We're receiving lots of coins on our website and in the past used both ShapeShift and Changelly to convert them to Bitcoin. However, I've read some bad stories about Changelly on this forum and altough we have a ShapeShift account, the forced account and the pushing of FOX tokens seem to indicate the end is neigh for Shapeshift.

So, what are the current best and trustworthy alternatives? Fees are important because we exchange lots of small amounts.

We get mostly altcoin trading at our payment gateway at https://bitpro.cc

Although it's a bit unfair to compare 20 different altcoins to one Bitcoin

https://BitPro.cc now accepts Pivx as well.

Because our site is completely free of trackers, requires no javascript and an account is optional, it works nicely to protect your privacy when you pay using zPIV.

We don't have plans to add classic ether soon.

We just added Verge XVG support on our payment gateway. We only charge the network fee for Verge payments!

https://bitpro.cc

True, it's hard to assess what really happens to your keys. However, for the past year I've used them alot and consider them thrustworthy. For accounts in which I have over 10K I use a local wallet though.

Great list! Most of the acronyms, like forking, genesis block, etc. are also applicable to altcoins.

Coinmarketcap is a good starting point. But be careful when going for ICOs, you can earn a lot of money but it's even easier to loose even more.

MEW is really great, it's so easy to start and check balances.

For Bitcoin I'd recommend Electrum. Or the full wallet (with optional pruning), v0.16.0 makes Segwit so much easier to use!

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BitPro offers a payment gateway supporting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Monero or Ethereum. Our fees are one of the lowest in the industry.
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