What makes it possible is something no payment company has had: GoMining mines the blocks. GoBTC Pay runs on a private mempool built on Stratum V2, prioritising its transactions — so payments stay true to Bitcoin while feeling as simple as a card.
The Gen1 release opens it up to the people who'll build on it: merchant onboarding tools, a web dashboard, online payment integrations, public developer docs, and an open API for wallets and partners. An initial group of up to 10 merchants and partners is already integrating with thousands on the waiting list.
This is the foundation. From here, merchants and wallets come on board, and the places you can pay in Bitcoin grow over time.