BTCPay with Blink plugin

Background

Blink Plugin

This plugin aims to make Lightning payments easy. Developed through a community-driven bounty, this is a prime example of what we achieve together in the open-source bitcoin world.

Open source everything

Background

At Blink, our primary objective is to elevate the Bitcoin payment experience for both users and merchants alike. We have recognized that one significant challenge faced by many businesses utilizing BTCPay Server is the intricacy involved in integrating Lightning Network transactions into their operations. This issue has prompted us to focus on finding innovative solutions to simplify the process and make it more accessible for everyone

Making Bitcoin easy and accessible

Blink Plugin

Simple, powerful, and integrated: the Blink Plugin connects your Blink account to BTCPay Server, sidestepping the need for a Lightning Node. It’s all about making Lightning payments straightforward and accessible. It works with both custodial Blink accounts (using an API key) and Blink's new non-custodial (Spark) accounts (using your Blink lightning address, for receiving)

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Hassle-Free Management: Ditch the complexity of running a Lightning Node. The Blink Plugin handles liquidity management for you — no need to run your own Lightning node. It's simple: connect your Blink account to BTCPay Server and manage Lightning payments with ease. No technical deep dives needed.

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Stability with Dollar Balance: Worried about Bitcoin’s volatility?
Choose Dollar Balance in Blink. The Dollar Balance is designed to
maintain the same value in USD terms, even as the Bitcoin price
fluctuates. See the Terms and Conditions for details.

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Lightning Payments for All: We're tearing down technical barriers to make Lightning payments accessible to everyone. It doesn’t matter if you're new to Bitcoin or a seasoned merchant; the Blink Plugin is designed for easy adoption, expanding the reach of Lightning payments across the community.

Try it! Is easy and fast

How-to

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Install: Add the Blink Plugin to your BTCPay Server (BTCPay Server v1.12.1 or higher). Non-custodial (Spark) account support requires Blink Plugin v1.1.0 or later.
Select your default Balance – choose between Bitcoin Balance or Dollar Balance.

Key Generation (custodial account): Create a Blink API key via your Blink dashboard with the Read and Receive scopes. These scopes let BTCPay Server create invoices and receive payments, but not send funds — so even on a third-party BTCPay Server instance your balance cannot be moved, giving you peace of mind. (Only add the Write scope if you intend to send from BTCPay Server.)
Link Up: Connect your Blink account to your BTCPay Server Store. Navigate to 'Lightning > Settings > Custom Node' and enter the connection string for your account type:
- Custodial account: type=blink;api-key=blink_YOURKEY
- Non-custodial (Spark) account: type=blink;ln-address=yourname@blink.sv — no API key needed; receiving only.

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Bitcoin in real life

Case studies

The Blink plugin is being use to facilitate the implementation of bitcoin Lightning payments not only for individuals, but also for organizations.

At Bitcoin Atlantis we powered over 8,750 transactions totaling 2.029416 BTC ($115,100€) in just 3 days! We streamlined payments for 18 merchants across 60 POS devices, highlighting the potential of Lightning for great payment UX.

Learn more about the case study here:

blog.btcpayserver.org/case-study-bitcoin-atlantis

Bitcoinize at Bitcoin Atlantis running BTCpay with Blink plugin

Start accepting bitcoin easily and reliable

Payment Gateway

With the BTCPay plugin you can use your Blink API to start receiving bitcoin payments directly to your Blink Wallet, in your Bitcoin or Dollar Balance. This plugin can be integrated into apps or websites.

Check out on this blog post how this plugin helped this business to takeoff.

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