5 Open Source Tools I Used to Build a Zero-Platform Digital Business No Stripe. No Shopify. No AWS. No monthly fees. Just open source + Bitcoin. The Stack 1. Surge.sh (Hosting) Static site deployment in one command: surge ./dist my-store.surge.sh Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Free. Fast. No server management. 2. Bitcoin.js (Wallet Generation) import Bitcoin from " bitcoinjs-lib " ; const keyPair = Bitcoin . ECPair . makeRandom (); const { address } = keyPair . getAddress (); Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Client-side Bitcoin handling. No backend needed. 3. Blockstream API (Payment Verification) const verifyPayment = async ( txHash , expectedSats ) => { const tx = await fetch ( `https://blockstream.info/api/tx/ ${ txHash } ` ); return tx . vout [ 0 ]. value >= expectedSats ; }; Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Free blockchain queries. No API key required. 4. Linkvertise (Digital Delivery) Automated content delivery after payment confirmation. 5.…