I read through that Bitpay ASP.NET Core integration post, and it’s a solid starting point if you just want to get Bitcoin payments up and running without overthinking it, since the invoice based flow is pretty clear once you see how tokens and callbacks are handled, but in practice things tend to get more complicated the moment you connect multiple services and try to make everything work reliably together, which is why the whole idea of simplifying API integrations matters more than it seems at first, and that’s where approaches like soft2bet come into the conversation because they focus on building systems where integrations, data flow, and security are part of the core design rather than something you keep patching later, since launching a payment gateway is usually the easy part while keeping it stable, handling edge cases, and making sure it scales without constant fixes is where most of the real work actually begins