About Us

What We Do

The Co-operative Exchange, also known as BuyCoop, connects the Bitcoin Lightning economy to the cooperative economy of the Philippines. It’s a working link still taking shape—built between those already using Lightning and co-operatives beginning to explore it.

Anyone, anywhere in the world can use Lightning to buy products from Philippine cooperatives or send them directly to co-ops they support. Each small payment or test order becomes a signal of what’s possible: real goods, moving across open payment rails, settling in seconds—no banks, no middlemen, no delay.

The goal is simple: let practice, not promotion, show what works.

How It Works

We start by listing real products from trusted, verified suppliers and co-operative producers. Prices appear in sats. When a payment clears through Lightning, it settles directly to the co-operative or its fulfillment partner. They handle the order, record the process, and begin to see how instant settlement changes what distribution can mean.

Most co-ops join cautiously, learning one transaction at a time. Some later invest part of their education and training funds to deepen their understanding of Lightning. The system grows by repetition, not scale.

Who We Work With

BuyCoop sits within a broader framework. CoopPay Global builds the institutional and banking connections for Lightning integration. IXIOX, developed with the country’s leading legal-tech firm, provides AI tools for cooperative governance and compliance. CoopShop, Co-op Café, and The Workers Cellar serve as early bases for brand development, packaging and fulfillment.

Together, these projects are forming a live network—real producers, instant payments, and accountable systems built on open rails.

Why It Matters

Lightning here isn’t theory; it’s a tool in progress. Each transaction hints at a new layer of distribution that cooperatives—the original peer-to-peer networks—can eventually own and operate themselves.

BuyCoop exists to make that visible. Nothing more, nothing less.

Trademark Information: The use of the name CoopPay in CoopPay Global is under permission from One Cooperative Technology Service, the first technology service cooperative federation in the Philippines. CoopPay Global operates independently and does not imply diminution of any trademark right(s). Lightning is an open protocol, and the initiative is not limited to the use of CoopPay or any specific implementation.