Bitania vs Chainflip
It is a trade-off. Chainflip has the higher Safety grade (8.3 against 6.4), while Bitania has the higher Privacy grade (8.5 against 7.1).
Bitania
Instant crypto swap paying out from its own liquidity, with PGP-signed swap receipts and a SimpleX bot
Privacy
8.5/ 10
Excellent
Safety
6.4/ 10
Fair
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
Chainflip
Cross-chain DEX protocol for native BTC, ETH, SOL and stablecoin swaps
Privacy
7.1/ 10
Strong
Safety
8.3/ 10
Strong
ID in rare cases KYC 2 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Bitania | Chainflip | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Instant Swaps | Instant Swaps |
| KYC policy | ID never required | ID in rare cases |
| Custody | Custodial | Non Custodial |
| Sign-up | No account needed | No account needed |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, LTC, XMR, TRX, ETH, SOL, AVAX, USDT, USDC | BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, DOT, TRX, FLIP |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto |
| Fees | 0.4% floating, 0.8% fixed; payout network fee paid by Bitania; refund fee withheld on refunds | Not published |
| Limits | Per-pair minimums and maximums shown before confirming | Not published |
| Jurisdiction | Panama | Germany |
| Not available in | Cuba, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions; anyone under sanctions (terms s.2) | Persons subject to sanctions regimes are barred by the front-end terms; no country list published |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Bitania
Accepts MoneroOwn liquidityRefund without IDClosed sourceRuns an affiliate programme
Both
No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededLegal entity disclosed
Only Chainflip
Open sourceNon-custodialIndependent audit
Where they sit among instant swaps
Questions
Is Bitania or Chainflip safer?
Chainflip has the higher Safety grade: Bitania 6.4, Chainflip 8.3, out of 10.
Does Bitania or Chainflip require KYC?
Bitania is KYC level 0 (ID never required). Chainflip is KYC level 2 (ID in rare cases).
Which has more incidents on record?
Bitania has 0 and Chainflip has 0 documented incidents in the registry.