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B2P Central vs ShapeShift

It is a trade-off. ShapeShift has the higher Safety grade (6.2 against 4.4), while B2P Central has the higher Privacy grade (7.7 against 7.1).

B2P Central

Free comparison of P2P bitcoin offers, swap rates, loans and gift cards; never handles funds

Privacy

7.7/ 10

Strong

Safety

4.4/ 10

Caution

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

ShapeShift

DAO-run open-source wallet and DEX aggregator for multichain swaps

Privacy

7.1/ 10

Strong

Safety

6.2/ 10

Fair

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

B2P CentralShapeShift
Category Swap Aggregators Swap Aggregators
KYC policy ID never required No ID mentioned
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source No Yes
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC, XMR BTC, ETH, RUNE, CACAO, ATOM, DOGE, LTC, BCH, SOL
Pay with Crypto Crypto
Fees No fees (homepage: "0% B2P Central fees") Not published
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only B2P Central

Nothing distinct

Both

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededThird-party liquidity

Only ShapeShift

Open source5+ years operating

Where they sit among swap aggregators

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → ShapeShift Privacy 7.1 · Safety 6.2 B2P Central Privacy 7.7 · Safety 4.4 THORSwap Privacy 6.9 · Safety 4.4 AnonExch Privacy 8.7 · Safety 4.3 InstaSwap Privacy 6.0 · Safety 4.3 Changerella Privacy 6.7 · Safety 3.7 SplitNOW Privacy 6.0 · Safety 3.4 CypherGoat Privacy 5.4 · Safety 5.2 BestChange Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.7 CoinoSwap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.2 Flashift Privacy 2.9 · Safety 4.2 OrangeFren Privacy 4.9 · Safety 4.1 Intercambio Privacy 5.3 · Safety 3.7 Trocador Privacy 4.2 · Safety 3.7 Swapzone Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.7 Rango Exchange Privacy 2.9 · Safety 3.7 TorrentSwap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.4 Acechange.io Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 Houdini Swap Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 SwapSpace Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 Husher Privacy 2.3 · Safety 3.4 SwapZilla Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0
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Questions

Is B2P Central or ShapeShift safer?

ShapeShift has the higher Safety grade: B2P Central 4.4, ShapeShift 6.2, out of 10.

Does B2P Central or ShapeShift require KYC?

B2P Central is KYC level 0 (ID never required). ShapeShift is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

B2P Central has 0 and ShapeShift has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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