# Welcome to ShadowPay ShadowPay is an instant, private, self-custodial banking gateway that lets you spend **Solana, Monero, Zcash, and stablecoins** like money — without giving your life to KYC databases, surveillance networks, processors, or shadow analytics companies. With ShadowPay you can: * Load your card with privacy-preserving crypto * Pay anywhere Visa is accepted (150M+ online and in-store merchants) * Maintain full self-custody — *always* * Avoid the tracking, indexing, and profiling that define every traditional and “crypto” card Most cards today work like this:\ You KYC → they take your funds → they store everything → they analyze everything you buy → they share it across processors and data vendors. ShadowPay flips the model. ### **What you get as a user:** * **ZK Privacy by Default** — payments validated with zero-knowledge proofs, not surveillance * **Self-Custody Banking** — funds remain in a wallet where only you control the keys * **No-KYC Onboarding** — start with an email, that’s it * **Global Acceptance** — use your card wherever Visa works, in 115+ supported countries * **Multi-Chain Support** — Solana speed, Monero/Zcash privacy, stablecoin stability If you’re already comfortable holding crypto, ShadowPay finally gives you the missing piece:\ **a way to spend privately, globally, instantly, and without sacrificing your identity.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.shadowpay.cc/welcome-to-shadowpay.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.