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Bitcoin is gaining popularity, and last week I decided to implement it as a payment option for my computer-generated music service. Why I decided to do that is detailed here (payment is only needed for commercial use of the music), but here I’ll share the technical details for implementing the bitcoin integration. First, you need to pick a payment gateway/provider. You can pick one from this list. They differ in terms of their API and specific flow, but the general flow should be almost the same. Some of the implementation details below are relevant only to what I picked up – Coinbase – but they should be similar for other providers. I picked Coinbase, because it seemed the most developer-friendly and straightforward. It has one bug that I had to workaround, but apart from that it’s ok.