on Mt.Gox, monitor mining pool hashrate, balance, worker status.
*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone
*[[Bitcoin Wallet]] - This is the most functional Android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[BitcoinSpinner]] - Single address, easy to use, lightweight and open source client. Keys stored on device.
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitPay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)
*[[Bridgewalker]] - euro-denominated wallet for the Bitcoin economy
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/android-app Blockchain] - Lightweight Android Bitcoin Client - Also works with blockchain.info web interface and iphone app.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android&hl=en Coinbase Wallet] - supports buying, selling, sending, requesting, and more.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android.merchant&hl=en Coinbase Merchant] - makes it easy to accept bitcoin at a retail location
*[[http://coincliff.com CoinCliff]] - Monitors price and fires alarms to wake you up, or notifications, as in text messages (Android)
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on Android devices
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS

==== Windows Phone 7 ====
*Direct link to Windows Phone Marketplace Bitcoin apps: [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=bitcoin]

==== Windows Phone 8 ====
*[[Bitcoin Can]] - Monitoring prices, account balances and mobile trading on multiple exchanges including Coinbase, BTC-E, CampBX, and MtGox. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-can/57fcf4d6-497a-4663-8da3-93cb26c83b11

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[MinePeon]] - Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry PI
*BAMT - a minimal Linux based OS intended for headless mining. Initially announced [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 here] (not maintained)
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software (not maintained)

===Mining apps===
Main page: [[Mining software]]

*[[BFGMiner]] - Modular ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://www.groupfabric.com/bitcoin-miner/ Bitcoin Miner by GroupFabric] - Free easy-to-use DirectX GPU miner on the Windows Store
*[[CGMiner]] - ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ MacMiner] - A native Mac OS X Bitcoin miner based on cgminer, bfgminer, cpuminer and poclbm
*[[Asteroid]] - Mac-specific GUI based on cgminer
*[[MultiMiner]] - GUI based on cgminer/bfgminer for Windows, OS X and Linux, allows switching between currencies based on profitability

====Unmaintained====
*[[50Miner]] - A GUI frontend for Windows(Poclbm, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, cgminer)
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Bit Moose]] - Run Miners as a Windows Service.
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner
*[[Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board
*[https://github.com/mkburza/Flash-Player-Bitcoin-Miner Flash Player Bitcoin Miner] - A proof of concept Adobe Flash Player miner

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
Main page: [[Poolservers]]

*[[CoiniumServ]] - High performance C# Mono/.Net poolserver.
*[[ecoinpool]] - Erlang poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Eloipool]] - Fast Python3 poolserver
*[[Pushpoold]] - Old mining poolserver in C (not maintained)
*[[Poold]] - Old Python mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software

===Libraries===

====C / C++====
*[https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58 libbase58] - C library implementation of [[Base58]] and [[Base58Check]] encodings
*[[libblkmaker]] - C library implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

=====C=====
*[https://github.com/jgarzik/picocoin picocoin] - Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

=====C++=====
*[http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ libbitcoin]

====Java====
*[[bitcoinj]] - popular client library for Java, currently used in several desktop/mobile applications.
*[[BCCAPI]] (BitCoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android.

====Objective-C====
*[https://github.com/keeshux/WaSPV WaSPV] - A native Bitcoin SPV client library for iOS with BIP32 support.

====Perl====
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API

====Python====
*[[python-blkmaker]] - Python module implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

===Development utilities===
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]
*[[PHP_developer_intro|PHP Developer Introduction]]

===Other===
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes
*[[Devcoin]] - the open source developer coin

== Webservices / APIs ==

===Bitcoin Infrastructure===
* [[BlockTrail.com]] - Bitcoin API and platform for developers, complete with SDKs for PHP, Python, NodeJS and more

===Bitcoin Trade Data===
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Prices, volume, and extensive charting on virtually all Bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of [[MtGox]] trades and market depth. (Must Use Chrome)
*[http://btccharts.com BTCCharts] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of multiple markets, currencies and timeframes.
*[http://MY-BTC.info MY-BTC.INFO] - A free profit/loss portfolio manager for Bitcoins and other digital currencies including many charts.
*[http://BitcoinExchangeRate.org BitcoinExchangeRate.org] - Bitcoin and USD converter with convenient URL scheme and Auto-updating Portfolio Spreadsheet.
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.
*[[Skami]] - Bitcoin Market Exchange comparison charts.
*[[BitcoinSentiment]] - Crowdvoting site offering means of voting and viewing voters sentiment towards bitcoin.
*[[TradingView]] – network where traders exchange ideas about Bitcoin using advanced free online charts

===Web interfaces for merchants===

*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://github.com/goethewins/EzBitcoin-Api-Wallet] Simplest Web API for processing transactions with your own server. php code igniter, database and logging auth system included. Same as block chain.info api
*[[BitMerch]] - Embeddable HTML buttons, instant sign-up, instant payouts, automatic price adjustment for other currencies. No programming skills required to set up.
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[BitPay]] - Buy Now buttons, Checkout posts/callbacks, Mobile Checkout, JSON API
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
*[https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] - Provides bitcoin payment processing for Overstock.com, Reddit, Khan Academy, OkCupid, and more.
*[[GoCoin]] - Payment gateway for bitcoin. Supports JavaScript, PHP, Java, Ruby, and .NET
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion
*[[WalletBit]] - Easy JavaScript Buy Now buttons, Instant Payment Notification, Application Programming Interface (JSON API), Mobile Checkout, QR-Code
* [https://PikaPay.com PikaPay] ([[PikaPay|info]]) Buy Now buttons, Twitter Integration, JSON API

[[Category:Software|*]]

Software

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List of Bitcoin-related '''software'''. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

Be sure to keep on top of the latest [[CVEs|security vulnerabilities]]!

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
::''Main article and feature comparison: [[Clients]]''
*[[Bitcoin Core]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI. Linux/MacOSX/Windows. Full-featured [[Thin Client Security|thick client]] that downloads the entire [[block chain]], using code from the original Bitcoin client.
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the original Bitcoin client, providing a [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface
*[[MultiBit]] - lightweight [[Thin Client Security|thin client]] for Windows, MacOS and Linux with support for opening multiple wallets simultaneously
*[[Electrum]] - a "blazing fast, open-source, multi-OS Bitcoin client/wallet with a very active community" - also a [[Thin Client Security|thin client]].
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
*[https://github.com/TheSeven/Bitcoin-WebUI Bitcoin WebUI] - JavaScript RPC client
*[https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin Bitcoin Webskin] - PHP web interface to bitcoind
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] - command line bitcoin tools
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Armory]] - Python-based client currently in beta-level
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client (abandoned)
*[[Gocoin bitcoin software|Gocoin]] - WebUI client written in Go language, with a cold deterministic brain-wallet.
*[https://github.com/conformal/btcd btcd] An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data centers, exposed through web APIs.
*[[Mycelium]] Awarded the prestigious "Best Mobile App" award by Blockchain.info in 2014, the Mycelium wallet for Android provides several security features.

====Frontends to eWallet====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet Blockchain] - Javascript bitcoin client with client side encryption.
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Xcoinmoney xCoinMoney] Advanced API to create invoices for subscription.

====Experimental====
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0 Beertoken]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

==Bitcoin software==

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[GoCoin]] - Plugin for WooCommerce support and coming soon Magento
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/shopping_cart_plugins Coinbase Shopping Cart Plugins] - Supports Wordpress, WooCommerce, Magento, Zencart, WP e-commerce, and more.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce
*[[BitPay]] - bitcoin plugins for Magento, Opencart, Zencart, PHP, JSON API
*[[WalletBit]] - Plugins for PrestaShop, OpenCart, PHP, JSON API
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/api-general-info xCoinMoney] Advanced API for instant payment and subscriptions
*[[OpenCart Bitcoin]] - An OpenCart payment module that communicates with a bitcoin client using JSON RPC.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions; custom payment integrations
*[[OsCommerce_Bitcoin_Payment_Module|OsCommerce Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that uses a python monitoring script to interact with bitcoind for OsCommerce
* [http://drupal.org/project/uc_bitcoin Drupal Ubercart Bitcoin payment method] enables you to accept Bitcoin as payment for your Drupal/Ubercart enabled website product/services.

=== Enterprise server ===
*[https://apicoin.io Apicoin] First bitcoin PaaS (Platform as a Service)
*[http://bitsofproof.com Bits of Proof] - a modular enterprise-ready implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data center environments.

===Web apps===
*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]] [https://easybitz.com/merchant EasyBitz] Simplest Merchant POS + Live Transaction Map
*[[Bitcoin Central]] - currency exchange
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Coinbase_(business) Coinbase] - an international digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency
*[[Coinnext]] - Cryptocurrency Exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] - poker site
*[[Abe]] - block chain viewer
*[[Simplecoin]] - PHP web frontend for a pool
*[[bitcoin_simple_php_tools]] simple php tools for webmasters
* [http://www.coinsummary.com/ CoinSummary] - multi-coin wallet manager with built-in valuation in Bitcoin and major world currencies.

===White label software===
*[https://www.draglet.com/ draglet] - Bitcoin Exchange Software / white label solution

*[https://www.casinoevolution.com/ '''Casino Evolution'''] gaming software developed by '''www.SoftSwiss.com'''

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Biticker]] - Bitcoin ticker, currency converter and history price graph (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-microformats/bkanicejfbhlidgjkpenmddnacjengld?hl=en Bitcoin Microformats] Show bitcoin address metadata embedded in a page (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-address-lookup/pmlblkdmadbidammhjiponepngbfcpge?hl=en Bitcoin Address Lookup] Right click an address to view its value. (Chrome)

===PC apps===
*[http://centrabit.com/ Qt Bitcoin Trader] - Open Source Multi exchange trading client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
*[[http://www.mybtc-trader.com MyBTC-Trader.com]] - a MtGox Bitcoin trading client for windows with GUI
*[[Mining Explorer]] - monitoring tool for bitcoin mining
*[[Bitcoin SMS Alert]] - sends SMS text alerts to a user's phone based on BTC price / percent thresholds.
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)
*[[Bitcoin QR Popup]] - streamlined interface to bitcoin for POS systems (Windows)
*[http://gnome-help.org/content/show.php/Bitcoin+Rate?content=138572 Bitcoin Rate] - Desktop widget with BTC exchange rate (KDE)
*[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=142344 Bitcoin Monitor] - Desktop widget to monitor status of your Bitcoin miners on mining pools (KDE)

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app Blockchain] - Fully featured iphone bitcoin app.
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
*[[Bit-pay]] - Mobile Checkout, set prices in any currency and receive mobile-to-mobile payment
*[http://blog.coinbase.com/post/64824441934/the-coinbase-ios-app-has-launched Coinbase iPhone App]
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/btc-miner/id648411895?ls=1&mt=8 BTC Miner (iPhone)] - monitor mining results from various mining pools on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[[BitStore]] - Simple and secure native iOS wallet
*[[BitTick]] - Real-time Bitcoin ticker. Real-time currency convert(support 50+ currency. USD, GBP, EUR, CNY, JPY, CAD, RUB, AUD, BRL, NZD, PLN, KRW…)

==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bitcoin
*[[BitCare]] - Track bitcoin wallet balance, trade on Mt.Gox, monitor mining pool hashrate, balance, worker status.
*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone
*[[Bitcoin Wallet]] - This is the most functional Android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[BitcoinSpinner]] - Single address, easy to use, lightweight and open source client. Keys stored on device.
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitPay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)
*[[Bridgewalker]] - euro-denominated wallet for the Bitcoin economy
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/android-app Blockchain] - Lightweight Android Bitcoin Client - Also works with blockchain.info web interface and iphone app.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android&hl=en Coinbase Wallet] - supports buying, selling, sending, requesting, and more.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android.merchant&hl=en Coinbase Merchant] - makes it easy to accept bitcoin at a retail location
*[[http://coincliff.com CoinCliff]] - Monitors price and fires alarms to wake you up, or notifications, as in text messages (Android)
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on Android devices
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS

==== Windows Phone 7 ====
*Direct link to Windows Phone Marketplace Bitcoin apps: [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=bitcoin]

==== Windows Phone 8 ====
*[[Bitcoin Can]] - Monitoring prices, account balances and mobile trading on multiple exchanges including Coinbase, BTC-E, CampBX, and MtGox. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-can/57fcf4d6-497a-4663-8da3-93cb26c83b11

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[MinePeon]] - Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry PI
*BAMT - a minimal Linux based OS intended for headless mining. Initially announced [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 here] (not maintained)
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software (not maintained)

===Mining apps===
Main page: [[Mining software]]

*[[BFGMiner]] - Modular ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://www.groupfabric.com/bitcoin-miner/ Bitcoin Miner by GroupFabric] - Free easy-to-use DirectX GPU miner on the Windows Store
*[[CGMiner]] - ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ MacMiner] - A native Mac OS X Bitcoin miner based on cgminer, bfgminer, cpuminer and poclbm
*[[Asteroid]] - Mac-specific GUI based on cgminer
*[[MultiMiner]] - GUI based on cgminer/bfgminer for Windows, OS X and Linux, allows switching between currencies based on profitability

====Unmaintained====
*[[50Miner]] - A GUI frontend for Windows(Poclbm, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, cgminer)
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Bit Moose]] - Run Miners as a Windows Service.
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner
*[[Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board
*[https://github.com/mkburza/Flash-Player-Bitcoin-Miner Flash Player Bitcoin Miner] - A proof of concept Adobe Flash Player miner

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
Main page: [[Poolservers]]

*[[CoiniumServ]] - High performance C# Mono/.Net poolserver.
*[[ecoinpool]] - Erlang poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Eloipool]] - Fast Python3 poolserver
*[[Pushpoold]] - Old mining poolserver in C (not maintained)
*[[Poold]] - Old Python mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software

===Libraries===

====C / C++====
*[https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58 libbase58] - C library implementation of [[Base58]] and [[Base58Check]] encodings
*[[libblkmaker]] - C library implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

=====C=====
*[https://github.com/jgarzik/picocoin picocoin] - Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

=====C++=====
*[http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ libbitcoin]

====Java====
*[[bitcoinj]] - popular client library for Java, currently used in several desktop/mobile applications.
*[[BCCAPI]] (BitCoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android.

====Objective-C====
*[https://github.com/keeshux/WaSPV WaSPV] - A native Bitcoin SPV client library for iOS with BIP32 support.

====Perl====
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API

====Python====
*[[python-blkmaker]] - Python module implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

===Development utilities===
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]
*[[PHP_developer_intro|PHP Developer Introduction]]

===Other===
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes
*[[Devcoin]] - the open source developer coin

== Webservices / APIs ==

===Bitcoin Infrastructure===
* [[BlockTrail.com]] - Bitcoin API and platform for developers, complete with SDKs for PHP, Python, NodeJS and more

===Bitcoin Trade Data===
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Prices, volume, and extensive charting on virtually all Bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of [[MtGox]] trades and market depth. (Must Use Chrome)
*[http://btccharts.com BTCCharts] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of multiple markets, currencies and timeframes.
*[http://MY-BTC.info MY-BTC.INFO] - A free profit/loss portfolio manager for Bitcoins and other digital currencies including many charts.
*[http://BitcoinExchangeRate.org BitcoinExchangeRate.org] - Bitcoin and USD converter with convenient URL scheme and Auto-updating Portfolio Spreadsheet.
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.
*[[Skami]] - Bitcoin Market Exchange comparison charts.
*[[BitcoinSentiment]] - Crowdvoting site offering means of voting and viewing voters sentiment towards bitcoin.
*[[TradingView]] – network where traders exchange ideas about Bitcoin using advanced free online charts

===Web interfaces for merchants===

*[[BitMerch]] - Embeddable HTML buttons, instant sign-up, instant payouts, automatic price adjustment for other currencies. No programming skills required to set up.
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[BitPay]] - Buy Now buttons, Checkout posts/callbacks, Mobile Checkout, JSON API
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
*[https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] - Provides bitcoin payment processing for Overstock.com, Reddit, Khan Academy, OkCupid, and more.
*[[GoCoin]] - Payment gateway for bitcoin. Supports JavaScript, PHP, Java, Ruby, and .NET
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion
*[[WalletBit]] - Easy JavaScript Buy Now buttons, Instant Payment Notification, Application Programming Interface (JSON API), Mobile Checkout, QR-Code
* [https://PikaPay.com PikaPay] ([[PikaPay|info]]) Buy Now buttons, Twitter Integration, JSON API

[[Category:Software|*]]

Software

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List of Bitcoin-related '''software'''. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

Be sure to keep on top of the latest [[CVEs|security vulnerabilities]]!

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
::''Main article and feature comparison: [[Clients]]''
*[[Bitcoin Core]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI. Linux/MacOSX/Windows. Full-featured [[Thin Client Security|thick client]] that downloads the entire [[block chain]], using code from the original Bitcoin client.
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the original Bitcoin client, providing a [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface
*[[MultiBit]] - lightweight [[Thin Client Security|thin client]] for Windows, MacOS and Linux with support for opening multiple wallets simultaneously
*[[Electrum]] - a "blazing fast, open-source, multi-OS Bitcoin client/wallet with a very active community" - also a [[Thin Client Security|thin client]].
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
*[https://github.com/TheSeven/Bitcoin-WebUI Bitcoin WebUI] - JavaScript RPC client
*[https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin Bitcoin Webskin] - PHP web interface to bitcoind
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] - command line bitcoin tools
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Armory]] - Python-based client currently in beta-level
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client (abandoned)
*[[Gocoin bitcoin software|Gocoin]] - WebUI client written in Go language, with a cold deterministic brain-wallet.
*[https://github.com/conformal/btcd btcd] An alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data centers, exposed through web APIs.
*[[Mycelium]] Awarded the prestigious "Best Mobile App" award by Blockchain.info in 2014, the Mycelium wallet for Android provides several security features.

====Frontends to eWallet====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet Blockchain] - Javascript bitcoin client with client side encryption.
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Xcoinmoney xCoinMoney] Advanced API to create invoices for subscription.

====Experimental====
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0 Beertoken]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

==Bitcoin software==

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[GoCoin]] - Plugin for WooCommerce support and coming soon Magento
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/shopping_cart_plugins Coinbase Shopping Cart Plugins] - Supports Wordpress, WooCommerce, Magento, Zencart, WP e-commerce, and more.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce
*[[BitPay]] - bitcoin plugins for Magento, Opencart, Zencart, PHP, JSON API
*[[WalletBit]] - Plugins for PrestaShop, OpenCart, PHP, JSON API
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/api-general-info xCoinMoney] Advanced API for instant payment and subscriptions
*[[OpenCart Bitcoin]] - An OpenCart payment module that communicates with a bitcoin client using JSON RPC.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions; custom payment integrations
*[[OsCommerce_Bitcoin_Payment_Module|OsCommerce Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that uses a python monitoring script to interact with bitcoind for OsCommerce
* [http://drupal.org/project/uc_bitcoin Drupal Ubercart Bitcoin payment method] enables you to accept Bitcoin as payment for your Drupal/Ubercart enabled website product/services.

=== Enterprise server ===
*[https://apicoin.io Apicoin] First bitcoin PaaS (Platform as a Service)
*[http://bitsofproof.com Bits of Proof] - a modular enterprise-ready implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
*[http://www.blockcypher.com BlockCypher] Full node bitcoin client built for scale and data center environments.

===Web apps===
*[[Bitcoin Central]] - currency exchange
*[[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]] [https://easybitz.com/merchant EasyBitz] Simplest Merchant POS + Live Transaction Map
*[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Coinbase_(business) Coinbase] - an international digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency
*[[Coinnext]] - Cryptocurrency Exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] - poker site
*[[Abe]] - block chain viewer
*[[Simplecoin]] - PHP web frontend for a pool
*[[bitcoin_simple_php_tools]] simple php tools for webmasters
* [http://www.coinsummary.com/ CoinSummary] - multi-coin wallet manager with built-in valuation in Bitcoin and major world currencies.

===White label software===
*[https://www.draglet.com/ draglet] - Bitcoin Exchange Software / white label solution

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Biticker]] - Bitcoin ticker, currency converter and history price graph (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-microformats/bkanicejfbhlidgjkpenmddnacjengld?hl=en Bitcoin Microformats] Show bitcoin address metadata embedded in a page (Chrome)
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-address-lookup/pmlblkdmadbidammhjiponepngbfcpge?hl=en Bitcoin Address Lookup] Right click an address to view its value. (Chrome)

===PC apps===
*[http://centrabit.com/ Qt Bitcoin Trader] - Open Source Multi exchange trading client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
*[[http://www.mybtc-trader.com MyBTC-Trader.com]] - a MtGox Bitcoin trading client for windows with GUI
*[[Mining Explorer]] - monitoring tool for bitcoin mining
*[[Bitcoin SMS Alert]] - sends SMS text alerts to a user's phone based on BTC price / percent thresholds.
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)
*[[Bitcoin QR Popup]] - streamlined interface to bitcoin for POS systems (Windows)
*[http://gnome-help.org/content/show.php/Bitcoin+Rate?content=138572 Bitcoin Rate] - Desktop widget with BTC exchange rate (KDE)
*[http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=142344 Bitcoin Monitor] - Desktop widget to monitor status of your Bitcoin miners on mining pools (KDE)

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app Blockchain] - Fully featured iphone bitcoin app.
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
*[[Bit-pay]] - Mobile Checkout, set prices in any currency and receive mobile-to-mobile payment
*[http://blog.coinbase.com/post/64824441934/the-coinbase-ios-app-has-launched Coinbase iPhone App]
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/btc-miner/id648411895?ls=1&mt=8 BTC Miner (iPhone)] - monitor mining results from various mining pools on iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
*[[BitStore]] - Simple and secure native iOS wallet
*[[BitTick]] - Real-time Bitcoin ticker. Real-time currency convert(support 50+ currency. USD, GBP, EUR, CNY, JPY, CAD, RUB, AUD, BRL, NZD, PLN, KRW…)

==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bitcoin
*[[BitCare]] - Track bitcoin wallet balance, trade on Mt.Gox, monitor mining pool hashrate, balance, worker status.
*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone
*[[Bitcoin Wallet]] - This is the most functional Android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[BitcoinSpinner]] - Single address, easy to use, lightweight and open source client. Keys stored on device.
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitPay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)
*[[Bridgewalker]] - euro-denominated wallet for the Bitcoin economy
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet/android-app Blockchain] - Lightweight Android Bitcoin Client - Also works with blockchain.info web interface and iphone app.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android&hl=en Coinbase Wallet] - supports buying, selling, sending, requesting, and more.
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android.merchant&hl=en Coinbase Merchant] - makes it easy to accept bitcoin at a retail location
*[[http://coincliff.com CoinCliff]] - Monitors price and fires alarms to wake you up, or notifications, as in text messages (Android)
*[[Easywallet.org]] - Web based wallet, works with QR Code scanner on Android devices
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS

==== Windows Phone 7 ====
*Direct link to Windows Phone Marketplace Bitcoin apps: [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=bitcoin]

==== Windows Phone 8 ====
*[[Bitcoin Can]] - Monitoring prices, account balances and mobile trading on multiple exchanges including Coinbase, BTC-E, CampBX, and MtGox. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-can/57fcf4d6-497a-4663-8da3-93cb26c83b11

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[MinePeon]] - Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry PI
*BAMT - a minimal Linux based OS intended for headless mining. Initially announced [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 here] (not maintained)
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software (not maintained)

===Mining apps===
Main page: [[Mining software]]

*[[BFGMiner]] - Modular ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://www.groupfabric.com/bitcoin-miner/ Bitcoin Miner by GroupFabric] - Free easy-to-use DirectX GPU miner on the Windows Store
*[[CGMiner]] - ASIC/FPGA/GPU miner in C
*[http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/macminer/ MacMiner] - A native Mac OS X Bitcoin miner based on cgminer, bfgminer, cpuminer and poclbm
*[[Asteroid]] - Mac-specific GUI based on cgminer
*[[MultiMiner]] - GUI based on cgminer/bfgminer for Windows, OS X and Linux, allows switching between currencies based on profitability

====Unmaintained====
*[[50Miner]] - A GUI frontend for Windows(Poclbm, Phoenix, DiabloMiner, cgminer)
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Bit Moose]] - Run Miners as a Windows Service.
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner
*[[Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board
*[https://github.com/mkburza/Flash-Player-Bitcoin-Miner Flash Player Bitcoin Miner] - A proof of concept Adobe Flash Player miner

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
Main page: [[Poolservers]]

*[[CoiniumServ]] - High performance C# Mono/.Net poolserver.
*[[ecoinpool]] - Erlang poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Eloipool]] - Fast Python3 poolserver
*[[Pushpoold]] - Old mining poolserver in C (not maintained)
*[[Poold]] - Old Python mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining poolserver (not maintained)
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software

===Libraries===

====C / C++====
*[https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58 libbase58] - C library implementation of [[Base58]] and [[Base58Check]] encodings
*[[libblkmaker]] - C library implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

=====C=====
*[https://github.com/jgarzik/picocoin picocoin] - Tiny bitcoin library, with lightweight client and utils

=====C++=====
*[http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ libbitcoin]

====Java====
*[[bitcoinj]] - popular client library for Java, currently used in several desktop/mobile applications.
*[[BCCAPI]] (BitCoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android.

====Objective-C====
*[https://github.com/keeshux/WaSPV WaSPV] - A native Bitcoin SPV client library for iOS with BIP32 support.

====Perl====
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API

====Python====
*[[python-blkmaker]] - Python module implementation of [[getblocktemplate]] decentralized mining protocol

===Development utilities===
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]
*[[PHP_developer_intro|PHP Developer Introduction]]

===Other===
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes
*[[Devcoin]] - the open source developer coin

== Webservices / APIs ==

===Bitcoin Trade Data===
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Prices, volume, and extensive charting on virtually all Bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of [[MtGox]] trades and market depth. (Must Use Chrome)
*[http://btccharts.com BTCCharts] - An innovative chart showing a live feed of multiple markets, currencies and timeframes.
*[http://MY-BTC.info MY-BTC.INFO] - A free profit/loss portfolio manager for Bitcoins and other digital currencies including many charts.
*[http://BitcoinExchangeRate.org BitcoinExchangeRate.org] - Bitcoin and USD converter with convenient URL scheme and Auto-updating Portfolio Spreadsheet.
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.
*[[Skami]] - Bitcoin Market Exchange comparison charts.
*[[BitcoinSentiment]] - Crowdvoting site offering means of voting and viewing voters sentiment towards bitcoin.
*[[TradingView]] – network where traders exchange ideas about Bitcoin using advanced free online charts

===Web interfaces for merchants===

*[[BitMerch]] - Embeddable HTML buttons, instant sign-up, instant payouts, automatic price adjustment for other currencies. No programming skills required to set up.
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[BitPay]] - Buy Now buttons, Checkout posts/callbacks, Mobile Checkout, JSON API
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
*[https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] - Provides bitcoin payment processing for Overstock.com, Reddit, Khan Academy, OkCupid, and more.
*[[GoCoin]] - Payment gateway for bitcoin. Supports JavaScript, PHP, Java, Ruby, and .NET
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion
*[[WalletBit]] - Easy JavaScript Buy Now buttons, Instant Payment Notification, Application Programming Interface (JSON API), Mobile Checkout, QR-Code
* [https://PikaPay.com PikaPay] ([[PikaPay|info]]) Buy Now buttons, Twitter Integration, JSON API

[[Category:Software|*]]

Merchant Howto

2014-10-15T10:07:48Z

Easybitz: /* Services */

{{merge|How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses}}

Accepting Bitcoins is easy, and there are several ways to do it.

==Manually==
# Download a bitcoin client
# When a customer wants to buy something, send them a Bitcoin address where their payment should be sent.
#* You can do this by clicking "New.." next to your address in the Bitcoin client and sending that address to the customer.
# When payment comes in to that address, send the goods to your customer. Depending on the value of what you're selling, you may wish to wait until the payment shows Confirmed.
# To issue a refund, obtain from the customer the [[Address|bitcoin address]] where the refund payment should be sent. The refund address will likely be different from the address used when the customer sent payment, especially if an [[EWallet]] was used by the customer.

==Automated==
===Pre-generating Bitcoin addresses===
You can accept Bitcoins on your website without needing to use Bitcoin APIs or third party services if you pre-generate a large number of receiving Bitcoin addresses and store them in a database on your web server, and dispense them one-by-one to customers when they are ready to pay. This way, your web server never actually handles the bitcoins - it simply gives out addresses belonging to a wallet you maintain elsewhere. By using a unique address per order, you will always know which payment belongs to which order. [https://www.casascius.com Example of website using this method]

To pre-generate addresses, use a tool such as [[Pywallet]] (which can generate a wallet.dat file) or [[Bitcoin Address Utility]] (which can generate a CSV file). In both cases, you will be generating a list of [[Address|Bitcoin address]]es along with their corresponding [[private key]]s. Only the Bitcoin addresses (not the private keys) should be loaded on the web server.

If you are shipping goods manually, you can use the Bitcoin software to check for incoming payments, or alternately consider using [[Block Explorer]] or [[Abe]] to verify payment when you're about to ship. To make this easy, make your website provide you a full hyperlink that includes the proper receiving address: ht<nowiki>tp://www</nowiki>.blockexplorer.com/address/ADDRESSGOESHERE.

If you are delivering digital goods or services and want to be able to deliver instantly upon payment and/or confirmation, you can use a third-party service such as [[Bitcoin Notify]] to tell your website when a payment has been received. This sort of service requires no significant API implementation - they will simply make a POST to your website or send you an e-mail when a payment has been received on one of your addresses.

If you keep Bitcoins off your web server, this ensures your wallet cannot be stolen if your web server experiences a security intrusion. Your risk becomes limited to the possibility that a successful intruder could add his own addresses to your address pool and steal funds from a few incoming orders until you detect the problem, however, this is a relatively controllable risk.

===Using offchain payment networks===

[[Off-Chain_Transactions|Off chain]] networks provides various benefits to Bitcoin, such as instant confirmations and protection against double spending.

===Using a third-party plugin===
You can use an existing [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|shopping cart interface]] from a 3rd party to automatically handle all Bitcoin payments on your website. If you want to develop the system yourself, you can utilize the Bitcoin client's [[API tutorial (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC API]] to automatically accept payments.

Things to note if you build it yourself:
# When a customer orders something on your website it records:
#* Bitcoin address that payment should be sent to
#* Order details (delivery address etc.)
#* Customer's refund address (optional - if you wish you can ask for this later, only in cases a refund is required)
#* Payment amount
# When payment arrives, checks that they have paid the correct amount or not, and informs you
#* You dispatch the goods to the customer and mark the order as fulfilled
#* If you cannot dispatch the goods you mark the order as denied and ask the customer for a refund address (unless you already have it from earlier) to send a refund.
# Forwards the funds to bitcoin address of your choice

===If You have a retail business and do not have internet or smart phone===
You can still accept Bitcoin. [https://easybitz.com/merchant] EasyBitz.com has a very simple way to accept bitcoin with just a print out and a phone that gets sms text messages.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment. However it is possible to create automated invoices by using known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup.

==Common Errors==
It has been observed on occasion that a business funnels all its orders through the same Bitcoin address, and asks people to send some BTC, then send email describing the timing and the amount of the transaction to 'claim' it. This is '''not''' secure, since anyone can see the transaction details using a tool such as [[Block Explorer]], and then try to claim someone else's transaction as theirs.

Do not do this. Give each customer a unique Bitcoin address.

==Listing your business on the Bitcoin Trade page==

Anyone can add and update a listing on the [[Trade|trade]] page. Just register if you haven't and add to the appropriate category. If you'ld like assistance, perhaps someone in the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-marketing #bitcoin-marketing] IRC channel would be willing to assist. If you have a brick and mortar business that accepts bitcoin you can add it to the bitcoin directories. [https://easybitz.com] [http://coinmap.org]

==Services==
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail worldwide. ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Global Map. No fees.
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [https://cryptopay.me/ Cryptopay] Bitcoin merchant payment processing. UK-based, serving UK and EU clients.
* [http://www.dcpos.com DC POS] A Bitcoin browser-based Point-of-Sale app. It is hardware, OS, wallet, and browser agnostic. 0.5% transaction fee.
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [[BIPS]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
* [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Merchant solution for Bitcoin specialized in Middle Europe (Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech republic)
* [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting bitcoins, getting euro's. No fee. The Netherlands.
* [[BitPay]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [[BitMerch]] Bitcoin payment processor with 0.5% transaction fee.
* [http://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Payments Gateway for Latin America
* [https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, pages, iframes, shopping cart integration, subscription/recurring billing, micro-transactions, and cash out to your local currency for 1%.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [http://paysius.com Paysius] Allows merchants to easily and securely accept Bitcoin payments on their website
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [[GoCoin]] International Payment Processing for Bitcoin
* [http://www.fraudlabspro.com/ FraudLabs Pro] Fraud screening service for online merchants. Support transactions using Bitcoin as payment method.

==See Also==
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|Shopping Cart Interfaces]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[Bitcoin Evolution]] handles sales tracking and order forms; requires Bitcoin client for actual payment
* [[Bitcoin API Services]] an easy solution for securely accepting Bitcoins and updating BTC prices
* [[Converter|Bitcoin Javascript Converter]] displays a price in BTCs after converting from USDs.
* [[How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses]]
* [[:Category:Marketing|Marketing]]
* [[URI Scheme]]
* [[Promotional graphics]], buttons and logos
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
[[Category:ECommerce]]

Merchant Howto

2014-10-15T10:07:27Z

Easybitz: /* Services */

{{merge|How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses}}

Accepting Bitcoins is easy, and there are several ways to do it.

==Manually==
# Download a bitcoin client
# When a customer wants to buy something, send them a Bitcoin address where their payment should be sent.
#* You can do this by clicking "New.." next to your address in the Bitcoin client and sending that address to the customer.
# When payment comes in to that address, send the goods to your customer. Depending on the value of what you're selling, you may wish to wait until the payment shows Confirmed.
# To issue a refund, obtain from the customer the [[Address|bitcoin address]] where the refund payment should be sent. The refund address will likely be different from the address used when the customer sent payment, especially if an [[EWallet]] was used by the customer.

==Automated==
===Pre-generating Bitcoin addresses===
You can accept Bitcoins on your website without needing to use Bitcoin APIs or third party services if you pre-generate a large number of receiving Bitcoin addresses and store them in a database on your web server, and dispense them one-by-one to customers when they are ready to pay. This way, your web server never actually handles the bitcoins - it simply gives out addresses belonging to a wallet you maintain elsewhere. By using a unique address per order, you will always know which payment belongs to which order. [https://www.casascius.com Example of website using this method]

To pre-generate addresses, use a tool such as [[Pywallet]] (which can generate a wallet.dat file) or [[Bitcoin Address Utility]] (which can generate a CSV file). In both cases, you will be generating a list of [[Address|Bitcoin address]]es along with their corresponding [[private key]]s. Only the Bitcoin addresses (not the private keys) should be loaded on the web server.

If you are shipping goods manually, you can use the Bitcoin software to check for incoming payments, or alternately consider using [[Block Explorer]] or [[Abe]] to verify payment when you're about to ship. To make this easy, make your website provide you a full hyperlink that includes the proper receiving address: ht<nowiki>tp://www</nowiki>.blockexplorer.com/address/ADDRESSGOESHERE.

If you are delivering digital goods or services and want to be able to deliver instantly upon payment and/or confirmation, you can use a third-party service such as [[Bitcoin Notify]] to tell your website when a payment has been received. This sort of service requires no significant API implementation - they will simply make a POST to your website or send you an e-mail when a payment has been received on one of your addresses.

If you keep Bitcoins off your web server, this ensures your wallet cannot be stolen if your web server experiences a security intrusion. Your risk becomes limited to the possibility that a successful intruder could add his own addresses to your address pool and steal funds from a few incoming orders until you detect the problem, however, this is a relatively controllable risk.

===Using offchain payment networks===

[[Off-Chain_Transactions|Off chain]] networks provides various benefits to Bitcoin, such as instant confirmations and protection against double spending.

===Using a third-party plugin===
You can use an existing [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|shopping cart interface]] from a 3rd party to automatically handle all Bitcoin payments on your website. If you want to develop the system yourself, you can utilize the Bitcoin client's [[API tutorial (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC API]] to automatically accept payments.

Things to note if you build it yourself:
# When a customer orders something on your website it records:
#* Bitcoin address that payment should be sent to
#* Order details (delivery address etc.)
#* Customer's refund address (optional - if you wish you can ask for this later, only in cases a refund is required)
#* Payment amount
# When payment arrives, checks that they have paid the correct amount or not, and informs you
#* You dispatch the goods to the customer and mark the order as fulfilled
#* If you cannot dispatch the goods you mark the order as denied and ask the customer for a refund address (unless you already have it from earlier) to send a refund.
# Forwards the funds to bitcoin address of your choice

===If You have a retail business and do not have internet or smart phone===
You can still accept Bitcoin. [https://easybitz.com/merchant] EasyBitz.com has a very simple way to accept bitcoin with just a print out and a phone that gets sms text messages.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment. However it is possible to create automated invoices by using known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup.

==Common Errors==
It has been observed on occasion that a business funnels all its orders through the same Bitcoin address, and asks people to send some BTC, then send email describing the timing and the amount of the transaction to 'claim' it. This is '''not''' secure, since anyone can see the transaction details using a tool such as [[Block Explorer]], and then try to claim someone else's transaction as theirs.

Do not do this. Give each customer a unique Bitcoin address.

==Listing your business on the Bitcoin Trade page==

Anyone can add and update a listing on the [[Trade|trade]] page. Just register if you haven't and add to the appropriate category. If you'ld like assistance, perhaps someone in the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-marketing #bitcoin-marketing] IRC channel would be willing to assist. If you have a brick and mortar business that accepts bitcoin you can add it to the bitcoin directories. [https://easybitz.com] [http://coinmap.org]

==Services==
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail worldwide. ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Global Map
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [https://cryptopay.me/ Cryptopay] Bitcoin merchant payment processing. UK-based, serving UK and EU clients.
* [http://www.dcpos.com DC POS] A Bitcoin browser-based Point-of-Sale app. It is hardware, OS, wallet, and browser agnostic. 0.5% transaction fee.
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [[BIPS]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
* [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Merchant solution for Bitcoin specialized in Middle Europe (Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech republic)
* [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting bitcoins, getting euro's. No fee. The Netherlands.
* [[BitPay]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [[BitMerch]] Bitcoin payment processor with 0.5% transaction fee.
* [http://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Payments Gateway for Latin America
* [https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, pages, iframes, shopping cart integration, subscription/recurring billing, micro-transactions, and cash out to your local currency for 1%.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [http://paysius.com Paysius] Allows merchants to easily and securely accept Bitcoin payments on their website
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [[GoCoin]] International Payment Processing for Bitcoin
* [http://www.fraudlabspro.com/ FraudLabs Pro] Fraud screening service for online merchants. Support transactions using Bitcoin as payment method.

==See Also==
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|Shopping Cart Interfaces]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[Bitcoin Evolution]] handles sales tracking and order forms; requires Bitcoin client for actual payment
* [[Bitcoin API Services]] an easy solution for securely accepting Bitcoins and updating BTC prices
* [[Converter|Bitcoin Javascript Converter]] displays a price in BTCs after converting from USDs.
* [[How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses]]
* [[:Category:Marketing|Marketing]]
* [[URI Scheme]]
* [[Promotional graphics]], buttons and logos
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
[[Category:ECommerce]]

Merchant Howto

2014-10-15T09:49:40Z

Easybitz: /* If You have a retail business and do not have internet */

{{merge|How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses}}

Accepting Bitcoins is easy, and there are several ways to do it.

==Manually==
# Download a bitcoin client
# When a customer wants to buy something, send them a Bitcoin address where their payment should be sent.
#* You can do this by clicking "New.." next to your address in the Bitcoin client and sending that address to the customer.
# When payment comes in to that address, send the goods to your customer. Depending on the value of what you're selling, you may wish to wait until the payment shows Confirmed.
# To issue a refund, obtain from the customer the [[Address|bitcoin address]] where the refund payment should be sent. The refund address will likely be different from the address used when the customer sent payment, especially if an [[EWallet]] was used by the customer.

==Automated==
===Pre-generating Bitcoin addresses===
You can accept Bitcoins on your website without needing to use Bitcoin APIs or third party services if you pre-generate a large number of receiving Bitcoin addresses and store them in a database on your web server, and dispense them one-by-one to customers when they are ready to pay. This way, your web server never actually handles the bitcoins - it simply gives out addresses belonging to a wallet you maintain elsewhere. By using a unique address per order, you will always know which payment belongs to which order. [https://www.casascius.com Example of website using this method]

To pre-generate addresses, use a tool such as [[Pywallet]] (which can generate a wallet.dat file) or [[Bitcoin Address Utility]] (which can generate a CSV file). In both cases, you will be generating a list of [[Address|Bitcoin address]]es along with their corresponding [[private key]]s. Only the Bitcoin addresses (not the private keys) should be loaded on the web server.

If you are shipping goods manually, you can use the Bitcoin software to check for incoming payments, or alternately consider using [[Block Explorer]] or [[Abe]] to verify payment when you're about to ship. To make this easy, make your website provide you a full hyperlink that includes the proper receiving address: ht<nowiki>tp://www</nowiki>.blockexplorer.com/address/ADDRESSGOESHERE.

If you are delivering digital goods or services and want to be able to deliver instantly upon payment and/or confirmation, you can use a third-party service such as [[Bitcoin Notify]] to tell your website when a payment has been received. This sort of service requires no significant API implementation - they will simply make a POST to your website or send you an e-mail when a payment has been received on one of your addresses.

If you keep Bitcoins off your web server, this ensures your wallet cannot be stolen if your web server experiences a security intrusion. Your risk becomes limited to the possibility that a successful intruder could add his own addresses to your address pool and steal funds from a few incoming orders until you detect the problem, however, this is a relatively controllable risk.

===Using offchain payment networks===

[[Off-Chain_Transactions|Off chain]] networks provides various benefits to Bitcoin, such as instant confirmations and protection against double spending.

===Using a third-party plugin===
You can use an existing [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|shopping cart interface]] from a 3rd party to automatically handle all Bitcoin payments on your website. If you want to develop the system yourself, you can utilize the Bitcoin client's [[API tutorial (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC API]] to automatically accept payments.

Things to note if you build it yourself:
# When a customer orders something on your website it records:
#* Bitcoin address that payment should be sent to
#* Order details (delivery address etc.)
#* Customer's refund address (optional - if you wish you can ask for this later, only in cases a refund is required)
#* Payment amount
# When payment arrives, checks that they have paid the correct amount or not, and informs you
#* You dispatch the goods to the customer and mark the order as fulfilled
#* If you cannot dispatch the goods you mark the order as denied and ask the customer for a refund address (unless you already have it from earlier) to send a refund.
# Forwards the funds to bitcoin address of your choice

===If You have a retail business and do not have internet or smart phone===
You can still accept Bitcoin. [https://easybitz.com/merchant] EasyBitz.com has a very simple way to accept bitcoin with just a print out and a phone that gets sms text messages.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment. However it is possible to create automated invoices by using known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup.

==Common Errors==
It has been observed on occasion that a business funnels all its orders through the same Bitcoin address, and asks people to send some BTC, then send email describing the timing and the amount of the transaction to 'claim' it. This is '''not''' secure, since anyone can see the transaction details using a tool such as [[Block Explorer]], and then try to claim someone else's transaction as theirs.

Do not do this. Give each customer a unique Bitcoin address.

==Listing your business on the Bitcoin Trade page==

Anyone can add and update a listing on the [[Trade|trade]] page. Just register if you haven't and add to the appropriate category. If you'ld like assistance, perhaps someone in the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-marketing #bitcoin-marketing] IRC channel would be willing to assist. If you have a brick and mortar business that accepts bitcoin you can add it to the bitcoin directories. [https://easybitz.com] [http://coinmap.org]

==Services==
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail.ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Map
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [https://cryptopay.me/ Cryptopay] Bitcoin merchant payment processing. UK-based, serving UK and EU clients.
* [http://www.dcpos.com DC POS] A Bitcoin browser-based Point-of-Sale app. It is hardware, OS, wallet, and browser agnostic. 0.5% transaction fee.
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [[BIPS]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
* [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Merchant solution for Bitcoin specialized in Middle Europe (Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech republic)
* [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting bitcoins, getting euro's. No fee. The Netherlands.
* [[BitPay]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [[BitMerch]] Bitcoin payment processor with 0.5% transaction fee.
* [http://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Payments Gateway for Latin America
* [https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, pages, iframes, shopping cart integration, subscription/recurring billing, micro-transactions, and cash out to your local currency for 1%.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [http://paysius.com Paysius] Allows merchants to easily and securely accept Bitcoin payments on their website
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [[GoCoin]] International Payment Processing for Bitcoin
* [http://www.fraudlabspro.com/ FraudLabs Pro] Fraud screening service for online merchants. Support transactions using Bitcoin as payment method.

==See Also==
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|Shopping Cart Interfaces]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[Bitcoin Evolution]] handles sales tracking and order forms; requires Bitcoin client for actual payment
* [[Bitcoin API Services]] an easy solution for securely accepting Bitcoins and updating BTC prices
* [[Converter|Bitcoin Javascript Converter]] displays a price in BTCs after converting from USDs.
* [[How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses]]
* [[:Category:Marketing|Marketing]]
* [[URI Scheme]]
* [[Promotional graphics]], buttons and logos
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
[[Category:ECommerce]]

Merchant Howto

2014-10-15T09:47:24Z

Easybitz: added a new processor, map directory and demo

{{merge|How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses}}

Accepting Bitcoins is easy, and there are several ways to do it.

==Manually==
# Download a bitcoin client
# When a customer wants to buy something, send them a Bitcoin address where their payment should be sent.
#* You can do this by clicking "New.." next to your address in the Bitcoin client and sending that address to the customer.
# When payment comes in to that address, send the goods to your customer. Depending on the value of what you're selling, you may wish to wait until the payment shows Confirmed.
# To issue a refund, obtain from the customer the [[Address|bitcoin address]] where the refund payment should be sent. The refund address will likely be different from the address used when the customer sent payment, especially if an [[EWallet]] was used by the customer.

==Automated==
===Pre-generating Bitcoin addresses===
You can accept Bitcoins on your website without needing to use Bitcoin APIs or third party services if you pre-generate a large number of receiving Bitcoin addresses and store them in a database on your web server, and dispense them one-by-one to customers when they are ready to pay. This way, your web server never actually handles the bitcoins - it simply gives out addresses belonging to a wallet you maintain elsewhere. By using a unique address per order, you will always know which payment belongs to which order. [https://www.casascius.com Example of website using this method]

To pre-generate addresses, use a tool such as [[Pywallet]] (which can generate a wallet.dat file) or [[Bitcoin Address Utility]] (which can generate a CSV file). In both cases, you will be generating a list of [[Address|Bitcoin address]]es along with their corresponding [[private key]]s. Only the Bitcoin addresses (not the private keys) should be loaded on the web server.

If you are shipping goods manually, you can use the Bitcoin software to check for incoming payments, or alternately consider using [[Block Explorer]] or [[Abe]] to verify payment when you're about to ship. To make this easy, make your website provide you a full hyperlink that includes the proper receiving address: ht<nowiki>tp://www</nowiki>.blockexplorer.com/address/ADDRESSGOESHERE.

If you are delivering digital goods or services and want to be able to deliver instantly upon payment and/or confirmation, you can use a third-party service such as [[Bitcoin Notify]] to tell your website when a payment has been received. This sort of service requires no significant API implementation - they will simply make a POST to your website or send you an e-mail when a payment has been received on one of your addresses.

If you keep Bitcoins off your web server, this ensures your wallet cannot be stolen if your web server experiences a security intrusion. Your risk becomes limited to the possibility that a successful intruder could add his own addresses to your address pool and steal funds from a few incoming orders until you detect the problem, however, this is a relatively controllable risk.

===Using offchain payment networks===

[[Off-Chain_Transactions|Off chain]] networks provides various benefits to Bitcoin, such as instant confirmations and protection against double spending.

===Using a third-party plugin===
You can use an existing [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|shopping cart interface]] from a 3rd party to automatically handle all Bitcoin payments on your website. If you want to develop the system yourself, you can utilize the Bitcoin client's [[API tutorial (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC API]] to automatically accept payments.

Things to note if you build it yourself:
# When a customer orders something on your website it records:
#* Bitcoin address that payment should be sent to
#* Order details (delivery address etc.)
#* Customer's refund address (optional - if you wish you can ask for this later, only in cases a refund is required)
#* Payment amount
# When payment arrives, checks that they have paid the correct amount or not, and informs you
#* You dispatch the goods to the customer and mark the order as fulfilled
#* If you cannot dispatch the goods you mark the order as denied and ask the customer for a refund address (unless you already have it from earlier) to send a refund.
# Forwards the funds to bitcoin address of your choice

===If You have a retail business and do not have internet===
You can still accept Bitcoin. [https://easybitz.com/merchant] EasyBitz.com has a very simple way to accept bitcoin with just a print out and a phone that gets sms text messages.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment. However it is possible to create automated invoices by using known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup.

==Common Errors==
It has been observed on occasion that a business funnels all its orders through the same Bitcoin address, and asks people to send some BTC, then send email describing the timing and the amount of the transaction to 'claim' it. This is '''not''' secure, since anyone can see the transaction details using a tool such as [[Block Explorer]], and then try to claim someone else's transaction as theirs.

Do not do this. Give each customer a unique Bitcoin address.

==Listing your business on the Bitcoin Trade page==

Anyone can add and update a listing on the [[Trade|trade]] page. Just register if you haven't and add to the appropriate category. If you'ld like assistance, perhaps someone in the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-marketing #bitcoin-marketing] IRC channel would be willing to assist. If you have a brick and mortar business that accepts bitcoin you can add it to the bitcoin directories. [https://easybitz.com] [http://coinmap.org]

==Services==
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail.ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Map
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [https://cryptopay.me/ Cryptopay] Bitcoin merchant payment processing. UK-based, serving UK and EU clients.
* [http://www.dcpos.com DC POS] A Bitcoin browser-based Point-of-Sale app. It is hardware, OS, wallet, and browser agnostic. 0.5% transaction fee.
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [[BIPS]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
* [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Merchant solution for Bitcoin specialized in Middle Europe (Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech republic)
* [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting bitcoins, getting euro's. No fee. The Netherlands.
* [[BitPay]] Merchant solutions for Bitcoin
*[[BTCMerch]] - Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [[BitMerch]] Bitcoin payment processor with 0.5% transaction fee.
* [http://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Payments Gateway for Latin America
* [https://coinbase.com/merchants Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, pages, iframes, shopping cart integration, subscription/recurring billing, micro-transactions, and cash out to your local currency for 1%.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [http://paysius.com Paysius] Allows merchants to easily and securely accept Bitcoin payments on their website
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [[GoCoin]] International Payment Processing for Bitcoin
* [http://www.fraudlabspro.com/ FraudLabs Pro] Fraud screening service for online merchants. Support transactions using Bitcoin as payment method.

==See Also==
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[:Category:Shopping Cart Interfaces|Shopping Cart Interfaces]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[Bitcoin Evolution]] handles sales tracking and order forms; requires Bitcoin client for actual payment
* [[Bitcoin API Services]] an easy solution for securely accepting Bitcoins and updating BTC prices
* [[Converter|Bitcoin Javascript Converter]] displays a price in BTCs after converting from USDs.
* [[How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses]]
* [[:Category:Marketing|Marketing]]
* [[URI Scheme]]
* [[Promotional graphics]], buttons and logos
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
[[Category:ECommerce]]

How to accept Bitcoin, for small businesses

2014-10-15T09:30:15Z

Easybitz: Added a new merchant payment processor for retail

{{merge|Merchant Howto}}

This guide is intended for small business owners who wish to help promote Bitcoin by accepting it as payment for goods and services. It's written with the assumption that you operate a regular business that sells goods or services for regular national currency such as dollars, and that you wish to accept Bitcoin as another legal way to pay, and that you intend to pay taxes on your Bitcoin income just like any other income.

With Bitcoin being touted as a way to conduct anonymous transactions and as way to compete with government currency, many small business owners wonder what's the right way to accept and account Bitcoin, or if it's legal or ethical, or whether and how they should pay taxes on income received through Bitcoin.

As far as we know, Bitcoin isn't yet formally recognized by governments and authorities as a "currency". But in practice, Bitcoin is likely no different than accepting payment in other forms, such as cash, or gold, or scrip, or gift cards or foreign currency. We think that it is pretty much the same as the local businesses of Great Barrington, Massachusetts choosing to accept their locally-printed [http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/19/us-usa-economy-berkshares-idUSN0530157720070619 "Berkshire Bucks"] to support their local economy.

====Starting to accept Bitcoin for transactions====
Accepting Bitcoin at a small business is best started in whichever manner keeps the accounting simple for you. This will vary by the type of business you are operating.

===Start with a sign===
[[{{ns:file}}:WeAcceptBitcoin.png‎]]

If you expect that the number of people interested in using Bitcoin is small, you might simply start by posting a sign or a note: "We Accept Bitcoin", and ask people to contact you directly in order to make a payment. Even if hardly anybody uses Bitcoin as a payment method, you're helping Bitcoin in two ways: one, by increasing awareness, and two, by making your customers more willing to accept Bitcoin as payment from others in the future, because now they know somewhere they can spend it.

===Utilize a merchant solution===
If you sell things on your website (goods or services), you'll want to use a [[#Merchant Services|Bitcoin merchant solution]] to accept the Bitcoins (you can usually opt to have them converted to USD or other currencies automatically with some services).

If you sell things in a brick and mortar shop, customers can pay using hardware terminals, touch screen apps or simple wallet addresses through QR Codes.

[[File:Easybitz bitcoin pointofsale.png|400 px|alt=Accept Bitcoin without internet|EasyBitz ZeroClick System|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]]

[[File:Bitcoin-pos-terminal.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|Coinkite terminal]] [[File:Mobile_Web_App_Bitcoin_Register.jpeg|100 px|alt=Bitcoin POS Terminal|CoinBox terminal]]

[[File:Mobile_Checkout_Phone.png|200 px|alt=Bitcoin Mobile Checkout|BIPS Mobile Checkout|link=https://bips.me/point-of-sale]]

===Smart Phone or Tablet===
You can use a wallet address with any wallet. For that it's best if you can place a QR code near your cash register to which the customers can scan with their phone and pay (use http://ma.eatgold.com/accept to make a QR code sign). For a more convenient solution you can use a dedicated app or webapp that generates a QR code on the fly including the amount.

==== Examples ====
Solutions for smart phones and tablets:
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com/merchant]] [https://easybitz.com/merchant EasyBitz] Simplest Merchant POS + Live Transaction Map
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [https://bips.me/point-of-sale BIPS] Bitcoin Point Of Sale
* [https://bitcoin.co.th/merchants/ bitcoin.co.th] mobile Bitcoin Point of Sale for Thailand
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], Mobile payment terminal with EUR, USD, PLN and CZK settlements.
* [https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-for-retail BitPay] Mobile Checkout
* [https://bitpos.me/demo.html BitPOS] Merchant POS solution for Australia
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.blockchain.merchant Blockchain] Merchant for Android
* [http://www.btcxpos.com/ BTCX] POS for Sweden
* [[File:Coin_Of_Sale_logo.png|20px|link=https://coinofsale.com]] [https://coinofsale.com Coin Of Sale] - device-independent Bitcoin POS payment system
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/point_of_sale Coinbase] Point Of Sale for Android
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]][http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin point of sale for Android
* [http://www.coinpip.com CoinPip] - Bitcoin Payment Solution for Android
* [https://cryptopay.me/products/ Cryptopay] HTML5-based bitcoin POS
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, with exchange integration

===Point-of-Sale hardware terminal===
With custom hardware you can integrate with existing registers and point-of-sales solutions (examples: [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz]] [https://coinkite.com/promo/wikibiz Coinkite], [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal], [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat]).

===Accounting===
When a customer makes a payment, you might simply issue a credit to their account. Ideally, you want to enter it in a way that suggests you received a payment. You could consider entering it as a "discount", but you may want to consider whether this inappropriately disguises the nature of the transaction. If on the other hand, you're giving "discounts" for Bitcoins, but then you are selling the Bitcoins for currency and then counting that as income, then chances are good that your calculation of income is making up for it. Ask your accountant.

===Businesses that offer gift cards===
If your business sells gift cards or gift certificates, you may find that the easiest way to accept Bitcoin is to accept it only for the purchase of gift cards, and then require the gift cards to be used for actual purchases of goods or services. This way, the accounting practices you already have in place for processing gift cards can be put to use. The accounting for Bitcoins would then be minimized to tracking sales of a single SKU.

This method is also ideal for retail food establishments and convenience stores, where the payment of Bitcoins through a mobile phone for a small daily food purchase might be cumbersome or disruptive, especially in front of a line of other customers. Bitcoins in this case would be best used to reload prepaid cards that can then be swiped at point-of-sale.

If you don't accept gift cards, but you already accept credit cards through a swipe terminal, consider the possibility that you could add a retail gift card system through the swipe terminal you already own. Many point-of-sale terminals, including ones from VeriFone®, are designed around the ability to support multiple applications on the same terminal. Gift cards are also highly profitable because of "breakage", or in other words, the fact that a significant percentage of them never get redeemed.

You could consider adding a private label gift card program from a provider who specializes in this, not just as a jumpstart to accepting Bitcoins, but as an extra boost to income. A private label gift card service provider necessarily have to handle your funds - they can simply provide a solution that keeps track of the balance on the cards on your behalf, including features that allow users to check their balances by phone or by web. Such a solution, of course, is also what makes the cards swipeable through the card reader.

===Businesses that mail invoices===
Does your business send out invoices to customers? Adding one line may make a huge impact for the Bitcoin economy. Perhaps you list it as a payment option just after Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, even if that means your customer must call or e-mail to make a payment.

If you have access to the programming expertise such that you can generate Bitcoin addresses programmatically, consider generating a brand new Bitcoin address for each invoice, and print it on the invoice. When a Bitcoin payment arrives, you'll automatically know where it should arrive.

Customers might wonder how much BTC they should pay in order to satisfy an invoice in full. Your invoice might suggest an amount. For example, if your invoice is for $100 and BTC's are currently worth $1.24 each, your invoice might suggest that it can be paid in full ''"with a payment of 80.65 BTC if paid by (date)"''.

You might be able to anticipate the possibility that even though a Bitcoin address can be printed on an invoice or payment stub, that they are very cumbersome for most people to type, especially being a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters. However, you should probably still do it anyway. The customer is probably going to want some paper trail for his payment. Giving him a pre-printed payment stub with a pre-printed address will satisfy that, because the customer can independently and publicly prove through [[Block Explorer]] that the payment took place.

Does your business have a website? On your invoice, consider allowing them to go to a special URL to get the address to make a Bitcoin payment just by typing in their invoice number. For example, ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc'' with a form they can enter their invoice number, or just ''ht<nowiki>tps://ww</nowiki>w.yoursite.com/paybtc/60365'' for paying invoice #60365. This way, they can see the Bitcoin address, copy and paste it directly into their Bitcoin client.

Use a brand new address for each invoice whenever possible, and use it only once. This benefits the customer as it removes any ambiguity as to which customer is making which payment and for which invoice.

Known payment systems supporting invoicing, and recurring invoice setup, [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me/checkout/invoice/cb/bb]] [https://bips.me/checkout/invoice/cb/bb BIPS]

Online wallet supporting invoicing, subscriptions and recurrent payments, [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/info/sending-paying-invoices xCoinMoney]

===Avoiding fraud===

You should also consider the possible risk that fraudsters could send counterfeit invoices to your customers, and entice them to make a payment to a Bitcoin address they control, instead of you. While that isn't likely in general - it depends on how well a fraudster could find out who your customers are in the first place - it would certainly be an unpleasant situation if it ever happened. One way you could control that is, whenever possible, never let people try to type Bitcoin addresses off payment stubs - instead, force people to get the full Bitcoin address from your website via secure SSL. But, still print ''most'' of the address on the payment stub (perhaps with four or five characters starred out), so that the customer's need for a paper trail can be satisfied, so they can prove they paid if there is ever a dispute. Merchants can also use the IP address geolocation to understand the close proximity of users. There is automated solution such as [https://www.fraudlabspro.com FraudLabs Pro] that automates the screening of Bitcoin transactions to determine risk level.

==Setting Prices==

When a business accepts bitcoins for payment, there generally is the need to convert them to the currencies used for paying suppliers, employees and shareholders. Some merchants set prices based on the current market rate at the time the price quote is presented to the customer (merchant services like [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [https://bips.me BIPS], [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [http://paysius.com Paysius] do this automatically).

[[Bitcoin Prices]] lists the exchange rate for many currencies on multiple exchanges.

When prices are determined using an automated process, the current market rate can be based on either a current price or on a weighted average basis. [[Bitcoin Charts]] provides a [http://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api data feed that provides weighted prices]. [[Bitcoin Average]] also offers a weighted average price index, featuring average price across all exchanges reachable in the world and in over 150 currencies. 24h sliding average price index is also available and all data is [https://bitcoinaverage.com/api.htm reachable through the API].

When bitcoin funds for purchases are received, some merchants instantly exchange those proceeds into the preferred currency used (again done automatically by [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin], [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [https://bips.me BIPS], [http://www.bit-pay.com Bit-pay], [https://coinbase.com Coinbase] or [[File:Favicon-32x32_.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay]. Hedging for each transaction can nearly entirely eliminate exchange rate risk that the business is exposed to when accepting bitcoins for payment.

==Contract==

A sales contract might be used to ensure that specific terms are met to lessen the chances of a misunderstanding. For instance, the party sending payment is responsible for paying any [[transaction fee]] that might be necessary. A contract might specify that a transaction fee must be paid and what amount, so as to prevent the situation where the transaction is considered a low priority transaction and thus isn't confirmed quickly.

Other items that might be addressed in a contract:

* Requirement and handling of escrow through an [[:Category:Escrow_services|escrow service]].
* Jurisdiction for disputes.
* Refund policy (particularly with the exchange rate being volatile)

==Paying taxes on Bitcoin income==
[[Tax compliance]] is a topic of concern for small businesses. We aren't accountants or lawyers, and can't give legal or accounting advice.

But in many respects, Bitcoin transactions work very much like cash. Just like Bitcoin, cash is anonymous and doesn't leave a paper trail, yet is widely used in commerce every day.

Ask yourself how you would handle a cash transaction. Do you accept cash transactions? Do you normally pay taxes on cash transactions? The answer for Bitcoin should probably be the same.

As for how to decide what a Bitcoin transaction is worth... the IRS, as far as we know, has never issued a guide mentioning how to value Bitcoin transactions. But they probably have rules and guidelines on how to value transactions made in foreign currency or "cash equivalents". We imagine the accounting would be similar.

With Bitcoins, there's likely to be some difference between the value of BTC when you received them as payment, versus when you go to exchange them for another currency like USD, should you decide to do so. This scenario, likewise, would be no different if you accepted foreign currency or gold as payment. Under some scenarios, it might make sense to book the dollar value of BTC income as it is received, and then to book any difference incurred when it is exchanged for fiat currency. Under others, it might make sense to book the whole thing at the time of exchange.

Perhaps you might talk to your accountant. You don't need to get into a discussion with your accountant about block chains and private keys or the philosophy behind a decentralized currency. By comparing the fundamentals of Bitcoins to accounting concepts already well understood by the public, you can probably get all the answers you need. What would you ask your accountant if you decided that you wanted to accept ''Berkshire Bucks'' or 1-ounce gold coins as payment?

== Merchant Services ==
* [[File:Easybitz.png|20px|link=https://easybitz.com]] [https://easybitz.com EasyBitz] Bitcoin for Retail.ZeroClick requires only SMS. POS works on SmartPhones and Tablets. Live Transaction Map
* [[File:Bitfavicon.png|20px|link=http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com]] [http://www.bitcoinpaygate.com Bitcoinpaygate] Bitcoin payment processing for the web & in store payments
* [https://pocketpos.ca/ PocketPOS] Bitcoin Point of Sale for Canadians, including merchant integration for CAD / BTC exchange.
* [https://cryptopay.me Cryptopay] European payment gateway with daily payouts in GBP, EUR and USD. Exchange and wallet integrated.
* [[File:Polycoin_favicon.png|20px|link=http://www.polycoin.io]] [http://www.polycoin.io Polycoin] Bitcoin payment processing platform with solutions for the financial sector
* [http://www.btc4erp.com Bitcoin Transaction Coordinator] Full Merchant Solution for organizations using the NetSuite Global ERP and eCommerce Platform
* [http://www.bitstraat.nl BitStraat] Merchant POS solution for accepting Bitcoin
* [http://blockchain.info/api/api_receive Blockchain.info] Free APIs to process bitcoin payments. No sign up or account needed.
* [[File:MCS_200by200_logo-01.png|20px|link=http://www.mycoinsolution.com]][http://www.mycoinsolution.com My Coin Solution] - Bitcoin consulting services and solutions
* [[File:BitcoinRegister.gif|20px|link=http://coinbox.it/merchant]] [http://coinbox.it/merchant CoinBox] Bitcoin Point of Sales application for Android, with integration into various exchanges. Similar to Square.
* [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [https://bips.me BIPS] Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in the technical aspects of accepting cryptocurrencies - such as bitcoin. Supports Bitcoin Web Payments, Mobile Checkout, In-store Bitcoin Payments and Bitcoin Invoicing with recurring billing in bitcoin.
* [https://www.BitKassa.nl BitKassa] Merchant solution for accepting bitcoins, getting euro's. The Netherlands.
* [https://coinvoy.net Coinvoy] Free Payment Gateway with built-in exchange
* [https://www.bitpay.com BitPay] Bitcoin payment processor with mobile checkout solution
* [https://bitpos.me BitPOS] Bitcoin payment processor for online and brick and mortar stores
* [https://www.xcoinmoney.com/ xCoinMoney] Online wallet for instant payment and subscriptions.
* [https://www.bitpagos.net BitPagos] Bitcoin and Credit Card payment processor
* [https://www.btcmerch.com BTCMerch] Payment processor for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. 0.5% transaction fee. Sandbox is available.
* [https://bitmerch.com BitMerch] Provides HTML buttons to start accepting bitcoins instantly. No server side setup required.
* [https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payment_buttons Coinbase] Offers payment buttons, checkout pages, shopping cart integration, and daily cash out to USD.
* [[File:Coinkite.gif|20px|link=https://coinkite.com]] [https://coinkite.com/faq/terminal Coinkite] Full-reserve banking, payment buttons, invoice pages, hardware POS terminals, and Debit-Cards.
* [https://xbterminal.com/ XBTerminal] Brick-and-mortar hardware POS terminals with payment processing integrations.
* [https://www.okpay.com/en/services/accept-payments/index.html OKPAY] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants
* [http://fasterco.in Fasterco.in] Bitcoin payment processing for merchants and day-traders
* [http://snowcron.com Snowcron] Bitcoin Store Engine: Handles payments, sends your customers information they ordered (reg. codes, passwords...) No web programming required.
* [[File:gocoin-logo.png|20px|link=https://www.gocoin.com]] [https://www.gocoin.com/docs GoCoin International payment gateway and processing platform for Merchants]
* [https://coinvoice.com/ Coinvoice] Invoice in USD or BTC, Get paid in USD or BTC.
* [https://coinpip.com/ CoinPip] SMS and Physical Bitcoin Card Wallets, Process Bitcoin Payments and gives you the option to convert into your local currency automatically.
* [https://apicoin.io Apicoin.io] A robust, secure api to connect to the bitcoin network.
* [[File:favicon_bp.png|20px|link=https://bitcoinpay.com/static/img/]] [https://bitcoinpay.com BitcoinPay] Payment gateway for virtual currencies with direct settlement to PLN, CZK, EUR and USD. POS + API.

==See Also==

* [[Merchant Howto]]
* [[In-store Transactions]]
* [[Tax compliance]]
* [[Securing online services]]
* [[BitCoins Mobile]] provides accurate up to date pricing from multiple exchanges from your Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.
* [[Bitcoin PayFlow]] automates the process for accepting bitcoins
* [[Lazy API]] The lazy (and possibly easiest?) way to accept bitcoin payments on your website

[[Category:ECommerce]]
[[Category:Local]]

[[de:Bitcoin_als_Geschäft_akzeptieren]]

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2014-10-15T09:28:43Z

Easybitz: Simplest Merchant Payment Processor for Accepting Bitcoins for Retail merchants. http://easybitz.com/merchant No Fees, No Chargebacks, Instant Cash conversion and New Customers

Simplest Merchant Payment Processor for Accepting Bitcoins for Retail merchants.
http://easybitz.com/merchant
No Fees, No Chargebacks, Instant Cash conversion and New Customers

File:Easybitz pos.png

2014-10-15T09:21:00Z

Easybitz: Simplest Merchant Payment Processor for Accepting Bitcoins for Retail merchants. http://easybitz.com/merchant No Fees, No Chargebacks, Instant Cash conversion and New Customers

Simplest Merchant Payment Processor for Accepting Bitcoins for Retail merchants.
http://easybitz.com/merchant
No Fees, No Chargebacks, Instant Cash conversion and New Customers

File:Easybitz-zeroclick.png

2014-10-15T09:14:17Z

Easybitz: EasyBitz is a Platform for Retail Bicoin. A full merchant Point of Sale and a live global transaction map. A community of merchants and Bitcoin users united to bring Bitcoin to the people.

EasyBitz is a Platform for Retail Bicoin.

A full merchant Point of Sale and a live global transaction map. A community of merchants and Bitcoin users united to bring Bitcoin to the people.

File:Easybitz.png

2014-10-15T09:01:15Z

Easybitz: EasyBitz is a Platform for Retail Bicoin. A full merchant Point of Sale and a live global transaction map. A community of merchants and Bitcoin users united to bring Bitcoin to the people.

EasyBitz is a Platform for Retail Bicoin.

A full merchant Point of Sale and a live global transaction map. A community of merchants and Bitcoin users united to bring Bitcoin to the people.