Where to buy crypto:

• Guide to choosing an exchange.

• Exchanges:

  • Coinbase

  • Gemini  

  • Kraken 

  • Bitfinex  

  • Bitstamp    

• Local and online markets:

  • HodlHodl  

  • Localbitcoins  

  • Bisq

• Acquire crypto by selling goods & services – See crypto commerce tools below.

Best practices for securing crypto:

• Blockchain security - The Blockchain Institute

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

• Choose a wallet - Bitcoin.org 

• Protecting Yourself and Your Funds Guide - MyCrypto

• Key Management Playlist - Andreas Antonopoulos

• Asymmetric encryption - Simply explained 

• Securing your wallet - Bitcoin.org

• Hardware Wallets - Bitcoin Wiki

• Hardware Wallets:

  • Trezor Hardware wallets  

  • Ledger Hardware wallets  

  • KeepKey Hardware wallets  

  • Cold Card Hardware wallets

• Physical wallets:​

  • Crypto Key Stack  

  • Crypto Steel  

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

• Casa Muti-sig Security - Casa 

• How to find your xpub key

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

Crypto commerce tools:

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

  • Tutorial Videos​

• 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 

The Lightning Network:

• Lightning simply explained - video

• Bitcoin and Lightning for Commerce - video

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

• Lightning Network Statistics

• Epic list of Lightning Network resources 

• The ION Lightning Network Wiki: https://wiki.ion.radar.tech/tech/lightning/lightning-network​ 

• Lightning 2020: A Toolkit for Heretical Web3: Developers: https://multicoin.capital/2020/05/05/lightning-2020-a-toolkit-for-heretical-web3-developers/

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

Volatility and stable coins:

• What Are Stablecoins? The Polarizing Solution to Cryptocurrency Volatility

• What is a stable coin?

• List of stable coins.

• Stablecoins:    

  • Tether (Centralized)

  • USDC (Centralized)

  • GUSD (Centralized)

  • BUSD (Centralized)

  • Dai (Decentralized)  

Legality and Taxation:

• Taxes:

  • Crypto and bitcoin taxes in the US CoinBase

  • Taxation of cryptocurrencies in Europe - Osborne Clarke

  • Cryptoassets: tax for individuals - (UK)

  • Tax treatment of cryptocurrencies - (Australia)

• Top 5 Best Crypto Tax Software Companies​

• Legality of bitcoin by country or territory - Wikipedia

• US Advocacy Center - Coin Center 

General Crypto:

For general Cryptocurrency and Blockchain resources, check out our extensive blockchain resource page.