DONATION-BASED TRANSACTION INTEGRATION

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving a donation amount in a fiat currency from an agent when a transaction is completed by a customer on a transaction terminal;

using the donation amount in the fiat currency to purchase a second amount of cryptocurrency that is transferred to a wallet over a blockchain;

obtaining a charity wallet identifier for a charity that is to receive the donation amount; and

transferring the second amount of cryptocurrency from the wallet to a charity wallet of the charity over the blockchain using the charity wallet identifier.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising, reporting on total donations made to the charity from the wallet using a ledger maintained on the blockchain.

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a new wallet identifier associated with a new charity;

vetting the new charity based at least in part on a ledger associated with the new wallet identifier maintained on the blockchain; and

maintaining the new wallet identifier for the new charity in a list of vetted charities based on the vetting.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein maintaining further include maintaining a link to a summary page associated with the new charity in the list.

5 . The method of claim 4 further comprising:

selecting a predefined number of the vetted charities from the list at a configured period of time;

presenting the predefined number for a selection through an interface;

receiving the selection and providing a corresponding wallet identifier and a link to a corresponding summary page for the selection to the agent.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein using further includes providing the amount of fiat currency and a wallet identifier for the wallet to a cryptocurrency exchange to purchase and transfer the second amount to the wallet.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining further includes receiving the charity wallet identifier from the agent.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring further includes maintaining a ledger separate from a blockchain ledger that records the fiat currency amount, the second amount, and identifiers for the transaction, the transaction terminal, the charity.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring further includes iterating to the receiving for a next transaction and a next donation amount for a preconfigured period of time.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein iterating further includes sending the agent a second charity wallet identifier for a second charity and a link to a summary page for the second charity at the end of the preconfigured period of time.

11 . A method, comprising:

receiving a wallet identifier for a charity wallet and a link to a summary page for a charity associated with the charity wallet;

rendering donation screens associated with donating to the charity on a display of a terminal alongside of or overlaid on top of transaction screens during a transaction at the terminal;

reporting a donation amount received from a donation entry screen to a transaction manager of the terminal; and

providing the wallet identifier and the donation amount to a server for the server to purchase a second amount of cryptocurrency using a fiat currency associated with the donation amount and for the server to transfer the second amount of cryptocurrency from a server wallet to the charity wallet over a blockchain.

12 . The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a new wallet identifier for a new wallet of a new charity and a new link to a new summary page for the new charity from the server; and

replacing the wallet identifier and the link with the new wallet identifier and the new link for subsequent transactions on the terminal.

13 . The method of claim 12 further comprising, iterating to the rendering for each subsequent transaction.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving further includes obtaining the summary page using the link and rendering the summary page in the donation screens.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein rendering further includes rendering a donation activation screen alongside transaction screens associated with a start of the transaction and during the transaction.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein rendering the donation entry screen overlaid on top of the transaction screens in response to activation of the donation activation screen.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein rendering the donation entry screen further includes providing a keypad for entry of the donation amount within the donation entry screen.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein rendering the donation entry screen further includes rendering a predefined number of recent donation amounts made to the charity within the donation entry screen.

19 . A system comprising:

a server comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;

the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions;

the executable instructions when provided to or obtained by the at least one processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium cause the at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

maintaining a list of vetted charities;

maintaining for each vetted charity a wallet identifier for a cryptocurrency wallet of the corresponding vetted charity and a link to a summary page for the corresponding vetted charity;

providing a predefined number of the vetted charities at a first predefined period of time for selection through an interface;

receiving, through the interface, a selected vetted charity from the predefined number of the vetted charities;

obtaining the corresponding wallet identifier and the corresponding summary page for the selected vetted charity from the list;

providing the corresponding wallet identifier and the link associated with the corresponding summary page to an agent of a terminal;

receiving donation amounts and the corresponding wallet identifiers from the agent during transactions on the terminal;

for each donation amount:

purchasing cryptocurrency from an exchange using a fiat currency associated with the corresponding donation amount and transferring the purchased cryptocurrency to a server wallet associated with the server;

at second predefined periods of time, transferring the cryptocurrency from the server wallet to the corresponding wallet of the selected vetted charity over a blockchain using the corresponding wallet identifier.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the executable instructions when provided to or obtained by the at least one processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further cause the at least one processor to perform additional operations, comprising:

providing reports through the interface for total donation amounts per vetted charity and per user-defined periods of time using ledgers maintained on the blockchain for the server wallet and the cryptocurrency wallets of the vetted charities.