Software or a service that creates invoices, monitors settlement and connects a merchant checkout to Bitcoin or Lightning.
Bitcoin payment processor is best understood as part of a system rather than as an isolated definition. Its related coordinates show the mechanisms, incentives and historical records that give the term practical meaning.
Bitcoin payment processor belongs to the documented history and social layer around Bitcoin. Primary records can establish what was published, built or decided; motives, influence and later interpretation should remain separate from those verifiable facts.
Understanding Bitcoin payment processor helps distinguish a verifiable Bitcoin mechanism or historical record from slogans, products and market narratives.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with BTCPay Server, Bitcoin point of sale, Merchant adoption, Lightning Network. The reverse links also lead from Confirmo, Merchant adoption, BTCPay Server, Bitcoin point of sale.
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Explains function and trade-offs
Part of the open Bitcoin knowledge graph