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by Nanzikambe 4642 days ago
Interesting concept, seems to me that it falls down when it comes to payment. After all, your user will have to identify themselves at that point - even if it's only to you.

Do you intend to broaden the payment's to include bitcoin or similar?

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Yes. Being that I implemented this very quickly. I am still reviewing more anonymous payment options.

I figured that the most immediate approach was to use Stripe's client library, and not accept any name or address.

I use the Stripe client library to send the customer details to Stripe and I receive a 'user id' which is used to process the payment and then thrown away (much like the email address provided).

On one hand, the information on individual users can not be requested from directly, but could be requested from Stripe.

I wonder if a Visa pre-pay card would work.

Handing my information to Stripe defeats the entire purpose of your application.
I agree with both of you.

Do either of you have recommendations for services that will help me integrate the accepting of Bitcoin? Or do you have any positive or negative comments concerning Coinbase?