Blockchain Releases its own Merchant App

Exciting news for companies looking to start accepting Bitcoin! Blockchain has just released an app on the Google Play store that allows an easy and simple way for businesses to accept Bitcoin. The best part about it: it’s free.

How to Set up Blockchain Merchant App

Blockchain’s goal, as per its blogpost, was to create an app that would allow businesses and companies to accept payment in Bitcoin with ease.

After installing the app, you need to create a 4-digit PIN code. Then, add your Bitcoin receiving wallet, write down your business’s name, mention which currency you prefer, turn on the push notifications, click save…and you are done setting up. Pretty simple, right? Upon completion, your business is now ready to accept payments in Bitcoin.

Setting up Blockchain app in action

Benefits of Blockchain Merchant App

Blockchain lists some of its app’s benefits:

• simple, easy and free
• start accepting Bitcoin payments instantly
• tracks incoming payments in real-time
• 0% fees on your payments
• customer support available 24/7

To make things even more convenient, the Blockchain app lets the user write down the description for the item being sold and also the amount it costs. This will keep track of which items were sold throughout the day.

Write Down Description

To make a payment, after hitting the green button, a QR code will pop up. The customer simply has to scan the code to make a payment.

Scan QR code

Worried about a customer not making a payment? According to Blockchain’s blogpost, a red hourglass will appear if the network did not detect a paymnt. A white checkmark is when the payment has been seen by the network. Finally, a green arrow is when the payment has been processed by atleast 6 confirmations.

How payments look

This App will allow businesses to easily accept payment in Bitcoin. In addition, it will also aid companies who are considering accepting Bitcoin to actually start doing so.

Images courtesy Blockchain.com