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BasicSwap vs OpenMonero

BasicSwap has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.4 against 2.0, and Privacy 9.2 against 6.6.

BasicSwap

Self-hosted cross-chain DEX using atomic swaps for Bitcoin, Monero and more

Privacy

9.2/ 10

Excellent

Safety

6.4/ 10

Fair

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

OpenMonero

LocalMonero-style P2P Monero marketplace with repeated reported losses

Privacy

6.6/ 10

Fair

Safety

2.0/ 10

Poor

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

BasicSwapOpenMonero
Category P2P Exchanges P2P Exchanges
KYC policy ID never required No ID mentioned
Custody Non Custodial Custodial
Sign-up No account needed Email optional
Open source Yes No
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC, XMR, LTC, PART, FIRO, DASH XMR
Pay with Crypto, Monero Monero, Bank transfer, Cash
Jurisdiction Decentralised / none Not published
Incidents on record 1 2
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only BasicSwap

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOpen sourceNon-custodialSelf-hostable

Both

Accepts Monero

Only OpenMonero

Anonymous operator

Where they sit among p2p exchanges

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Bisq Privacy 9.3 · Safety 8.0 Haveno Privacy 9.2 · Safety 7.3 Mostro Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.3 Peer Privacy 7.3 · Safety 7.0 Vexl Privacy 6.1 · Safety 7.0 Hodl Hodl Privacy 6.0 · Safety 7.0 Dawnswap Privacy 9.7 · Safety 6.6 BasicSwap Privacy 9.2 · Safety 6.4 SkipShift Privacy 6.1 · Safety 6.4 Peach Bitcoin Privacy 6.5 · Safety 6.3 lnp2pBot Privacy 8.2 · Safety 5.8 RoboSats Privacy 8.7 · Safety 5.7 Bitpapa Privacy 1.9 · Safety 4.8 LocalCoinSwap Privacy 6.0 · Safety 4.7 BitValve Privacy 1.5 · Safety 4.3 Bitrica Privacy 5.7 · Safety 3.8 RetoSwap Privacy 8.9 · Safety 2.7 OpenMonero Privacy 6.6 · Safety 2.0
Trade Spend Infrastructure Identity 18 services. Hover or tap a point.

Questions

Is BasicSwap or OpenMonero safer?

BasicSwap has the higher Safety grade: BasicSwap 6.4, OpenMonero 2.0, out of 10.

Does BasicSwap or OpenMonero require KYC?

BasicSwap is KYC level 0 (ID never required). OpenMonero is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

BasicSwap has 1 and OpenMonero has 2 documented incidents in the registry.

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