Which wallets work for a BitPay payment

BitPay donations only work with wallets that are updated to work with Payment Protocol (BIP-70)

Top benefits of using Payment Protocol (BIP-70):

• Payment Protocol makes sure you send exactly the right amount of Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash.
• With Payment Protocol you don’t need to worry about failed payments, delayed orders, or refunds.
• Payment Protocol adds new security to payments, protecting you from sending payments to imposters or attackers.
• Payment Protocol makes sure you include a high enough miner fee for the Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash network to confirm your transaction.

Payment Protocol Compatible Wallets

Bitcoin (BTC) Wallets

You can use any of the popular Payment Protocol-compatible wallets below to pay a BitPay bitcoin (BTC) donation. If you don’t have one of these wallets yet, simply create a wallet (please use the current release version)

• BitPay Wallet
• Copay Wallet
• BTC.com Wallet
• Mycelium Wallet
• Edge Wallet (Formerly Airbitz)
• Electrum Wallet (Desktop only, PayPro not supported on Mobile)
• Bitcoin Core Wallet
• Bitcoin.com Wallet
• BRD Wallet (breadwallet)
• Bitnovo
• Blockchain Wallet
• Exodus (Desktop only, PayPro not supported on Mobile)

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Wallets

You can use any Payment-Protocol-compatible BCH wallet with a BitPay charity who accepts BCH. The following wallets are fully compatible. They are currently working to add more fully-compatible wallets.

• BitPay Wallet
• Copay Wallet
• BTC.com Wallet
• Edge Wallet (Formerly Airbitz)
• Bitcoin.com Wallet
• Bitcoin Cash Wallet (Uses old address format, recommend converting to Cashaddr)
• Electron Cash Wallet
• Cointext
• Exodus (Desktop only, PayPro not supported on Mobile)

Ethereum (ETH) Wallets

You can use any Web3 wallet, or wallet with a Dapp browser, to pay a BitPay merchant who accepts ETH. The following wallets are tested, and compatible. We are currently working to add more fully-compatible wallets.

• BitPay Wallet
• Metamask
• AlphaWallet
• TrustWallet
• Opera Browser

 

Paying with a Hardware Wallet?

Have a Nano Ledger or TREZOR hardware wallet? Check out their guides to paying:

• Nano Ledger/TREZOR + Electrum Desktop Payment Guide

• Nano Ledger/TREZOR + Mycelium Mobile Payment Guide

If your wallet is not on this list, it may fail to work with BitPay.

What about other popular wallets?

Their goal isn’t to limit users’ wallet choices.  They are working with other wallet providers in the Bitcoin ecosystem to advance adoption of the Bitcoin Payment Protocol. They created and released a simpler JSON interface for Payment Protocol which will make it easier for wallets to adopt these improvements.

Widespread adoption of Payment Protocol will immediately improve the bitcoin payment experience.  If your favorite wallet is not on this list, contact them and ask them to accept Payment Protocol for their wallet.

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