Acceptance method

Official integration: a supported crypto add-on

Official integration

What an official integration is

An official integration connects a crypto payment processor to your POS through the platform's own marketplace, first-party extension system, or officially documented path. The platform recognizes it, the payment state flows back into the POS, and the sale is substantially represented in your reports. Setup is supported by current documentation.

What to expect

This is close to native for day-to-day use: the sale generally lands in your POS records, so reconciliation is lighter than a beside-the-register flow. You will still have an account with the processor, and you should confirm what actually flows back, reporting and refunds especially, rather than assuming it all does.

Why we verify reporting and refunds separately

An integration existing does not guarantee that every detail flows back cleanly. We never infer that a crypto sale appears in your POS reports, or that refunds work from inside the POS, just because an official integration is listed. Those are checked on their own, with their own confidence and dates.

Native or integrated acceptance versus parallel acceptance Two flows compared. In the top flow, the customer pays and the POS itself records the crypto sale, so it appears in POS reports automatically. In the bottom flow, the customer pays a separate wallet or QR code beside the register; the POS is not involved, the cashier records the sale by hand, and reconciliation happens separately. Native or official integration: the POS records the sale POS is involved Customer pays POS requests + confirms the crypto payment Wallet / processor settles the payment POS report sale appears automatically One system. Parallel acceptance: the POS is not involved POS is NOT involved Customer scans a separate QR Wallet / QR beside the register POS cashier records sale by hand (other tender) Books reconciled separately dashed = manual, human step
Native or integrated vs. parallel acceptance. When acceptance is native or officially integrated (top), the POS itself handles the crypto payment and the sale lands in POS reports. With parallel acceptance (bottom), the payment runs beside the register through a separate wallet or QR code; the POS never sees it, so a person records and reconciles the sale by hand.

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