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Cashu Pay Server33d ago
2026 brought new rules in the EU. Lightning payments at shops now usually KYC you, because the shops use third parties. Third-party gateways count as VASPs or CASPs or whatever buzzword they made up. It means they're licensed and forced to do it. Customers hate the hassle and they won't pay with these gateways. Run your own gateway. CashuPayServer on $3 shared hosting. No KYC, sign-ups, contracts. It's still experimental though, test with small amounts. Your sats, your rules.
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Leo Wandersleb33d ago
Explain how Cashu Pay Server would help here better than BTCPayServer for example. Clients pay with LN, not nuts and if you want to avoid being a service provider, you won't share that server with others, so why cashu? What's the benefit?
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Juraj32d ago
1.) if you can run btcpayserver, please do! It's much better. 2.) if you only have a cheap php hosting, you might want to run something simpler 3.) you can provide the service for others, it just can't be a business. So both btcpayserver and @Cashu Pay Server can be shared, if you don't make fees and it does not qualify as a business according to local laws. Of course check local laws, but in a few countries that I checked (with lawyers), you can still provide it for others, it just can't be a business 4.) you don't pay with nuts with @Cashu Pay Server ! It's a lightning gateway. You can try it on the donate part of the page, you'll go through the checkout flow!
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Leo Wandersleb32d ago
So ... @Cashu Pay Server doesn't run a local ln node but custodies with external mints? 😬
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Honza Pobořil32d ago
For most merchants is is overkill. Offer simple mobile app with good POS. My related speech: https://youtu.be/zBTX6K10-Tg
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Juraj31d ago
Yes. You can either run a mint, or enable auto withdrawal to your own wallet though, which happens right after the invoice is marked paid.
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