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This is very awesome! Well done! Seeing how these sponsors can have success like this is inspiring; just wish we weren't blocked (by Stripe) from going this rou

This is very awesome! Well done! Seeing how these sponsors can have success like this is inspiring; just wish we weren't blocked (by Stripe) from going this route :(

tough 4y ago
Well sometimes you've to work around it. Why not crypto? Seems pretty good for a problem like yours. Why not other stripe-like providers which financial backing/integrations aren't run by american prudish double standard will deal with the cartel but not with a legal pot seller banks. You've mollie which is very stripe-like and from the netherlands, sure there's more possibility they allow you than others. Stripe is bringing crypto a la coinbase soon, could you use that with them?
- openthc 4y ago
  The Stripe part is baked into the GitHub Sponsors. So while we qualify for one, we are blocked because of the dependency on Stripe. My industry does not have wide support for crypto payments (which is a surprise); it's still difficult to turn it back into USD (eg: crypto.com, coinbase.com don't allow it). We do accept some crypto payments but it mostly stays in the crypto space; until get to pay someone else that takes it. It's a PITA for taxes however. In USA our payments are handled by typical banks/providers (except the one mentioned here). It's not like we're totally blocked.
rglullis 4y ago
To add to the sibling comment and to make a shameless plug to my own project: if you want to accept payments with crypto, take a look at Hub20 [0], a self-hosted payment gateway for any blockchain compatible with Ethereum. I'm working on the upcoming release (hopefully by the end of this month) which will make it a lot easier to add stripe-like checkout systems, so you can have a donation page or even "sell" sponsorship packages. And yes, to get it on github [1] sponsors was a royal pain. Github/Stripe kept denying my application because they thought I was asking for crypto payments. [0]: https://hub20.io https://hub20.io [1]: https://github.com/sponsors/mushroomlabs https://github.com/sponsors/mushroomlabs

This is very awesome! Well done! Seeing how these sponsors can have success like this is inspiring; just wish we weren't blocked (by Stripe) from going this route :(

tough 4y ago

Well sometimes you've to work around it. Why not crypto? Seems pretty good for a problem like yours. Why not other stripe-like providers which financial backing/integrations aren't run by american prudish double standard will deal with the cartel but not with a legal pot seller banks. You've mollie which is very stripe-like and from the netherlands, sure there's more possibility they allow you than others. Stripe is bringing crypto a la coinbase soon, could you use that with them?

openthc 4y ago
The Stripe part is baked into the GitHub Sponsors. So while we qualify for one, we are blocked because of the dependency on Stripe. My industry does not have wide support for crypto payments (which is a surprise); it's still difficult to turn it back into USD (eg: crypto.com, coinbase.com don't allow it). We do accept some crypto payments but it mostly stays in the crypto space; until get to pay someone else that takes it. It's a PITA for taxes however. In USA our payments are handled by typical banks/providers (except the one mentioned here). It's not like we're totally blocked.

rglullis 4y ago

To add to the sibling comment and to make a shameless plug to my own project: if you want to accept payments with crypto, take a look at Hub20 [0], a self-hosted payment gateway for any blockchain compatible with Ethereum. I'm working on the upcoming release (hopefully by the end of this month) which will make it a lot easier to add stripe-like checkout systems, so you can have a donation page or even "sell" sponsorship packages. And yes, to get it on github [1] sponsors was a royal pain. Github/Stripe kept denying my application because they thought I was asking for crypto payments. [0]: https://hub20.io https://hub20.io [1]: https://github.com/sponsors/mushroomlabs https://github.com/sponsors/mushroomlabs