The Crypto Guide

Crypto, decoded.

Most of our members have never bought crypto before signing up. This is the cleanest path from never-touched-it to paid-and-shipped, in under thirty minutes.

Why crypto The journey Cold storage The rules

Why crypto

Three reasons the family pays this way.

Privacy

Your bank doesn't see what you bought. Your card statement reads nothing. There is no paper trail tying your real-world identity to a Medtra+ order.

Control

No chargebacks. No card declines. No frozen accounts. Once you have crypto, what you do with it is decided by you — not by a clearing house in Manchester.

Discretion

Crypto rails are encrypted by design. Even Litecoin — the most beginner-friendly option — leaves no link between your bank and what landed at your door.

The journey

Five steps. Thirty minutes. No detours.

Followed in order, this gets the average member from a phone in their hand to a paid Medtra+ order in less time than a Deliveroo arrives.

IStep

Sign up to Kraken.

FCA-registered. UK-friendly. Industry trust.

Kraken is the UK's most trusted crypto exchange — registered with the FCA, deep liquidity, low fees, and they've never lost customer funds in a hack. Sign up with your real details. The KYC happens here, where it's expected, not at Medtra+.

Why Kraken over the alternatives

Coinbase fees are higher. Binance withdrew from the UK retail market. Kraken sits in the sweet spot — institutional reliability without the institutional pricing. Pick Kraken Pro if you want lower fees and a power-user dashboard.

Open Kraken

IIStep

Verify your account.

Photo ID, address proof, takes 24 hours.

Kraken needs to confirm you're you. Upload a photo of your ID (passport or driving licence) and proof of address (utility bill or bank statement). Approval typically lands in under 24 hours, often within an hour.

What this is and isn't

This is Kraken complying with UK law — they need to know who you are. None of this information ever touches Medtra+. The transactions you make on the exchange are recorded by them; what you do with the crypto after you withdraw it is private.

IIIStep

Buy Litecoin.

Fast. Cheap. The smart pick for Medtra+ orders.

Once verified, deposit GBP via Faster Payments (free, lands in minutes). Then buy Litecoin (LTC) — search for the LTC/GBP pair and place a market order. Litecoin clears in ~2 minutes with negligible fees and works perfectly with Medtra+ payment.

Why LTC over BTC or USDT

Bitcoin works but takes 30+ minutes to confirm and fees can spike. USDT is fast but you pay a small premium. Litecoin is the unbeaten balance for orders under £500: same encryption, fast confirmation, fees in pennies.

IVStep

Move to a private wallet. (optional)

More privacy. More control. Skip if you're happy on the exchange.

If you'd rather your crypto leave the exchange between buying and spending, install Exodus or Cake Wallet on your phone or laptop. Send your LTC from Kraken to your wallet's receive address. Now Kraken sees the withdrawal — but not where it goes after.

Trade-off, plain English

Keeping crypto on the exchange means Kraken sees the eventual recipient. Moving it to your own wallet first breaks that link — privacy gained, but you take on responsibility for not losing the seed phrase. For orders under £100, the exchange is fine. For more, your own wallet is wiser.

VStep

Pay at checkout.

Copy the address. Send the exact amount. Done.

On the Medtra+ checkout, pick LTC. The page shows a wallet address + an exact amount. Either scan the QR with your wallet app, or paste the address + amount manually. Hit send. Within minutes the page detects your transaction and confirms your order.

Two non-negotiable rules

Always send the EXACT amount shown — to the penny. Underpay and the order won't auto-confirm; overpay and the difference is harder to refund. Always double-check the address — first 4 + last 4 characters at minimum. Wallets save once-used addresses; trust the QR over a typed paste.

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Cold storage

Where to actually hold it.

Three wallets, three jobs. Pick one to start; you can always add the others later. Each one is free to install — only the Ledger costs real money, and only if you’re holding more than you can afford to lose.

Hot wallet

Exodus

Beautiful. Beginner-friendly. Free.

Free desktop + mobile wallet that holds dozens of coins. Built-in exchange, no signup, gorgeous interface. Perfect first wallet — the on-ramp for most members.

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Recommended for privacyMobile wallet

Cake Wallet

Monero specialist. Mobile. Maximum privacy.

If you want the most private crypto possible, Monero is the pick — and Cake Wallet is the cleanest way to hold it. Mobile-first, open source, no KYC, no logs. Available in the App Store and Google Play.

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Hardware wallet

Ledger Nano X

Hardware wallet. Cold storage. Gold standard.

For serious holdings (£1000+), nothing beats a hardware wallet. Your private keys never touch the internet — they live on a USB-sized device kept in a drawer. Industry-standard security; the choice of every serious holder.

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A word on download safety

Only download wallets from the official sites linked above. Search-engine ads have impersonated wallets for years — there are fake versions of all three of these on Google Ads. Type the URL by hand, or use the links on this page.

The Rules

Five things every brother knows.

Burn these into memory. Most of the people who lose crypto, lose it to one of these five mistakes.

Never share your seed phrase.

12 or 24 words. They're the master key to your wallet — anyone with them owns everything inside. Write them on paper, store offline. No screenshots. No password managers. No cloud.

Verify the address every time.

Crypto malware swaps copied addresses. Always check the first 4 and last 4 characters of any address you paste — once before sending, once after.

Start with small amounts.

Your first send to Medtra+? Test with a £20 order before a £200 one. Every wallet, every exchange, every wallet-to-wallet hop — prove it works at small scale first.

Keep buying separate from holding.

The wallet you buy with shouldn't be the one you save in. Kraken for buying, Exodus or Ledger for holding, Medtra+ wallet address for spending. Three jobs, three places.

Never explain your crypto.

On Telegram, in chat, in person — the rule is the same as cash. People don't need to know what you have, where it's held, or how much. Quiet wins.

That’s the lot

You’re ready.

Stuck on any step? Open a chat in #general— there’s always a brother who’s done this before. The family doesn’t leave anyone behind on the on-ramp.

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