Buy eSIM with Bitcoin Cash (BCH): Pay for the Right Network

You fit buy HelloSIM travel eSIM with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) if you choose “Pay with crypto” for checkout, select Bitcoin Cash for the secure payment page and send the exact BCH amount wey e show for the Bitcoin Cash network. Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin na different coins for different networks, so BCH go only to BCH payment request and BTC go only to BTC one.

That second sentence na the main matter for this guide. The two coins share name, history and some wallet software, and na why e easy to mix dem up for the moment wey you dey send. Everything else about the payment dey work like any other HelloSIM crypto order.

You fit pay for travel eSIM with Bitcoin Cash?

Yes. HelloSIM dey sell prepaid travel data eSIMs for 190+ countries, plus regional plans for areas like Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and Global plans for longer routes. “Pay with crypto” dey available for checkout for the website and inside the HelloSIM iPhone and Android app, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) na one of about 100 coin and network combinations for the payment page. The list wey dey show there na the current one, and e fit change.

Every plan price dey for euros. When you choose BCH, the page go convert the euro amount to Bitcoin Cash for the moment wey you pay, and e go show payment address, QR code and the exact amount to send.

Bitcoin Cash na the same thing as Bitcoin?

No. Bitcoin Cash start as split from Bitcoin, and since then the two don be separate coins with separate blockchains. BCH payment request dey expect Bitcoin Cash for the Bitcoin Cash network; BTC request dey expect Bitcoin for the Bitcoin network. If you send one go the other one request, na transfer for different network be that, and e fit leave the payment incomplete. Blockchain transfers no fit reverse once you don send am.

The mix-up dey usually happen for one of these three places:

• Multi-coin wallets. Plenty wallets dey hold BTC and BCH side by side with names and icons wey resemble each other. Open the Bitcoin Cash account before you send, no be the Bitcoin one.
• Address formats. Dem dey often show Bitcoin Cash addresses for the CashAddr format, wey fit start with “bitcoincash:” or with q or p. Older legacy-format BCH addresses dey start with 1 or 3, just like many Bitcoin addresses, so the address alone no dey always tell you which coin e belong to.
• Exchange menus. Some exchanges dey also offer BCH as token for other blockchains. Na only the Bitcoin Cash network match BCH payment request.

If you get the two coins, decide which one you go use pay before you open the payment page, and choose that same coin there.

How to buy eSIM with BCH, step by step

1. 1Choose plan. Pick country, regional or Global plan for the website or for the app.
2. 2Put your email address. Na there dem go send the eSIM. Guest checkout dey work with only email; account go help you manage your eSIMs and top up later.
3. 3Select “Pay with crypto”. Secure hosted payment page go open.
4. 4Choose Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The page go show the payment address, QR code and the exact BCH amount. The request go stay open for 1 hour.
5. 5Send from your BCH balance. Scan the QR code or paste the address for your wallet or exchange, put the exact amount and check say the network na Bitcoin Cash.
6. 6Wait for confirmation. Once the payment confirm for blockchain, dem go issue the eSIM. E go show for your account or for the app, and dem go email you the QR code.
7. 7Install the eSIM. You fit do am with Wi-Fi before you comot house.

How much BCH to send: exact amount, fee on top

Send the exact amount wey the page show, no be round figure and no be the one wey you work out yourself. If you send less, the payment fit stay incomplete; if you overpay, the order still go complete.

Na you, the sender, go pay the network fee, on top of the amount wey dem show. Some wallet and exchange habits fit quietly reduce wetin go reach:

• “Subtract fee from amount”. Some BCH wallets dey offer this option. Leave am off so dem go add the fee to the transfer and the full amount go reach the address.
• “Send max” buttons. If you send your whole balance, dem go usually remove the fee from am. Use am only if your balance dey well well pass the amount wey dem request.
• Display units. Some wallets fit show amounts for units wey small pass BCH. Set the unit to BCH before you paste the amount, so the figure go match the payment page.
• Exchange withdrawal fees. Many exchanges dey remove their fee from the figure wey you type. Check the amount wey go actually reach and increase am if e need.

How long Bitcoin Cash payment dey take, and when to buy

Dem go issue the eSIM when the payment confirm for blockchain. How long e go take depend on the coin and the network for that time, so HelloSIM no dey promise any number of minutes. To pay for house or for hotel with steady connection, no be for departure gate, go remove pressure.

To buy early no cost you anything. The eSIM validity dey start when e first connect to network for your destination, no be the day wey you pay, so you fit buy am and install am long before the trip. If the 1-hour window close before you send, start new request from checkout and no ever send BCH go request wey don expire.

Wetin you need to pay with Bitcoin Cash

• Email address to receive the eSIM
• Phone wey support eSIM and wey no lock to any network (carrier-unlocked)
• BCH for wallet or for exchange, wey reach for the amount plus the network fee
• Wi-Fi connection to install the eSIM

You no need bank card for this one. The minimum for crypto payment na €1.00, and you fit also use BCH top up your HelloSIM wallet balance.

Refunds and wetin you dey buy

All sales na final, so no refunds once you don pay for order. Check the destination, the plan and your phone before you send any BCH. The eSIM na data-only and e no get phone number, so e go add mobile data without replacing your normal number.

Pay with BCH and land connected

Choose Bitcoin Cash for the payment page, send from your BCH balance for the Bitcoin Cash network, make sure say the full amount reach and finish inside the hour. Your travel data go don ready before you enter plane.