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Does Square Point of Sale support Bitcoin as a currency option?

berkeleyraleigh — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:39:39 GMT

I use Square Point of Sale for my restaurant and a few customers have asked if I can accept Bitcoin. I've seen a few articles stating that the point of sale app will add support sometime soon, but I haven't been able to find out any more about that.

Does Square Point of Sale support Bitcoin? If not, are there plans to add that support in the near future? And, if it is available, it needs to be pretty simple so I can train all the staff to use it.

thanks.

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Square Point of Sale support Bitcoin?

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

VanKalkerFarms — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:51:28 GMT

It is not currently supported directly. That would be interesting to accept but many people are scared of it as it is a virtual currency that fluctuates wildly sometimes.

You could accept bitcoin payment directly to your Bitcoin wallet and use Square Register and mark it as "other" in the payment field.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

Sean — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:53:37 GMT

@VanKalkerFarms - Thanks for your help with this one, and great suggestion!

@berkeleyraleigh - Would you mind marking VanKalkerFarms's reply as "Best Answer"? That'll help the rest of the community find this thread if they have the same question. Thanks, and welcome to the Seller Community!

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

FinchsCreedmoor — Fri, 05 May 2017 20:27:35 GMT

Is there an update to this? We would like to accept Bitcoin or Litecoin through Square, as well.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

Russell — Sat, 06 May 2017 00:07:22 GMT

Hi @FinchsCreedmoor 👋

Thanks for making your first post to the community!

We don't have an update on this - but I will be sure to let our Product Team know that you are looking for this feature. In the meantime, @VanKalkerFarms shared a great way to accept Bitcoin or Litecoin now.

I hope that helps - feel free to post again with any questions.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

FinchsCreedmoor — Mon, 08 May 2017 18:38:23 GMT

Thank you Russell. We currently run our crypto payments through BitPay, but it does make accounting a bit messier. Looking forward to Square integrating this into their payments options.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

MRAY1986 — Wed, 10 May 2017 16:36:54 GMT

Yes, would love to accept Bitcoin in my shop and online using Square!

Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

cmahle — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 19:17:04 GMT

Any idea if Square will soon offer processing for cryptocurrency payments (e.g "Bitcoin & Litecoin Accepted Here" businesses)?

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

Helen — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:13:13 GMT

It's not possible to accept bitcoin with Square — I've moved your post here @cmahle as other sellers have asked the same question.

I don't have an update on this right now but I'll share your interest in this feature with the appropriate team!

When will the Square POS finally support Bitcoin?

SMB — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 17:11:55 GMT

The search does not give any results for the term Bitcoin but I assume I am not the first one asking for this.

When will the Square POS finally support Bitcoin?

A few clients asked for it and they mentioned that Jack Dorsey frequently talks about Bitcoin and says that it is the big next thing. If there is a beta-version can I get that one or if there is a trail can I be part of it?

Re: When will the Square POS finally support Bitcoin?

puka — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 18:57:28 GMT

Hey @SMB - Thanks for reaching out. We currently don't have an ETA on if or when Bitcoin integration might be implemented. We will make sure to update you if we hear any news regarding it.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

newimage — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:35:42 GMT

Would like to add interest in Bitcoin and other crypto support.

Stripe accepts it and so does Amazon. Would prefer to use square solution since the card readers are mobile and don't cost hundreds of dollars.

Vertical markets take whatever payment they can get in the field so would like to not develope twice and love how square handles payments now. But if no support for crypto then would have to move on.

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

Starskipper — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 18:49:05 GMT

Couldnt we have someone develop an API to accept BTC for us? I am not a programmer so I do not know this answer myself. I just figured if we got our own personal programmer to use the API integration and a personalized little set up that should work yes?

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

PHM — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:35:44 GMT

Is there any update on this? It would be great to see square integrate litecoin and bitcoin.

My restaurants get requests all the time to accept these coins, espically litecoin since the user transactions fees are next to nothing, while bitcoin transactions fees currently range between $2 - $5 for a small transaction amount.

Any update would be appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

Helen — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:10:04 GMT

@PHM I'm sorry but we don't have an updates for you at this time. I'll let the product team know that you're customers are already showing interest.

If we have any updates to share in future we'll post again in this thread!

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

TheToyboxllc — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 01:43:05 GMT

I too am looking to accept bitcoin. I have several customoers already paying with the cryptocurrencies, the problem comes in trying to deposit them into traditional banks... I was skeptical at first like most, but I think square would be excellent in heading the future of virtual currency.

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

Helen — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 21:29:44 GMT

Thanks @TheToyboxllc, we'll share your interest with the Product Team!

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

Goldfish — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:43:58 GMT

I was thinking, and above you said its not possible to accept bitcoin with square, well, what if we started it online and did it slowly? Now I understand that there is no real way for square to collet fees for the use of BTC, but, what if there was a way to track sales still, like you already do, and just take the normal % fee in USD based off of all sales including BTC? Also start it online only and scale it to IRL... Take that up with the IT team and let me know how amazing they think that is.

Re: Accepting Bitcoin & Litecoin

nyhsbuyers — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:00:27 GMT

I would also be very interested in accepting bitcoin for payments on square. I love square, it's convenient and my customers always comment on how great it is. Hope it becomes an option soon.

Re: Square Register support Bitcoin?

VanKalkerFarms — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:25:00 GMT

This is a bitcoin test that started today for Square Cash customers. not fully functioning yet, and a small subset of users but it is a start.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/15/square-tests-bying-and-selling-bitcoin-inside-its-payment-app/