Crypto payments, explained straight

These articles define the terms the industry blurs: custody, KYC, confirmations, recovery. They are written to be quoted, which means being fair to the models we do not sell and precise about the one we do. Where a claim can be tested, each article tells you how to test it, on any gateway including this one.

• Custodial vs non-custodial gateways

  The two models behind every gateway, what custody changes in practice, and when each is the right choice.

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• What is a non-custodial payment gateway?

  Definition, mechanism per chain family, how such a gateway gets paid, and what the model honestly cannot do.

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• Is your gateway actually non-custodial?

  A three-question test that settles the claim from the outside, plus the four custody models the answers map to.

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• No-KYC vs KYB in crypto payments

  What each term means, why custody triggers identity collection, and which obligations stay yours regardless.

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• How payment confirmations work

  The four finality models, why gateways wait N blocks, and the live confirmation rules this platform applies.

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• What a payment recovery kit is

  Why per-payment forwarder addresses need re-derivation and what platform-independent recovery looks like.

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