Non-custodial

A non-custodial payment processor never holds your funds or your private keys. Payments settle to a wallet you control; the processor only watches the blockchain and notifies you. It cannot spend, freeze, or seize your money. Shieldz is non-custodial by design.

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Crypto payment gateway: overview, non-custodial, Zcash.

Accept a coin: Bitcoin, USDC, USDT, Zcash.

Compare: vs Coinbase Commerce, vs BTCPay Server, vs ZGo, vs CryptAPI, vs NOWPayments, vs Cryptomus, vs BitPay, vs CoinGate, vs OpenNode, vs Plisio, vs BlockBee, vs CoinPayments.

Use cases: For freelancers, For creators, For open-source projects, For online stores, For SaaS, For VPN & hosting providers, For agencies, For nonprofits, For digital sellers.

Guides: Node.js, FastAPI, .NET, WooCommerce.

Build: SDKs, API reference, quickstart. Learn: overview, blog, how it works, supported coins, pricing, is it safe, verify it yourself.