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Chainflip vs Lightning Loop

It is a trade-off. Chainflip has the higher Safety grade (8.3 against 8.0), while Lightning Loop has the higher Privacy grade (7.8 against 7.1).

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 →

Lightning Loop

Lightning Labs' non-custodial submarine swap service for moving sats between Lightning and on-chain

Privacy

7.8/ 10

Strong

Safety

8.0/ 10

Strong

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

ChainflipLightning Loop
Category Instant Swaps Instant Swaps
KYC policy ID in rare cases No ID mentioned
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source Yes Yes
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, DOT, TRX, FLIP BTC
Pay with Crypto Crypto, Lightning
Fees Not published Loop service fee varying with on-chain conditions, plus on-chain and routing fees; 30,000-sat no-show prepayment on Loop Out
Founded Not published 2019
Jurisdiction Germany Not published
Not available in Persons subject to sanctions regimes are barred by the front-end terms; no country list published Not published
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Chainflip

Independent auditLegal entity disclosed

Both

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOpen sourceNon-custodial

Only Lightning Loop

Accepts Lightning5+ years operating

Where they sit among instant swaps

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → GhostSwap Privacy 10.0 · Safety 8.4 Chainflip Privacy 7.1 · Safety 8.3 Lightning Loop Privacy 7.8 · Safety 8.0 Swap Market Privacy 9.3 · Safety 7.3 eigenwallet Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.0 Maya Protocol Privacy 8.5 · Safety 7.0 Bitania Privacy 8.5 · Safety 6.4 Godex Privacy 7.6 · Safety 6.3 THORChain Privacy 8.5 · Safety 5.9 xchange.me Privacy 6.6 · Safety 5.9 WizardSwap Privacy 8.2 · Safety 5.5 NativeSwap Privacy 7.3 · Safety 5.5 BitcoinVN Privacy 5.6 · Safety 5.3 ETZ-Swap Privacy 7.5 · Safety 5.2 MoBit Exchange Privacy 7.9 · Safety 5.0 0trace Privacy 8.9 · Safety 4.9 Mistex Privacy 8.9 · Safety 4.9 omenswap Privacy 8.0 · Safety 4.7 NEAR Intents Privacy 6.4 · Safety 4.7 NeverKYC Privacy 7.1 · Safety 4.6 OctoSwap Privacy 6.9 · Safety 4.6 Pablo Cash Privacy 8.9 · Safety 4.3 SWAP.MY Privacy 8.3 · Safety 4.3 SilentSwap Privacy 5.9 · Safety 4.3 xchg Privacy 7.9 · Safety 4.0 StereoSwap Privacy 7.3 · Safety 4.0 PegasusSwap Privacy 7.2 · Safety 4.0 FuguSwap Privacy 7.0 · Safety 4.0 xmr2cex Privacy 8.4 · Safety 3.7 Wagyu Privacy 5.4 · Safety 3.7 n.exchange Privacy 3.1 · Safety 6.1 SideShift.ai Privacy 4.2 · Safety 5.9 Alfacash Privacy 2.4 · Safety 5.5 SimpleSwap Privacy 2.9 · Safety 5.0 FixedFloat Privacy 3.7 · Safety 4.8 Flyp.me Privacy 3.2 · Safety 4.8 Mine.exchange Privacy 2.7 · Safety 4.8 Swapuz Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.7 AvanChange Privacy 2.4 · Safety 4.6 The Change Privacy 2.6 · Safety 4.5 CrystalTrade Privacy 2.0 · Safety 4.5 ChangeNOW Privacy 2.7 · Safety 4.4 StealthEX Privacy 2.7 · Safety 4.4 Changelly Privacy 1.7 · Safety 4.4 Fswap Privacy 3.6 · Safety 4.0 ChangeHero Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.0 PLATOV Privacy 2.7 · Safety 4.0 CCE Cash Privacy 2.5 · Safety 4.0 Mchanger Privacy 2.4 · Safety 4.0 BitSwitch Privacy 4.0 · Safety 3.9 SecureShift Privacy 4.0 · Safety 3.9 Priamex Privacy 3.8 · Safety 3.9 Ninja.Exchange Privacy 3.6 · Safety 3.9 PulseLN Privacy 3.3 · Safety 3.9 ExWell Privacy 2.1 · Safety 3.9 Nanswap Privacy 3.2 · Safety 3.7 Exolix Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.7 HiddenSwap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.6 ChainSwap Privacy 3.0 · Safety 3.6 InstantExchangers Privacy 3.0 · Safety 3.6 Rabbit Swap Privacy 2.9 · Safety 3.6 YellowChanger Privacy 2.6 · Safety 3.6 AlwaysMoney Privacy 2.0 · Safety 3.6 BitcoinBox Privacy 2.0 · Safety 3.6 RubyCash Privacy 2.0 · Safety 3.6 BitFlaming Privacy 1.5 · Safety 3.6 XMRS Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.4 Mix Swap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.3 Rebex Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.1 CoinCraddle Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0 GoExme Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0 SwapRocket Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0 BitXchange Privacy 3.0 · Safety 3.0 Baltex Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Changee Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 EXC24 Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Explace Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Fujn Swap Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 SnapSwap Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 SwapGate Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Swappix Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Xgram.io Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 YBEX Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.0 Expeer Privacy 2.4 · Safety 3.0 EasyBit Privacy 2.3 · Safety 3.0 CoinPayMaster Privacy 1.9 · Safety 3.0 Lizex Privacy 3.0 · Safety 1.5 Swapter Privacy 2.7 · Safety 0.1
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Questions

Is Chainflip or Lightning Loop safer?

Chainflip has the higher Safety grade: Chainflip 8.3, Lightning Loop 8.0, out of 10.

Does Chainflip or Lightning Loop require KYC?

Chainflip is KYC level 2 (ID in rare cases). Lightning Loop is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

Chainflip has 0 and Lightning Loop has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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