> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://blockonomics.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is Blockonomics?

> Accept Bitcoin and crypto payments directly into your own wallet. No middleman. No custody risk.

Blockonomics is a non-custodial Bitcoin payment processor.

When a customer pays, the crypto goes directly into your wallet and stays under your control.

We handle the technical layer — generating addresses, detecting payments, and notifying your store.

## Get started in 2 minutes

Choose how you want to accept payments:

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  <Card title="No-code setup" icon="plug" href="/integrations">
    **Using WordPress, WHMCS, or PrestaShop?**<br />
    Install our plugin and you are live.<br /> No coding needed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API integration" icon="code" href="/integrations/api-overview">
    **Building something custom?**<br />
    Full control via our REST API.<br /> Create payments, receive callbacks, and build custom flows.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How it works?

* For **BTC and BCH**, we use your wallet's xPub key to generate a unique address per transaction, payments go directly to your wallet, every transaction generates a unique payment address.
* For **USDT**, payments go to a single wallet address you provide

<Info>
  Don’t worry if you have never heard of xPub, we will guide you step-by-step when you set up your wallet.
</Info>

## What you will need?

Three things, and we guide you through each one:

<Steps>
  <Step title="A Blockonomics account">
    Free to create, no identity verification required.
    [Create your account →](/getting-started/create-account)
  </Step>

  <Step title="A crypto wallet">
    For BTC and BCH, a wallet that exposes an xPub key (like Ledger or Electrum).<br />
    For USDT, any wallet address works.
    [See supported wallets →](/wallets/overview)
  </Step>

  <Step title="A store">
    Links your wallet to your website so you get notified when a payment arrives.<br />
    [Learn how stores work →](/getting-started/add-store)
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Card title="Create your free account →" href="/getting-started/create-account">
  Takes 2 minutes. No credit card, no KYC.
</Card>