OpenNode has presented 1 V-Sum technical briefing. OpenNode is a Bitcoin infrastructure provider focused on Bitcoin payments and payouts. The thesis: Bitcoin is the internet-native currency — global, decentralized, borderless, low-cost, and instantly final via the Lightning Network — and that makes it a better rail for online payments than legacy schemes. OpenNode powers Bitcoin payments for McDonald's El Salvador locations, Substack creator subscriptions, and Bitcoin-native companies like Fold. The demo walks through the OpenNode merchant dashboard (on-chain vs Lightning requests, live QR payment, USD auto-conversion so merchants have no volatility risk), payment buttons and invoicing, split settlement that keeps a configurable percentage in Bitcoin and the rest in fiat, and the OpenNode API for generating charges and paying out Bitcoin or Lightning without ever holding the coins.
Topics: Payments, Crypto Infrastructure
V-Sum Eight
Presented by Rui Gomes & Julie Landrum
OpenNode is a Bitcoin infrastructure provider focused on Bitcoin payments and payouts. The thesis: Bitcoin is the internet-native currency — global, decentralized, borderless, low-cost, and instantly final via the Lightning Network — and that makes it a better rail for online pay…