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Non-Custodial. Your Keys, Your Funds.

PYMSTR never touches your money. Payments flow directly from customer to your wallet on-chain. Nothing to hack, nothing to freeze.

//Problem · Solutionwhy this exists
× the problem

Custodial payment processors hold merchant funds on their servers. Creating a massive attack surface. CoinsPaid lost $44.5M and Alphapo lost $60M in 2023. When a custodial processor is hacked, merchants lose everything stored on the platform.

→ the solution

PYMSTR is non-custodial by design. We never hold, store, or have access to merchant funds. Payments flow directly from the customer's wallet to yours on-chain. There's no pool of funds for hackers to target, no intermediary that can freeze your account.

//How it works3 steps

Three steps, on-chain.

Step 01

Customer initiates payment

The customer signs in and selects their payment amount, stablecoin, and chain.

Step 02

Payment executes on-chain

A smart contract transfers stablecoins directly from the customer's wallet to your wallet.

Step 03

Funds arrive in your wallet

USDC or USDT arrives in your wallet in 2-15 seconds. PYMSTR never has access to these funds.

//Benefits4 primitives

What you get.

01

Zero Hack Risk

PYMSTR has no pooled funds to steal. Even if our infrastructure were compromised, your funds are safe in your own wallet.

02

No Account Freezes

Custodial processors can freeze your account at any time. Non-custodial means your funds are always under your control.

03

Instant Access

No settlement delays. Funds are in your wallet the moment the transaction confirms. Use them immediately.

04

Reduced Regulatory Burden

Because PYMSTR never holds funds, the regulatory requirements are fundamentally different from custodial processors that need money transmitter licenses.

//Non-Custodial Architecture questions4 answers

Short
answers.
No jargon.

Non-custodial means PYMSTR never holds, stores, or controls your funds at any point. Payments flow directly from the customer's wallet to your wallet on the blockchain. We facilitate the transaction but never touch the money.
CoinsPaid and Alphapo are custodial. They collect funds into their own wallets and then settle to merchants. This creates a pool of funds that can be (and was) hacked. PYMSTR has no such pool.
Your funds are in your wallet, not ours. Even if PYMSTR's infrastructure were completely offline, your existing funds are safe and accessible. You would only lose the ability to process new payments until service is restored.
No. We never have access to your funds. They sit in your wallet under your private keys. We cannot freeze, hold, or delay access to your money under any circumstances.

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Non-custodial. Stable-in, stable-out. Funds settle directly to your wallet on-chain.