Non-custodial crypto payment gateway

A non-custodial gateway never holds your money or your keys. Shieldz only ever holds a public key: buyers pay your address directly, and it just watches the chain. It cannot spend, freeze, or seize your funds, unlike custodial processors that route payments through their own balance.

Why custody is the decision that matters

Custodial gateways take your customers' coins into their wallet, hold a balance for you, and pay you out on their schedule, minus a fee. That is where payout delays, account freezes, and "under review" emails come from. Non-custodial removes the middleman from the value flow entirely.

You can verify it, not just trust it

The key-derivation code is open source, so you can confirm Shieldz only ever holds a public key. See verify it yourself and is Shieldz legit.

The rest of it

$0 platform fee (network gas only), no KYC to start, hosted checkout, HMAC-signed webhooks, test mode, and official SDKs. Accept Bitcoin, USDC, USDT and shielded Zcash. Compare against BTCPay Server and CryptAPI, the other non-custodial options.

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Explore Shieldz

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.