BitPay

Supported Features

Type	One Time	Recurring	Refunds	Reversals
3rd Party	Yes	No	No	No

BitPay is the first and most experienced company in bitcoin payments. BitPay builds powerful tools for secure bitcoin payment acceptance, savings, and spending.

Setup

Begin by activating the payment gateway under Setup > Payments > Payment Gateways and choose BitPay from the All Payment Gateways tab.

Once activated, you can then enter the configuration details explained below.

  This module requires either the GMP or BCMATH PHP extensions. You can confirm that your PHP environment has at least one these extensions by reviewing Utilities > System > PHP Info.

API Key

Saving the gateway configuration automatically generates an API Key. Leave this field empty to automatically generate the value. When changing from Test Mode to Live, empty this field.

Pairing Code

Saving the gateway configuration automatically generates the Pairing Code. Leave this field empty to automatically generate the value. When changing from Test Mode to Live, empty this field.

Enter this pairing code into your BitPay account in Payment Tools > Manage API Tokens.

Transaction Speed

The transaction speed setting determines how quickly an invoice payment is "confirmed," which would be the status at which you would fulfill and complete the order.

For more information on the Transaction Speeds and what they mean, see BitPay documentation.

Test Mode

Check this to enable Test Mode using BitPay.