# Overview

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#### **Private crypto payments, without the crypto complexity**

Silo is a non-custodial crypto payments platform. Send and receive cryptocurrency using a single username with privacy built into every transaction and compliance enforced automatically.

The sender types a username and a dollar amount. Silo handles everything else: asset conversion, chain routing, bridging, and privacy in the background. Users set their receive preferences once: preferred asset, preferred chain, and destination wallet(s), and every future payment to their username is automatically delivered according to those settings.  No new wallet needed.

Every transaction is private by default. Silo maintains a full encrypted audit trail behind every payment, while both parties receive redacted receipts that prove the transaction occurred without exposing private details. 

#### **Get Familiar with Silo**

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><strong>Silo 101</strong></td><td><a href="/files/hNGhJZ4lkwxoXrCOr36p">/files/hNGhJZ4lkwxoXrCOr36p</a></td><td><a href="/pages/ah9Ol5c0H0Qi8aOANM5u">/pages/ah9Ol5c0H0Qi8aOANM5u</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>How Silo Works</strong></td><td><a href="/files/pzXU27h5j3iNEmZGWo6W">/files/pzXU27h5j3iNEmZGWo6W</a></td><td><a href="/pages/aOjs4gC5WzIpifbjuGsn">/pages/aOjs4gC5WzIpifbjuGsn</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Privacy</strong></td><td><a href="/files/1RbjXu1jcjNWEBPmmPFk">/files/1RbjXu1jcjNWEBPmmPFk</a></td><td><a href="/pages/YznPBFfeZwvbU8ytBy34">/pages/YznPBFfeZwvbU8ytBy34</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Compliance</strong></td><td><a href="/files/Au02c3zXUUsgNHz9mtCI">/files/Au02c3zXUUsgNHz9mtCI</a></td><td><a href="/pages/2N9fmoIsWfdcm406wJ0m">/pages/2N9fmoIsWfdcm406wJ0m</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Fees</strong></td><td><a href="/files/emmIo5hZ9wyGr56zviT1">/files/emmIo5hZ9wyGr56zviT1</a></td><td><a href="/pages/AaeBllmCz2CQoq2HZ6Ua">/pages/AaeBllmCz2CQoq2HZ6Ua</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Resources</strong></td><td><a href="/files/NoplJIbyG4gVAo0qNNMX">/files/NoplJIbyG4gVAo0qNNMX</a></td><td><a href="/pages/45KSDWif8MZkex9sQuVr">/pages/45KSDWif8MZkex9sQuVr</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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