2026 brought new rules in the EU. Lightning payments at shops now usually KYC you, because the shops use third parties. Third-party gateways count as VASPs or CASPs or whatever buzzword they made up. It means they're licensed and forced to do it. Customers hate the hassle and they won't pay with these gateways. Run your own gateway. CashuPayServer on $3 shared hosting. No KYC, sign-ups, contracts. It's still experimental though, test with small amounts. Your sats, your rules.

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Hello Nostr! Have you tried CashuPayServer yet? We are a Cashu-based, but BTCPay API compatible payment gateway that runs on PHP hosting you already own. You can accept Lightning payments in your store with very little friction. WooCommerce, PrestaShop or anything supported by BTCPayServer without the complexity. We even have a WooCommerce plug-in, so the install is really simple. Give it a try! https://cashupayserver.org/