@c0ffer: thank you for the positive comment, if you need any help at any time let me know.
You're very welcome.
Quick question (hopefully):
When using an altcoin for payments, it looks like the SCI only does RPC calls.
Does the SCI only use block explorer calls for Bitcoin payments or am I missing the spot where the altcoin block explorer URL is set?
Thanks in advance
If you want to use the default payment gateway to accept altcoins then the only way is to set up a daemon for that altcoin. However you can also use the GoCoin gateway to accept certain altcoins and they will handle it all for you.
Thank you for the info on this and nice work on the new site.
For those who think this sort of thing is interesting I have accomplished the following with the Bitshop script:
The store has been customized to accept c0fferC0in which presented a few interesting challenges in getting the shop to work the way I wanted.
I was in the process of getting the daemon working in conjunction with the store but before that could be applied I had to handle pricing. All stores handle pricing as crypto is converted to national currency at the time of purchase. c0fferC0in prices do not change that way, prices are fixed so the cart had to be modified for showing pricing in c0fferC0in as well as BTC and national currency.
Price info had to be passed along to the processor. In this store you can not use c0fferC0in to purchase shipping so I had to add conditions for that during the checkout process as well.
I added a fallback during the checkout process that has the script switch to block explorer API if it gets errors trying to interact with the daemon. This lead to adding an altcoin address list with similar functionality to that of the BTC address list. There is no admin functionality so it just checks for the addresses during the fallback. If it is successful with RPC then it gets the address from the daemon, if not it goes to the list. The script is well organized so this was fairly straightforward.
I still have some testing to complete but from what I can see with the store you can shop for items and make purchases using BTC or c0fferC0in and the whole thing is as seamless as the original.
With some custom graphics and a little bit of CSS tweaking it has become a nice application of the Bitshop script that will be coming to life soon and ready for new shoppers. VERY happy about this
On the subject of mods for the script, it would be great if it could accept 3rd party mods so others could build on it's functionality in a standardized way... Plug-ins