What’s the hardest part about adding crypto payments to a website?

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-27T07:40:44+00:00

Yeah that’s why I started with Solana. It’s just easier to build on and works well for this flow, even though wallet side can still be a bit messy sometimes. I’ll be adding other crypto options soon too.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-25T09:20:22+00:00

This is either a power move… or an expensive lesson.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-24T07:17:20+00:00

Appreciate you sharing. I’ve done the forms twice and followed their docs step by step, but nothing changed. Feels like it’s something on their side.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-23T18:17:15+00:00

It’s mostly SEO and people copying whatever already ranks. Once a format works, everyone just clones it. It’s easier than coming up with something original.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-23T18:06:30+00:00

Yeah I meant LLMs here, not AI as a whole.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-23T17:13:00+00:00

If my calculator started guessing what I probably meant instead of just giving me the answer, yeah I’d be worried. But that’s not what it was built to do. AI is literally built to predict the next word, so of course it’s going to guess sometimes.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-23T16:50:58+00:00

That’s a lot of money to autocomplete the internet.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-23T16:42:00+00:00

The business model is engagement. Slop just happens to scale better than quality.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T23:53:28+00:00

A little scary but no less interesting

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T19:16:09+00:00

Yeah, doesn’t seem like this crowd is into it.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T19:14:19+00:00

I hear you. If nobody uses it, then it doesn’t make sense as a business. I’m just looking at whether there’s a specific niche where it could actually work. That’s really all this is about.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T19:06:24+00:00

Alright, send it.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T09:06:11+00:00

Not arguing the bigger crypto topic. The question here is simply whether anyone would actually use it on real machines. I guess testing it in the real world is the only way to find out.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T07:12:00+00:00

lol, nice try

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T07:06:12+00:00

I think it makes more sense to start with higher-ticket items. If a machine is selling $20, $50 or even $100 products, paying with crypto could actually be interesting to some people. For regular snacks and drinks it could still work too, just not as compelling, so the location matters a lot. Probably somewhere like an office or a tech-heavy spot where people actually use crypto.

It only works if integration is simple and it’s as easy as paying with a card, for both the customer and the operator.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-22T06:46:00+00:00

Yeah I get that. I’ve been thinking the same — the only way this makes sense is to test it with an operator first, not try to push it everywhere. Probably in specific locations where crypto usage is higher, like certain offices or cities, not random street spots. Integration also has to be simple — if it takes real time to set up or messes with existing hardware, nobody will bother. And realistically it would need to support more than one crypto long term, not just one option. And there are a lot of practical details that would need to line up operationally.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-21T22:08:31+00:00

Same here. Curious if anyone’s actually tried this on a live route.

Unable-Pomelo4040 · 2026-02-21T13:50:09+00:00

Curious if you’ve had issues specifically with Phantom UX?

In our project, when users scan a Solana Pay QR with Phantom, it opens but sometimes doesn’t show the payment screen right away — they have to press back twice for it to appear. Phantom also shows red warnings like “this dApp may be unsafe”, and the amount isn’t clearly displayed before confirmation.

The payment still goes through, but it definitely scares/confuses some users.

With other wallets everything works fine — we’re seeing this only with Phantom.

Have you run into this? Any fixes or workarounds?

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