Email Subscription Platform Substack Adds Bitcoin Lightning Payments
Substack with over half a million subscribers, announced Monday it has integrated Bitcoin Lightning payments in collaboration with OpenNode, a payment processor offering Bitcoin and Lightning optimized API solutions for businesses.Independent online publisher Substack, with over half a million subscribers, announced Monday it has integrated Bitcoin Lightning payments in collaboration with OpenNode, a payment processor offering Bitcoin and Lightning optimized API solutions for businesses. OpenNode will now power both on-chain and off-chain Bitcoin and Lightning payments on the Substack....
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Substack has become a home to half a million paying subscribers of independent content across a variety of different topics. As Bitcoin regains strength and looks to tackle $50K this week, Substack is integrating with OpenNode’s Bitcoin API. The partnership will enable the platform to offer payment support in BTC via both on-chain and Lightning […]
Substack has more than 500,000 paid subscribers, but Bitcoin payments will first be available to "a select group of crypto-focused publications." An integration with payment processor OpenNode will allow content platform Substack to accept Bitcoin payments on-chain and using the Lightning Network.In a Monday announcement, OpenNode said it had partnered with Substack “to make it easy for writers and publications to get paid in Bitcoin.” According to OpenNode and Substack, the integration will only be available to “a select group of crypto-focused publications” on the platform. The....
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