If Bitcoin wants to become a broadly accepted payment method, it will have to overcome some of its flaws that make it unattractive for many commerce applications. One of its biggest problems is “transaction speed”, which pretty much precludes it from day-to-day use and will limit its reach as a mean of payment. Crypto developers have taken on the challenge and developed new technologies that intend to improve or fix some of Bitcoins flaws. The Lightning Network is one of them and we wanted to give it a try.

We created a new Lightning Addon for Scipio ERP. It adds “dated currency conversion”, “historical prices”, the full integration of the LND mechanics and support of the entire order process, including invoicing, payment capturing, accounting and more. In short: it provides all the necessary steps to allow businesses to accept the new currency, while remaining in the legal framework government requires. If you already own a Lightning Wallet and a few Bitcoin, you can check out the implementation with one of our demo-products (if you want to receive order and payment confirmations, please provide a working email address).

Here is what we learned: