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Crypto Payments

Crypto payment acceptance, settlement, refunds, invoices and payouts.

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Accepted Cryptocurrency

An accepted cryptocurrency is a digital asset that a merchant, payment service, wallet, or invoice has explicitly approved for payment. Acceptance is…

Accepted Currencies

Accepted currencies are the cryptocurrencies a merchant has chosen to make available to payers for a specific payment service. They are a…

Accepted Payment Network

An accepted payment network is a blockchain or other payment rail that a merchant or payment service permits for a particular payment…

Accepted Stablecoin

An accepted stablecoin is a stable-value token that a merchant, platform, or invoice explicitly supports for payment. Acceptance should identify the issuer,…

Accidental Crypto Payment

An accidental crypto payment is an unintended cryptocurrency transfer caused by a mistaken address, asset, network, amount, duplicate action, misunderstood invoice, compromised…

Account Abstraction Payment

An account abstraction payment is a blockchain payment initiated through a programmable smart account rather than a conventional single-key externally owned account.…

Account Deposit Address

An account deposit address is a blockchain address assigned or mapped to a specific customer, merchant account, wallet account, or internal ledger…

Account-to-Account Payment

An account-to-account payment transfers value directly from a payer’s account to a recipient’s account through a bank, wallet, payment network, or internal…

Address Allocation

Address allocation is the controlled selection of an available blockchain address or derivation index for a payment, customer, account, or operational purpose.…

Address Assignment

Address assignment is the binding of a blockchain address to a specific customer, invoice, account, order, or payment purpose in an application.…

Address Attribution

Address attribution is the process of determining which person, organization, wallet, account, or business record controls or is associated with a blockchain…

Address Expiration

Address expiration is the point after which a payment address issued for a specific session should no longer be used or credited…

Address Format Mismatch

Address format mismatch occurs when a destination string does not satisfy the encoding, prefix, length, checksum, version, witness, memo, or destination-type rules…

Address Generation Policy

An address generation policy is the documented set of rules governing how blockchain receiving addresses are created, derived, assigned, reused, rotated, monitored,…

Address Network Mismatch

Address network mismatch occurs when a payment destination is paired with a blockchain network different from the one for which the payment…

Address Proof of Control

Address proof of control is evidence that a person or system can authorize actions using the private key or account authority associated…

Address Reservation

Address reservation is the temporary hold placed on an available payment address or derivation index while a checkout, invoice, or account assignment…

Address Reuse Policy

Address Reuse Policy is a documented rule defining whether, when, and for how long a crypto payment address may be presented to…

Address Token Mismatch

Address Token Mismatch is a condition in which a payment reaches the expected blockchain address but uses a token or asset different…

Address with Tag or Memo

An address with a tag or memo is a payment destination that requires both a shared blockchain address and an additional identifier…

Address-Based Payment Matching

Address-Based Payment Matching is the process of associating an observed blockchain transfer with a payment record primarily through its destination address. It…

Address-to-Address Payment

Address-to-Address Payment is a direct crypto transfer from a sender-controlled blockchain address to a recipient-controlled blockchain address. It describes the transfer path…

Affiliate Crypto Payment

Affiliate Crypto Payment is a cryptocurrency commission or reward paid to an affiliate for attributed referrals, conversions, sales, or other agreed outcomes.…

Altcoin Payment

Altcoin Payment is a payment made with a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, with the exact scope depending on the speaker or platform.…