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1/ Introducing Solana Pay, a decentralized, secure, and open-source payments protocol for the next generation of merchant payments 💸
#SolanaPay
solana.com/news/solana-pa…

2/ Launching today, Solana Pay makes it easy for merchants worldwide to accept digital dollars like $USDC, and any other #Solana SPL Token, for a fraction of a penny and without any intermediaries

3/ The Solana Pay spec lets merchants generate transaction requests with relevant metadata. Users can approve this transaction via their web wallets, or scan a custom-generated QR code – now supported in @phantom, @slope_finance, and @ftx_app.

4/ Solana Pay enables the first direct connection between merchants and customers via a decentralized payment gateway; this is a new type of payment rail ready to build on today, allowing users to spend crypto without relying on a centralized entity.

5/ Accepting USDC and other digital assets lets merchants access the benefits of the Solana ecosystem: DeFi yield opportunities, zero payment fraud liability, instant settlement, and ownership of the customer relationship

6/ An open call to come build on Solana Pay;
Join @circlepay circle.com/blog/solana-pay , others building on Solana Pay solana.com/developers/pay…