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Dawnswap vs Peer

It is a trade-off. Peer has the higher Safety grade (7.0 against 6.6), while Dawnswap has the higher Privacy grade (9.7 against 7.3).

Dawnswap

Independent Haveno network for peer-to-peer Monero trading over Tor

Privacy

9.7/ 10

Excellent

Safety

6.6/ 10

Fair

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

Peer

P2P fiat on/off-ramp settling through smart-contract escrow and payment-app proofs

Privacy

7.3/ 10

Strong

Safety

7.0/ 10

Strong

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

DawnswapPeer
Category P2P Exchanges P2P Exchanges
KYC policy ID never required 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 XMR, BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, USDT, USDC, DAI USDC, ETH, SOL, BTC, USDT
Pay with Monero, Crypto, Bank transfer, Cash PayPal, Bank transfer
Fees Maker 0%, taker 0.4% Up to 0.95% taker service fee; up to 0.5% bridge fee when bridging to another chain
Limits Minimum trade and deposit 0.02 XMR; minimum security deposit 5% Order sizes depend on each seller's configured range and available liquidity
Jurisdiction Decentralised / none United States (terms governed by California law)
Not available in Not published Sanctioned persons and jurisdictions are excluded by the terms
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Dawnswap

No email neededNo phone neededTor onion serviceAccepts MoneroAccepts cashAnonymous operator

Both

No registrationOpen sourceNon-custodial

Only Peer

Nothing distinct

Where they sit among p2p exchanges

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Bisq Privacy 9.3 · Safety 8.0 Haveno Privacy 9.2 · Safety 7.3 Mostro Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.3 Peer Privacy 7.3 · Safety 7.0 Vexl Privacy 6.1 · Safety 7.0 Hodl Hodl Privacy 6.0 · Safety 7.0 Dawnswap Privacy 9.7 · Safety 6.6 BasicSwap Privacy 9.2 · Safety 6.4 SkipShift Privacy 6.1 · Safety 6.4 Peach Bitcoin Privacy 6.5 · Safety 6.3 lnp2pBot Privacy 8.2 · Safety 5.8 RoboSats Privacy 8.7 · Safety 5.7 Bitpapa Privacy 1.9 · Safety 4.8 LocalCoinSwap Privacy 6.0 · Safety 4.7 BitValve Privacy 1.5 · Safety 4.3 Bitrica Privacy 5.7 · Safety 3.8 RetoSwap Privacy 8.9 · Safety 2.7 OpenMonero Privacy 6.6 · Safety 2.0
Trade Spend Infrastructure Identity 18 services. Hover or tap a point.

Questions

Is Dawnswap or Peer safer?

Peer has the higher Safety grade: Dawnswap 6.6, Peer 7.0, out of 10.

Does Dawnswap or Peer require KYC?

Dawnswap is KYC level 0 (ID never required). Peer is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

Dawnswap has 0 and Peer has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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