Stripe the release API to support Bitcoin payments

The online payment service provider stripe by Paul Graham is about 5 years old, with a current valuation of nearly $3.6 billion trillion. It spares no effort to embrace paying for technological innovation-for example, to support Apple Pay.

These days stripe updated the Bitcoin Payment integration guide-it's not sudden-I remember this March, the industry has a voice: "Stripe is trying to add the function of bitcoin payment." "In its home project, Christian Anderson, Bitcoin pays for long-term attention and investment. Because (or, after all), online merchants are unlikely to turn to Bitcoin in a twinkling.

But this thing must be tried.

Stripe is creating the most comprehensive payment system-and Bitcoin's innate attributes make it a great job in linking the financial system. Again, Stripe's main competitor, Braintree, announced this September: "Accept bitcoin."

Why not try it?

Next January, stripe will launch a corresponding API that will provide a small piece of code for users (merchants)--the latter can turn on the bitcoin payment function as long as it is plugged into its own web site and mobile apps.

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Said back to stripe, today to next January is the test period, the service is free. After the formal launch, the stripe will charge 0.5%/each payment processing fee. In addition, the merchant receives the bitcoin at the time of exchange-the user gives the bitcoin, the merchant accepts the dollar.

As for the relationship between Bitcoin and the so-called traditional finance, stripe's view is consistent with mine:

"Bitcoin should be integrated into the existing financial system. ”

Some friends always mistakenly assume that our regulators are accustomed to suppressing innovation, such as "blocking the bitcoin". This view is not fair, but also reflects the lack of understanding of our financial system and guidance rules. Although the regulation policy generally lags behind the industry innovation is the rule which passes through the country, but in fact our country has never enacted the official law to prohibit the bitcoin, the main supervising party has always had the cautious but the open attitude to the emerging financial technology and the model and so on Bitcoin, the Peer-to-peer, the third party payment, the

Not long ago in Hainan, former central bank deputy Governor Xiaoling also said:

"The digital currency and the fiat can coexist. ”

For entrepreneurs, companies, and regulators who are here, this is just the start of a new financial system in China.