What is Cosmos?
What is Cosmos (ATOM)?
Cosmos is a cryptocurrency on the Cosmos Hub network. Here is a plain-English explainer — and how to accept Cosmos payments on your website.
Cosmos in brief
Cosmos (ATOM) settles on the Cosmos Hub network. As a merchant you can accept it directly, without a bank or a card network in the middle, and without a chargeback window.
With Payora you can accept Cosmos at 0%: a unique Cosmos address is generated per invoice, the payment is watched on-chain, a signed webhook confirms it, and the amount is credited to your balance.
- Network: Cosmos Hub
- Ticker: ATOM
- Accept it with Payora at 0% to accept
- Works with WooCommerce, Magento, WHMCS and 19 more platforms
Accept Cosmos on your site
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- what is Cosmos
- how Cosmos works
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- is Cosmos good for payments
- how to accept Cosmos
- ATOM for online stores
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- sending and receiving Cosmos
- network fees when paying in Cosmos
- wallets that hold Cosmos
- how long a Cosmos payment takes
- payment gateway for Cosmos
