The Internet Computer ledger exposes account balances directly to anyone who knows the address. Getting paid in ICP through a raw account means handing every client a live view of your holdings, your income, and every counterparty you have dealt with. A Houdini Pay link lets you invoice and collect in ICP without ever revealing the account behind it.
The moment a client pays your raw ICP address, they can query your current balance, your full transfer history, and every account you have transacted with. Because Internet Computer accounts are long-lived and reused, that history accumulates into a detailed financial profile over time. A Houdini Pay link keeps that account private, so the payment reaches you without the payer ever learning where it landed.
Clients who can see your balance have leverage over you. If a client checks your ICP address before agreeing terms and finds a healthy balance, or watches previous invoices land and works out what your other clients pay, they will negotiate harder. A Houdini Pay link keeps your balance, your rates, and your other income invisible to the person on the other side of the deal.
Your clients do not need to hold ICP to pay your Houdini Pay link. They can settle in ETH, BTC, USDC, SOL, or any of 4,000+ supported tokens across 100+ chains, and Houdini Pay converts and routes the payment so you receive ICP. One link covers every payer, whatever they hold and whichever chain they hold it on.




ICP is the native token of the Internet Computer, a public blockchain designed to run software directly on-chain through canister smart contracts. ICP is used to pay for computation, to stake in neurons for governance and rewards, and to settle payments across the network. Transfers confirm quickly and at low cost, which makes ICP practical for invoicing and recurring payment.
No. The sender does not need to connect a wallet or create an account. They simply open the link, choose the token and chain they want to pay from, and send. Houdini handles the conversion and routes assets to your address automatically.