They perhaps specified a one-time email which doesn’t work anymore or their node was offline.
For those ones - well, they will figure out later 
why would node online status affect email deliverability?
My mistake, my mobile email client sent these emails to the newsletters tab and I didn’t notice.
Can we have layer 2 payment chooses?
Such as polygon chain/etc.
It’s cheaper and faster, supported by many payment gateways, so all of my USDC is on the layer 2, not on layer 1.
Layer two made sense when gas price was high. Now it’s so low (less than a penny), that L2 makes no sense.
Is it? Even if it was – what’s the hurry for a once-a-month transfer?
Moreover, when L2 was supported – virtually nobody used it. Rightfully so.
I believe we filtered only online nodes. Why bother owners of the offline nodes?
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Disqualified, I would understand. “offline” is a temporary state though.
Now please think about PYUSD for payment from customers and SNOs as well.
Why PYUSD?
PYUSD is especially interesting through its connection to Paypal.
We had the request for Paypal long time ago:
From AI:
What is PYUSD?
PayPal USD (PYUSD) is a stablecoin—a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value of exactly 1:1 with the US dollar. It’s issued by Paxos Trust Company in partnership with PayPal and is built on multiple blockchain networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Arbitrum.
How It Works
On PayPal, you can buy, hold, and send PYUSD fee-free to other PayPal users globally. You can also transfer it to external cryptocurrency wallets on supported blockchains (Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum). paypal.com1
For businesses, PYUSD enables faster cross-border payments, merchant settlement, and now powers PYUSDx—a platform launched in September 2026 where companies can create application-specific stablecoins fully backed by PYUSD reserves.
Why It Matters
PYUSD bridges traditional finance and blockchain technology, offering the stability of the dollar with the speed and programmability of cryptocurrency. Unlike volatile cryptocurrencies, it maintains its value, making it practical for everyday payments, remittances, and cross-border transactions without currency conversion risk.
PYUSD could lower barriers for Paypal users to use Storj services. Also SNOs with Paypal could profit if they could send their payouts directly to their Paypal account.
This could be something like a Paypal integration lite.
PYUSD only supported ~70 countries though
I’m not against PYUSD, just want to point out AI slop since I try to use PYUSD before:
PayPal is dramatically expanding the map of countries where users can send and receive its branded stablecoin. As of this month, customers in 70 nations will now be able to hold PYUSD in their PayPal wallets, May Zabaneh, senior vice president and the company’s head of crypto, told Fortune. Those countries—which are a subset of the approximately 200 in which PayPal operates—include Uganda, Colombia, Peru, and new additions in South America, Africa, and Asia. Previously, only customers in the U.S. and U.K. were able to hold the stablecoin.
Where is PYUSD available? | PayPal TO
For me 70 countries is globally in a sense. But true, they do not yet cover every country. E.g. in Europe resp. EU it can’t be used yet. But I think it is safe to assume that they are working on it and that Paypal is one of the companies that will align the usage of PYUSD with their existing global payment network as much as possible.
The advantage is clear: Paypal growing its global accessibility of PYUSD will grow the user base for Storj automatically and without additional cost. And for SNOs they probably would be able to use their Paypal account to receive payouts.
I means, yes, currently gas fee is super cheap, but who knows if it’s going to increase someday.
I am suggesting this because many crypto gateways now (only) accepting layer 2 USDC, and I do not want keep 3 different kind USDC, with 3 different kind gas (ETH/Polygon/etc.) in my wallet. It’s meaningless. That’s way I am suggesting alternatives.
Sorry I can’t really agree with your statement about L2 is not been used. Many of the companies who accepts crypto use the payment gateway ONLY accept L2 USDC. One reason the ETH gas become so cheap is because most of the small transactions have been moved to L2. Weather L2 is good or bad, or if it fits the crypto’s ideologies, it would be a whole different debate does not fit here.
For sure I can adapt, but if the alternatives are good enough, I just suggest it for my own convenience.
I understand. However, even when gas was very high, adoption of L2 by node operators was very low.
Storj offered even payments over polygon, and then shut it down because barely three and a half people used it.
For a once per month transactions L2 brings no benefits, but comes with nonzero support and maintenance cost. I understand you don’t want to deal with multiple networks. Neither does storj.
PayPal was always out from payments/payouts options.
Nothing has changed since then.
I believe Paypal payments and PYUSD are 2 distinct things. To my understanding you can hold PYUSD just like USDC without the need of a Paypal account. But it is much more convenient to obtain and to send through a Paypal account.
So the rejection you are quoting might not have anything to do with accepting PYUSD.
No need to invent another wheel. I glad that at least USDC has been approved. Let’s stick with it.
This does not invent another wheel. It is running on the same ressources like USDC but has the potential to reach Paypal users as new customers and lower barriers for existing users and SNOs. It is a single connection point and expansion of traditional payment options with crypto payments.
Here is another AI quote:
You can send PYUSD from PayPal by going to your crypto balance, selecting PYUSD, and entering an external Ethereum or Solana wallet address. (Note: PayPal supports PYUSD—PayPal USD—rather than standard USDC directly
The advantage is clear:
What is PayPal USD (PYUSD)? | PayPal US
What can I do with PayPal USD?
You can buy or sell PayPal USD on PayPal, using your US PayPal balance, or a PayPal-linked debit card or bank account.
You can send it to friends and family in the US on PayPal without fees. Plus, you can send it outside PayPal to Ethereum and Solana wallet addresses that support PYUSD.
That assumption has a flaw. There is no reported progress regarding MiCA.
I don’t think so. It would be a flawed assumption to believe that Paypal would skip the large European market and leave it to its competitors. A step by step launch over different regions is exactly what is to be expected.
But let’s look at what is publicly available:
Paxos as the issuer of PYUSD has achieved Mica compliance:
And Paypal has expanded PYUSD availability only in March this year:
With the strict European regulation it does not surprise me at all if the EU would be the last region where PYUSD was introduced. But I have no doubt it will. Maybe they will even do a PYEUR or something.
But as said I am not talking about some additional stablecoin to add. I am talking about PYUSD specifically for its integration with Paypal and the potential that might come from the connection to the global Paypal ecosystem through PYUSD. Paypal users would not need additional exchange accounts or wallets to obtain and exchange fo USDC to be able to pay for Storj services from their Paypal account.
PayPal’s user base is irrelevant to Storj payments. Customers who want to use PayPal can already move money out of PayPal and pay Storj normally. Storj does not need to adopt PayPal’s stablecoin to accommodate them.
USDC is already supported for crypto bros those who like to waste time with crypto.
Storj rejected PayPal before. That is still the right decision. PayPal is a horrific company and nobody should use it ever for anything. Let alone entangle oneself with it.let alone voluntarily.