In simple English
This tool lets you take cryptocurrency payments on your own website. You do not need to pay fees to a middleman. You run the software on your own server. Customers can pay in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, and many other coins. The money goes straight to your own wallet.
What it is
SHKeeper is a self-hosted cryptocurrency payment gateway and merchant processor. It exposes a REST API (an interface for other programs to talk to it) and connects to popular e-commerce platforms like WooCommerce and WHMCS.
What it is good for
Solo builders who sell digital products or services and want to accept crypto directly without paying percentage fees to third-party payment processors.
- No percentage fees taken by middlemen or third parties.
- Supports a wide range of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero.
- Includes ready-made modules for popular store software like WooCommerce.
- Requires setting up a Kubernetes cluster on a Linux server, which is difficult for non-programmers.
- Running full blockchain nodes needs significant disk space and memory.
- You are entirely responsible for backing up your wallet keys and keeping your server secure.
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curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh - helm repo add vsys-host https://vsys-host.github.io/helm-charts helm install shkeeper vsys-host/shkeeper