{"id":5064,"date":"2023-02-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02b8ed31e0002491"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:25:56","slug":"mash-enables-bitcoin-payments-without-an-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/mash-enables-bitcoin-payments-without-an-account","title":{"rendered":"Mash Introduces Ghost Checkout, Enabling Bitcoin Payments Without An Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mash<\/a>, a monetization service powered by Bitcoin\u2019s Lightning Network, has announced that people will no longer have to create an account on the service in order to utilize it.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine, \u201cWe\u2019ve extended a large number of our widgets to allow users to donate and spend <em>without creating an account on Mash<\/em>. You have the additional option to scan and contribute with another lightning wallet for a donation, to purchase something and more. You can use <em>any<\/em> lightning powered wallet including CashApp, Strike, Breeze and Zebedee.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29_image1.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Anyone can now go to sites that have Mash integrated and utilize the feature, by selecting &#8220;pay with another lightning wallet,&#8221; scanning with a Lightning wallet, and then confirming the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The feature has also been extended to the Mash button so that you can donate easily without being logged in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are multiple options immediately available, including a regular Lightning invoice, LN-URL QR code that you can and choose the amount in the other wallet, and a Lightning address that all creators and builders get,\u201d describes the release.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the benefits of integrating with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmash.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mash<\/a>, according to the release, include one-click boosts and payments, a fluid mobile experience and auto-contributions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qc9UsZ1_Q_g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mash Wallet - Logged In - Single Clicks\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qc9UsZ1_Q_g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users will now be able to use the payment service to instantly support content sources using Bitcoin without registering an account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2730,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[130,1257,93,477],"class_list":{"0":"post-5064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-lightning","9":"tag-mash","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-payments"},"author_data":{"id":2730,"name":"BtcCasey","nicename":"casey","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/jn_tjlo_400x400.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bitcoin-blockchain.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}