Pay for eSIM with Stablecoins: USDT, USDC and DAI Compared

You fit pay for HelloSIM travel eSIM with three stablecoins: Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC) and DAI. The plan price dey for euros, the secure payment page dey convert that price to the stablecoin wey you choose for the moment wey you pay, and you go send exactly the figure wey e show for the network wey e show.

Stablecoin na token wey dem design make its value follow one currency; for USDT, USDC and DAI, that currency na the US dollar. This guide go explain wetin that one mean for the amount wey you go send for checkout and compare the networks wey you fit send each of the three on for HelloSIM.

Why e easy to pay for eSIM wey price dey for euros with stablecoin

HelloSIM dey price every plan for euros. When you pick coin for the payment page, dem go convert the euro price to that coin for the moment wey you pay, and the page go show the exact amount plus payment address and QR code.

With stablecoin, that conversion easy to follow. Because USDT, USDC and DAI each dey try follow the US dollar, you fit guess the figure before you start if you think of the plan euro price for US dollars. For practice, e mean say:

• The stablecoin figure no go equal the euro price. Euros and US dollars na different currencies, so the number go change for the conversion. Send the figure wey the page show.
• To prepare dey simple. Keep small more than wetin you guess for the wallet, plus wetin the network fee need.
• The same thing apply to HelloSIM wallet. To add money to your wallet balance with stablecoin dey work the same way, from €1.00.

Na just how dem dey calculate the checkout amount be this. E no be advice about which coins you suppose hold.

USDT, USDC and DAI: which networks dem accept?

For checkout, the main difference between the three na where you fit send each one from. The payment page dey show the current list, and e fit change. The options wey dem don verify na:

Tether (USDT): eight networks

• TRON (TRC-20)
• Ethereum (ERC-20)
• BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20)
• TON
• Solana
• Polygon
• Arbitrum
• Avalanche

USD Coin (USDC): five networks

• Ethereum
• Polygon
• BNB Smart Chain
• Arbitrum
• Avalanche

DAI

Dem accept DAI too. Select DAI for the payment page, check the network wey the page show, and send for exactly that network.

Where USDT and USDC dey share networks

USDT and USDC dey share five networks: Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum and Avalanche. Dem also accept USDT for TRON, TON and Solana. If your USDC dey for network wey no dey its list for up, check whether the payment page dey offer am now before you start. No ever assume say dem accept one network just because dem accept the coin.

USDT, USDC or DAI: which stablecoin you suppose use?

For this purchase, the sensible choice na usually the stablecoin wey you don get already, for network wey dey its list. To first convert or move money to another network go add more steps, and every extra step na another chance to pick wrong network.

• USDT for TRON, TON or Solana: pay with USDT for that same network, because all three dey the list for USDT.
• USDC for exchange: choose one of the five USDC networks for the withdrawal form, and the same one for the payment page.
• DAI: select DAI for the payment page and match the network wey e show.
• If you get many of dem: use the coin and network wey your wallet or exchange fit send pass easy.

Any accepted stablecoin wey you choose, you go get the same plan and the same eSIM, wey dem go issue once the payment confirm for blockchain.

How to pay for eSIM with stablecoin, step by step

1. 1Check the coin and the network wey you get. For wallet, see which network the balance dey sit on; for exchange, see which withdrawal networks dem dey offer for that coin.
2. 2Choose plan. Pick country, regional or global plan, put your email address and select “Pay with crypto” for checkout for the website or for the app.
3. 3Select the stablecoin and the network wey match. The page go show payment address, QR code and the exact amount.
4. 4Send the exact amount inside one hour. Na you dey pay network fees on top of the amount wey dem show. If exchange remove its withdrawal fee from the amount, wetin reach go less, and that one fit leave the payment incomplete.
5. 5Receive the eSIM. Once the payment confirm for blockchain, the eSIM go show for your account or for the app and dem go email the QR code.
6. 6Install am with Wi-Fi. Validity dey start when the eSIM first connect to network for your destination, so e dey okay to buy and install before the trip.

Wetin you need

• Email address to receive the eSIM
• Phone wey support eSIM and wey no lock to any network (carrier-unlocked)
• USDT, USDC or DAI for network wey dem accept for that coin
• Small amount of the network own coin for the fee, if you dey send from your own wallet
• Wi-Fi to install the eSIM

Rules wey apply to every stablecoin payment

• If you send less than the amount wey dem show, the payment fit stay incomplete; if you overpay, the order still go complete.
• Transfer for different network from the one wey dem show fit leave the payment incomplete.
• Payment request dey stay open for 1 hour. If e expire, start new one from checkout and no ever send go the request wey don expire.
• The minimum for crypto payment na €1.00.
• Blockchain transfers no fit reverse once you don send am, and all sales na final once you don pay for order.

Stay connected with the stablecoin wey you dey use already

Pick the stablecoin wey you get, match its network for the payment page and send the figure wey e show. Dem go convert the euro price for you, and your eSIM go ready to install before you travel.