Cake Pay vs The Bitcoin Company
It is a trade-off. The Bitcoin Company has the higher Safety grade (5.0 against 3.0), while Cake Pay has the higher Privacy grade (6.2 against 5.9).
Cake Pay
Gift-card and prepaid-card store from the Cake Wallet team; under maintenance
Privacy
6.2/ 10
Fair
Safety
3.0/ 10
Poor
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Suspended Full review →
The Bitcoin Company
App and web store for gift cards and prepaid Visa/Mastercard paid in bitcoin
Privacy
5.9/ 10
Fair
Safety
5.0/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Cake Pay | The Bitcoin Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Gift Cards | Gift Cards |
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | N/A | N/A |
| Sign-up | Email required | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | XMR, BTC, LTC | BTC |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto, Lightning |
| Incidents on record | 1 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Cake Pay
Accepts Monero
Both
Requires email
Only The Bitcoin Company
Accepts Lightning
Where they sit among gift cards
Questions
Is Cake Pay or The Bitcoin Company safer?
The Bitcoin Company has the higher Safety grade: Cake Pay 3.0, The Bitcoin Company 5.0, out of 10.
Does Cake Pay or The Bitcoin Company require KYC?
Cake Pay is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). The Bitcoin Company is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Cake Pay has 1 and The Bitcoin Company has 0 documented incidents in the registry.