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Alex Danco
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Something we’re thinking about a lot at Shopify right now is “accelerated checkout for crypto payments”. It’s actually a really tricky problem! Here’s why: 1/
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Shopify has supported crypto payments for years, via payment partner apps like Coinbase Commerce. When, the user selects “pay with crypto” at Pay Now they’re taken to an offsite page hosted by the payment app to answer q’s like “which wallet? Which coin” before finally handing off to wallet to sign tx. 2/
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This setup is a lot of clicks, but it works- because payment apps have a dedicated page they own, where they can get whatever info they need - and, therefore, allowing the wallet to *only* have to ask for final signature.
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Now, what we’d RATHER see is something a lot more “accelerate-able” where the checkout can make a lot of assumptions for the buyer, while allowing them the option to make edits to those assumptions at any time - without ever hitting a back button. That last part is the hard part.
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What “good” really looks like is, the buyer on a checkout can be accelerated right through to their wallets as fast as possible, where the payment app has an extension target to offer, “review or make changes” *from inside the wallet*.
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One idea: There could be a “default” similar to existing 1-click checkout, and/or some priority/allowlist of acceleratable options per user (I.e. if wallet A is connected, and I have a sufficient amount of token B then pick that - else fall back on other options given preferences. But defaults can be USDC ETH, etc)
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The problem is, prior to the wallet being connected & authorized, the payment app has no way to know what “good acceleration” looks like. And even if it did, without having a “review and make changes” extension point in the wallet, then it isn’t really acceleration, it’s restriction
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