# Cryptocurrency Payments

Popular payment methods such as bank and credit card payments are based on the fact that customers specify their data and their card details in payment forms. The information collected is then used to extract payments directly from the user.

Cryptocurrency payments work differently. Customers use their wallets to send payments directly to the merchant. Customers specify the destination address and the amount of the cryptocurrency before sending the funds. In this sense, cryptocurrency payments are push payments.

Cryptopay payment gateway offers two different tools for accepting cryptocurrency payments - Invoices and Channels.<br>


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