Bitcoin-payment

How to pay with Bitcoin

Pay with Bitcoin : Paying with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash are safe currencies for the Internet. You can pay without submitting confidential financial information, and you don’t need an account.

See our guide below to learn how to get started with blockchain payments to BitPay merchants.

Get a wallet
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First, you will need a Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash wallet, an app that allows you to receive, hold and spend Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash.

You can use any of these popular Payment Protocol compliant wallets to make secure and successful payments to BitPay merchants.

We recommend the open-source Bitcoin Bitcoin wallet app. It’s a great option for paying BitPay bills because it dynamically calculates enough miner fees. It is also safe and easy to use.

Move Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash to your spending wallet
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If you don’t have Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash in your wallet yet, you’ll need to buy some.

Exchanges are available worldwide, allowing users to convert any currency in and out of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. Every country and region is different, so you’ll want to do a little research before choosing an exchange.

For people in the United States, the BitPay app provides a simple integration with Coinbase that allows users to buy bitcoins directly from the app.

Exchanges and accounts don’t send their bitcoin payments right away, so they’re not good at paying BitPay merchants. To use your Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash, withdraw your Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash from the exchange to a wallet that supports the Payment Protocol before attempting to spend it.

Pay with Bitcoin
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Making a blockchain payment is fast, convenient, and extremely secure.

To make a payment, you do not need to enter confidential card information. Instead, it will simply send the payment from your wallet app.

Remember to submit your payment during the 15 minute pay period. BitPay only guarantees the fixed price of BTC or BCH for this period of time. Do not send payments on overdue invoices.

There are several ways to pay a BitPay bill from your wallet.

Scan the QR code
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If your wallet is on a different mobile device, you can scan this code to open the payment in your wallet. Your wallet will be blocked with the correct Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash receiving address and shipping amount. Then make the payment.

Open in wallet
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If your wallet is on the device you are using to view the bill, you can open the payment in your wallet by tapping here. Confirm that everything is correct and your wallet will make the payment.

Submit payment manually
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Copy the payment URL from the invoice and paste it on the “Submit” screen of your wallet, check your payment details, and submit the payment.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Miner fees

Miners’ fees are the cost your wallet pays for the computing power that confirms transactions on the Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash networks. Miners fees are not BitPay fees and cannot be refunded. These fees can be higher or lower depending on the number of transactions waiting to be confirmed on the Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash networks.

Network cost rate

The network cost fee included in your invoice total covers the cost of the Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash mining fee of the BitPay transaction sweep for your payment. It is not included with refunds. Learn more about the reasons for this cost.

Refunds and Order Troubleshooting

BitPay provides tools and reports for merchants to see successful payments and manage their own refunds in Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash. If you want a refund or need help getting your order for a successful payment, please contact the merchant directly. They can start the refund process or help you get your purchase.

Remember that you will need to provide your BitPay invoice URL or your order ID for the merchant to assist you. Merchant refund policies differ, so please contact the merchant to discuss refund options.