BitPay Blog (Page 31)

You Can Now ShapeShift Between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in the BitPay and Copay Wallets

Trading cryptocurrencies was hard before instant, account-free exchange ShapeShift [https://shapeshift.io/] made it easy. Now ShapeShift's popular service for exchanging or "shifting" between cryptocurrencies is available in the

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BitPay and Copay Bitcoin Cash Wallets Now Use Bitcoin ABC’s New Cashaddr BCH Address Format

Back in September 2017, we launched support for Bitcoin Cash payments [https://blog.bitpay.com/bitcoin-cash-wallet-beta/] in our BitPay [https://bitpay.com/wallet] and Copay [https://copay.io/] wallets. Back then, Bitcoin Cash

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How Payment Protocol Is Eliminating Costly Bitcoin Payment Errors: Stats and Results

UPDATE, 9/26/18: View our full list of frequently asked questions [https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015839672?flash_digest=8978119d62d80113b2344e0ef3d7300a74e13ff1] about BitPay and Payment Protocol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier this week our

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BitPay, Payment Protocol (BIP-70), and Our Users' Bitcoin Payment Experience

UPDATE, 04/06/2022: BitPay supports Bitcoin Lightning Network payments. [https://bitpay.com/bitpay-supports-lightning-network-payments/] While Lightning Network is not technically part of the payment protocol spec, it acheives the same goal by creating

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BitPay and Copay Wallet Users in Brazil Can Now Buy Mercado Livre Gift Cards In-App

Want to shop for your favorite items or pay everyday expenses with Bitcoin? If you've been using bitcoin for a while, you know that it's not always easy. Most

An Update on BitPay Invoice Payment Minimums

Yesterday we shared an emergency update [https://blog.bitpay.com/minimum-invoice-update/] about Bitcoin network conditions and BitPay invoice amounts. We temporarily raised the minimum BitPay invoice amount to $100 to respond to current

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BitPay Will Process Payments on Multiple Blockchains, Starting with Bitcoin Cash

Update 04/06/2022: Since publishing this article, BitPay now supports 13 cryptocurrencies, plus Bitcoin Lightning Network payments. Accept cryptocurrencies include: * Bitcoin (BTC) + Bitcoin Lightning Network payments * Ethereum (ETH) * Bitcoin Cash (BCH) * Dogecoin

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BitPay Invoices Will Soon Require Payment Protocol for Bitcoin Transactions

UPDATE, 9/26/18: View our full list of frequently asked questions [https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015839672?flash_digest=8978119d62d80113b2344e0ef3d7300a74e13ff1] about BitPay and Payment Protocol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since BitPay started in

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Why We're Retiring the Copay Chrome App and Hardware Wallet Integrations

Google has announced [https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/19/12555052/google-shutting-down-chrome-apps] that it will be ending support for Chrome Apps on non-Chrome OS platforms in 2018. This means that our Copay bitcoin

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You Can Now Search Your Bitcoin Cash Transactions on BitPay's Insight Block Explorer

Last week we launched a beta release [https://blog.bitpay.com/bitcoin-cash-wallet-beta/] of our Copay [https://copay.io/] wallet featuring support for Bitcoin Cash transactions alongside Bitcoin. Naturally, our next step is to

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You Can Now Spend and Store Bitcoin Cash in Your Copay Wallet (Beta)

Want to manage your Bitcoin Cash alongside your Bitcoin? With the new beta release of our open source Copay [https://copay.io] bitcoin wallet, that's no problem. Since the creation of

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How to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe: Private Key Security Tips for BitPay Wallet Users

Would you leave your purse or wallet lying around? Would you toss it into some corner of your house when you get home? Probably not, especially if the wallet had gold coins that