Is Shieldz legit?

Fair question, and you should not take our word for it. Here is what you can verify independently, today.

It is non-custodial, and that is checkable

Shieldz never holds your funds or your keys. You give it a public key, buyers pay your address directly, and it only watches the chain. The key-derivation code is open source, so you can confirm it only ever holds a public key: see verify it yourself and is it safe.

The code is open and third-party-hosted

Official SDKs for Node, Python, Rust, and PHP, an MCP server, and a CLI, all MIT-licensed on GitHub. The Node package on npm is published with a Sigstore provenance attestation that links the exact source commit and build, and each release ships an SBOM, checksums, and a signature. The repositories are permanently archived on Software Heritage.

The team is real and traceable

Built by Deniz Yanbollu (@dnzynbl) and the wider LeoKit ecosystem. Real name, public profiles, and a contact at [email protected].

Being honest about what is new

Shieldz launched in 2026, so it does not yet have years of track record. Treat it like any new tool: use test mode, start with small amounts, and for the strictly wallet-to-wallet path accept the same coin you settle in. Legitimacy here rests on verifiable design and open code, not on age.

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Explore Shieldz

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

Compare: vs Coinbase Commerce, vs BTCPay Server, vs CryptAPI, vs NOWPayments.

Use cases: For freelancers, For creators, For open-source projects, For online stores.

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