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For technical support, we recommend `Bitcoin Stack Exchange `_. For errors or
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suggestions related to this documentation, please open an issue on `GitHub `_.
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- A simple payment system
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- Unless a payment needs to be associated with automatic invoices, accepting money
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- is as simple as sending some bitcoin - just display an address or QR code. This
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- simple setup is within reach of almost all users and can fulfill the needs of
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- many clients. From an accounting perspective, it's especially suitable for
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- reducing overhead and adding transparency.
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- Many third-party APIs
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- There are many third party payment processing services that provide APIs; you
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- don't need to store bitcoins on your server and handle the security that this
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- implies. Additionally, most of these APIs allow you to process invoices and
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- exchange your bitcoins into your local currency at competitive costs.
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- Be your own bank
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- If you don't use any third party APIs, you can integrate a Bitcoin node directly
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- into your applications allowing you to become your own bank and payment
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- processor. With all the responsibilities that this implies, you can build
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- amazing systems that process Bitcoin transactions however you would like.
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- Bitcoin addresses to track invoices
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- Bitcoin creates a unique address for each transaction. If you were to build a
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- payment system associated with an invoice, all you would need to do is generate
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- and monitor a Bitcoin address for each payment (you should never use the same
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- address for more than one transaction).
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- Client side security
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- Most security is handled by the protocol, eliminating the need for PCI
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- compliance. Fraud prevention can be simplified down to monitoring a single
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- variable: the confirmation score. Beyond that, keeping your bitcoins secure is
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- mainly a matter of securing your wallet and using HTTPS or other secure
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- protocols to send payment requests to customers.
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- A new world of possibilities
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- Bitcoin allows you to design new and creative online services that couldn't
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- exist before due to financial limitations. This includes tipping systems,
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- automated payment solutions, distributed crowdfunding services, time locked
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- payment management, public asset tracking, low-trust escrow services,
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- micropayment channels and more.
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Acknowledgments
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This documentation would not be possible without the many contributions to the
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Bitcoin project over the years from core developers and other people. A very
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