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CypherGoat vs ShapeShift

ShapeShift has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.2 against 5.2, and Privacy 7.1 against 5.4.

CypherGoat

Swap aggregator with an open-source front end and Tor access

Privacy

5.4/ 10

Caution

Safety

5.2/ 10

Caution

ID on risk flag KYC 3 Docs reviewed Full review →

ShapeShift

DAO-run open-source wallet and DEX aggregator for multichain swaps

Privacy

7.1/ 10

Strong

Safety

6.2/ 10

Fair

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

CypherGoatShapeShift
Category Swap Aggregators Swap Aggregators
KYC policy ID on risk flag No ID mentioned
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source Yes Yes
Tor onion address Yes No
Coins BTC, XMR, ETH, LTC, BCH, SOL, DOGE BTC, ETH, RUNE, CACAO, ATOM, DOGE, LTC, BCH, SOL
Pay with Crypto, Monero, Lightning Crypto
Fees Typically 0.4–0.6% per swap, per the site Not published
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only CypherGoat

Tor onion serviceAccepts MoneroAccepts LightningRuns an affiliate programme

Both

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOpen sourceThird-party liquidity

Only ShapeShift

5+ years operating

Where they sit among swap aggregators

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → ShapeShift Privacy 7.1 · Safety 6.2 B2P Central Privacy 7.7 · Safety 4.4 THORSwap Privacy 6.9 · Safety 4.4 AnonExch Privacy 8.7 · Safety 4.3 InstaSwap Privacy 6.0 · Safety 4.3 Changerella Privacy 6.7 · Safety 3.7 SplitNOW Privacy 6.0 · Safety 3.4 CypherGoat Privacy 5.4 · Safety 5.2 BestChange Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.7 CoinoSwap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 4.2 Flashift Privacy 2.9 · Safety 4.2 OrangeFren Privacy 4.9 · Safety 4.1 Intercambio Privacy 5.3 · Safety 3.7 Trocador Privacy 4.2 · Safety 3.7 Swapzone Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.7 Rango Exchange Privacy 2.9 · Safety 3.7 TorrentSwap Privacy 3.4 · Safety 3.4 Acechange.io Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 Houdini Swap Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 SwapSpace Privacy 2.7 · Safety 3.4 Husher Privacy 2.3 · Safety 3.4 SwapZilla Privacy 3.1 · Safety 3.0
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Questions

Is CypherGoat or ShapeShift safer?

ShapeShift has the higher Safety grade: CypherGoat 5.2, ShapeShift 6.2, out of 10.

Does CypherGoat or ShapeShift require KYC?

CypherGoat is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag). ShapeShift is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

CypherGoat has 0 and ShapeShift has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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