General Crypto:

For general Cryptocurrency and Blockchain resources, check out The Blockchain Institutes extensive resource page. 

Crypto commerce tools:

• BTCPay Server - Self hosted processor (Open source, non-custodial)

• Coinbase Commerce - Payment processor (Proprietary, non-custodial)

• Globee - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• Opennode - Payment Processor (Proprietary, custodial) 

• CoinPayments - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• BitPay - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• CoinGate - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• OpenBazaar - P2P market protocol 

Lightning specific commerce tools:

  Lightning wallets:

• Lightning Wallet list

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  Point of sale systems:

• Zap

• Nanopos

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  Plugins:

• Woo Commerce

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  Payment processors:

• Open Node - Custodial

• Globee - Custodial

• CoinGate - Custodial

• BTCPay Server - Noncustodial

The Lightning Network:

• Lightning simply explained - Video

• Explain Like I Don’t Have Degrees in Cryptography and Computer Science 

• Lightning Network Statistics

• Epic list of Lightning Network resources 

Custodial services vs. holding your own keys:

• The sad state of crypto custody - Tech Crunch 

• Crypto Custody Explained  - Forbes 

• Why be your own crypto payment processor - BTCPay Server

Best practices for holding your own crypto:

• Blockchain security - The Blockchain Institute

• How to store your Bitcoin (Types of wallets) - Coindesk

• Choose a wallet - Bitcoin.org 

• Securing your wallet - Bitcoin.org

• Hardware Wallets - Bitcoin Wiki

• What is Multi-Sig, and What Can It Do? - Coin Center 

• Casa Muti-sig Security - Casa 

Volatility and stable coins:

• What Are Stablecoins? The Polarizing Solution to Cryptocurrency Volatility

• What is a stable coin?

• List of stable coins.

• List of stable coins resources - The Blockchain Institute

Legality and Taxation:

• Crypto and bitcoin taxes in the US CoinBase

• Taxation of cryptocurrencies in Europe - Osborne Clarke

• Legality of bitcoin by country or territory - Wikipedia

• US Advocacy Center - Coin Center