The Unsung Heroes of Technology

A Tribute to Mr. Data Amazon, Ebay, Bitcoin, Facebook – What do all these familiar names have in common? A code rich platform! From the simplest of our daily interactions such as paying for our subway fare or applying a beautifying filter to our selfies – to the most complex of technology riddles, like AI and quantum computing, there is always a person or team who wrote code to enable the interaction. These people are known as Core Developers (Magicians for short). A Developer’s job is to write and maintain…

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GAP600

Immediate Deposits and Payments for a Seamless Customer Experience It’s been 5 years since CoinPayments opened the doors to global crypto payment processing, and during this time, we’ve gained valuable input from our users and managed to apply the necessary technology to provide solutions to some of the issues that arise from the daily use of cryptocurrencies, such as slow confirmation times. As more merchants and vendors began trading and purchasing assets with cryptocurrencies, the delay for a transaction to be confirmed on the blockchain, increasingly became one of the…

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A Quick Guide to $PayByName™ in CoinPayments

$PayByName™ is a unique CoinPayments feature which is designed to enormously simplify the process of sending and receiving payments via numerous different crypto coins inside the CoinPayments ecosystem and a selection of apps through our partner Netki. The feature offers one chief benefit in that allows the user to send or receive payments without having to copy and paste wallet addresses. Now, if you’re a total newbie to the crypto currency ecosystem, here is what a typical Bitcoin (BTC) wallet address looks like: 3Jpk464Enx4YA58HJHdtT82hwgUfig4geC This is what a typical Ethereum…

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COINFEST 2018

CoinFest Vancouver: Lightning Edition By: Christina Succurro  On April 6th, 2018 CoinPayments in partnership with Andrew Wagner will be hosting CoinFest, a mini Blockchain expo which aims to be the event equivalent to open source peer-to-peer technology. A local venture founded in 2013 returning for the second year in a row, to our very own Headquarters here in Vancouver BC. CoinFest has consistently provided opportunities for businesses and Crypto enthusiasts to casually connect over pizza and beer with some of the most influential people of the fin-tech world. An educational and…

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CoinPayments at FFCON18

Fintech & Funding Conference On March 5 & 6 2018, the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA), will be hosting FFCON18, a leading financial technology and funding conference that will be held in Toronto, Ontario. The theme for this year will be to focus primarily on accelerating the speed of blockchain and capital innovation by reducing friction with efficiency – Velocity. CoinPayments, along with other major industry partners such as Nikola Tesla Unite Ltd, Pegasus Fintech and FrontFundr to name a few, will be providing education, industry mentorship,…

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