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Chainflip vs Swap Market

It is a trade-off. Chainflip has the higher Safety grade (8.3 against 7.3), while Swap Market has the higher Privacy grade (9.3 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 →

Swap Market

Open-source front end for atomic swaps between Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid and Rootstock

Privacy

9.3/ 10

Excellent

Safety

7.3/ 10

Strong

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

ChainflipSwap Market
Category Instant Swaps Instant Swaps
KYC policy ID in rare cases ID never required
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source Yes Yes
Tor onion address No Yes
Coins BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, DOT, TRX, FLIP BTC, L-BTC, RBTC
Pay with Crypto Crypto, Lightning
Fees Not published Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap
Limits Not published Set by each backend provider
Founded Not published 2024
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 Swap Market

Tor onion serviceAccepts LightningSelf-hostable

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 Swap Market Privacy 9.3 · Safety 7.3 eigenwallet Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.0 Bitania Privacy 8.5 · Safety 6.4 Godex Privacy 7.6 · Safety 6.3 n.exchange Privacy 3.1 · Safety 6.1 THORChain Privacy 8.5 · Safety 5.9 xchange.me Privacy 6.6 · Safety 5.9 SideShift.ai Privacy 4.2 · Safety 5.9 WizardSwap Privacy 8.2 · Safety 5.5 NativeSwap Privacy 7.3 · Safety 5.5 Alfacash Privacy 2.4 · Safety 5.5 BitcoinVN Privacy 5.6 · Safety 5.3 ETZ-Swap Privacy 7.5 · Safety 5.2 SimpleSwap Privacy 2.9 · Safety 5.0 0trace Privacy 8.9 · Safety 4.9 Mistex Privacy 8.9 · Safety 4.9 FixedFloat Privacy 3.7 · Safety 4.8 Flyp.me Privacy 3.2 · Safety 4.8 Mine.exchange Privacy 2.7 · Safety 4.8 NEAR Intents Privacy 6.4 · Safety 4.7 Swapuz Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.7 NeverKYC Privacy 7.1 · Safety 4.6 OctoSwap Privacy 6.9 · Safety 4.6 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 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 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 xmr2cex Privacy 8.4 · Safety 3.7 Wagyu Privacy 5.4 · Safety 3.7 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 Mix Swap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.3 CoinCraddle Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0 GoExme 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 Swap Market safer?

Chainflip has the higher Safety grade: Chainflip 8.3, Swap Market 7.3, out of 10.

Does Chainflip or Swap Market require KYC?

Chainflip is KYC level 2 (ID in rare cases). Swap Market is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Chainflip has 0 and Swap Market has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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