2026 brought new rules in the EU. Lightning payments at shops now usually KYC you, because the shops use third parties.

Third-party gateways count as VASPs or CASPs or whatever buzzword they made up. It means they're licensed and forced to do it.

Customers hate the hassle and they won't pay with these gateways.

Run your own gateway. CashuPayServer on $3 shared hosting. No KYC, sign-ups, contracts.

It's still experimental though, test with small amounts. Your sats, your rules.