---
title: "Pay in Bitcoin Lightning | HelvetiaCom"
url: https://www.helvetiacom.ch/en/bitcoin
description: "Pay HelvetiaCom invoices and travel eSIMs with Bitcoin Lightning. QR in seconds, locked exchange rate. Supporters of Lugano Plan B."
lang: en
---

Image: Plan ₿ Lugano (https://www.helvetiacom.ch/__l5e/assets-v1/78ff43e7-4b3a-489d-b1fb-bc32de7df7b2/planb-lugano-logo.svg)

# Pay HelvetiaCom in Bitcoin

Invoices and eSIMs, paid in seconds over the Lightning Network.

Buy an eSIM on esim.eco: https://esim.eco/

## Why we accept Bitcoin

HelvetiaCom is based in Ticino and supports the City of Lugano's Plan ₿. The project brings Bitcoin into everyday payments, in shops, offices and public services. Online we accept Bitcoin via the Lightning Network; at our office we also accept MyLugano and USDT (Tether).

Discover Lugano's Plan ₿ (https://planb.lugano.ch/)

Meet us at the Plan ₿ Forum, 23 and 24 October 2026, Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano.

Image: Bitcoin Lightning Network (https://www.helvetiacom.ch/__l5e/assets-v1/d759fddd-26fd-4c00-8e0b-f157c5633605/bitcoin-lightning-network.png)

Image: Tether USDT (https://www.helvetiacom.ch/lovable-uploads/tether-logo.webp)

Image: MyLugano (https://www.helvetiacom.ch/lovable-uploads/mylugano-lvga-footer.webp)

## What you can pay

### Travel eSIMs on esim.eco

Choose your destination, pay in sats at checkout, receive the QR in seconds.

Go to esim.eco
https://esim.eco/

## How it works

1. 01
   ### Enter your invoice details
   Company name, invoice number, due date and amount in CHF.
2. 02
   ### Scan the QR
   Open your Lightning wallet and scan the code. The sats exchange rate stays locked for the life of the Lightning invoice.
3. 03
   ### Payment recorded
   You get an on-screen confirmation. We record the payment on your invoice.

### Compatible wallets

- Phoenix
- Breez
- Blink
- Strike
- Zeus
- Aqua
- Wallet of Satoshi

And any Lightning compatible wallet.

## Pay an invoice

## Frequently asked questions

### Which wallets work?

### Is the exchange rate guaranteed?

### What happens if the Lightning invoice expires?

### Can I pay on-chain?

### Do I get a receipt?

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