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Questions tagged [recurring-payments]

This collects questions revolving around handling subscriptions and recurring payments with Bitcoin.

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How could recurring payments be implemented?

I pay for some things on a regular basis. They generally fall into two categories: Things I pay for or lose, eg a variety of online services (Spotify for example) Things I'm legally obliged to pay because I've signed a contract (my mobile bill, for…
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Bitcoin as subscription method

I am contemplating designing some minor sites that uses bitcoins, but as far as I can see, a manual action is needed for every payment. Is it possible to set up a "subscription" system or repeating transactions? If not, I am planning to design a…
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Possible to do recurring payments with Bitcoin?

I'm a developer and using the Coinbase Ruby API to attempt to build a Coinbase application. I'm still coming to grips with how it all works. My question is, is it possible to set up recurring payments with Bitcoin? If so, how does that work? I…
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Recurring Bitcoin or Altcoin Payments as a Service?

I was wondering are there any recurring payment services aside from the obvious coinbase one out there. I want to be able to have a finer grain control. Say I wanted to send X amount of btc/altcoins to an address every 1week until it reaches a total…
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Who provides a Bitcoin recurring payments API?

Is it possible to send recurring bitcoin payments via the bitcoin protocol? Is there a service which provides an API to do so?
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Ability to Send Bitcoins to an Address over a duration of time

Is there a service or upcoming feature which lets you send Bitcoins to an address over a duration of time? I can write a script myself to send 1mbtc every day to an address and leave it running on my computer/server. But I was wondering if there was…
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Will any of the proposed Scripts (OP_XXX) allow subscription/recurring type payments?

Is it possible to implement a subscription/recurring payment type using Bitcoin scripts? For example, you could send a payment for a service where there is a monthly subscription say, and each month if there was enough bitcoin in the paying address…
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Extra Charge for Recurring Transactions on Coinbase

I had a recurring transaction for $1.00 a month posted to my account. For a while the transaction in Coinbase would read $1.00 for some bitcoin. The bitcoin amount would change but never the dollar amount. Now the dollar and the bitcoin amount is…
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Saving a customer's info so I can accept bitcoin

I have a business that basically works using a subscription (I'm simplifying here). I see that Stripe accepts Bitcoin, but it's for a one time payment. Is there any way to save a customer's Bitcoin info, or is it just for one time payments? The nice…
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How can I make repeating transactions over a given interval? (time, blocks, or times replayed?)

I want to make a recurring payment that is enforced by the blockchain and the scripting engine. If I have the following fixed source address, funded with 100 BTC 16UwLL9Risc3QfPqBUvKofHmBQ7wMtjvM I want to pay the following address 10 BTC ten…
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Is there already a way for subscription models? (Preferred over lightning)

Has anyone heard of a project that tries (or was successful) to make reliable subscription models possible? I mean a use case where the vendor can rely on his costumer and does not have to worry that he won't receive the money he expects. For…
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HELP: recover my btc funds though all odds against me. someone with Xtra knowledge?

5 months research and a lot of findings indicating it might be possible. I try askin here, like an last effort and Im not expecting fully fix or so but maybe some tips or information that might help me get my stored btc back finally. First I give…
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