Spencer on Nostr: Two approaches I recommend for small business/entrepreneur types to accept their ...
Two approaches I recommend for small business/entrepreneur types to accept their Bitcoin privately:
Approach #1) Run your own node:
This can be done with several node implementations. The most user-friendly are Start9 and Umbrel in my experience, though I have had great results with Raspiblitz as well. Some reading for Start9 if you have any laptop or computer that has an X86_64 CPU (overwhelming majority of machines on the market today are):
https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/diy/diy-x86
The comprehensive guide for getting started on Umbrel is here, and includes many links depending on your use case (including a section specifically for merchants):
https://community.umbrel.com/t/getting-started-with-your-umbrel/3555
Includes a link to how to set up Umbrel on your own machine:
https://blog.thecryptogarage.com/umbrel-linux-ubuntu-node-build/
Approach #2) Run your own BTCPay Server instance
The decision process on setting up a BTCPay Server is a little more convoluted than running your own node directly, but once the setup is complete I find BTCPay Server is a little more straightforward for merchants and eCommerce solutions specifically. Their documentation is very thorough but also can take some time to wade through. I would suggest starting here if going the BTCPay Server route:
https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Deployment/
Once set up, any of the above solutions should be able to handle payments from Strike without issue, and you'll be fully in control of the sats received.
Approach #1) Run your own node:
This can be done with several node implementations. The most user-friendly are Start9 and Umbrel in my experience, though I have had great results with Raspiblitz as well. Some reading for Start9 if you have any laptop or computer that has an X86_64 CPU (overwhelming majority of machines on the market today are):
https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/diy/diy-x86
The comprehensive guide for getting started on Umbrel is here, and includes many links depending on your use case (including a section specifically for merchants):
https://community.umbrel.com/t/getting-started-with-your-umbrel/3555
Includes a link to how to set up Umbrel on your own machine:
https://blog.thecryptogarage.com/umbrel-linux-ubuntu-node-build/
Approach #2) Run your own BTCPay Server instance
The decision process on setting up a BTCPay Server is a little more convoluted than running your own node directly, but once the setup is complete I find BTCPay Server is a little more straightforward for merchants and eCommerce solutions specifically. Their documentation is very thorough but also can take some time to wade through. I would suggest starting here if going the BTCPay Server route:
https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Deployment/
Once set up, any of the above solutions should be able to handle payments from Strike without issue, and you'll be fully in control of the sats received.