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Guarda vs ZEUS

ZEUS has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 8.0 against 5.4, and Privacy 8.6 against 3.7.

Guarda

Closed-source multi-chain wallet with Monero support whose terms reserve the right to verify users

Privacy

3.7/ 10

Poor

Safety

5.4/ 10

Caution

ID on risk flag KYC 3 Docs reviewed Full review →

ZEUS

Open-source self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet and remote node manager

Privacy

8.6/ 10

Excellent

Safety

8.0/ 10

Strong

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

GuardaZEUS
Category Wallets Wallets
KYC policy ID on risk flag ID never required
Custody Non Custodial Non Custodial
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source No Yes
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC, XMR, ETH, SOL, USDT, TON BTC
Pay with Crypto, Monero, Card, Bank transfer, PayPal Not published
Fees Not published Olympus LSP just-in-time channels: 10,000 sat per new channel up to 1M sat, 1% for 1M to 5M sat, 2 sat per wrapped invoice without a channel open (low-fee conditions). Swaps carry a service fee plus network fee shown before confirming. ZEUS Pay Zaplocker addresses: no fee.
Limits Not published Swaps have provider-set minimum and maximum amounts.
Founded 2017 2019
Jurisdiction British Virgin Islands / Portugal Not published
Not available in Jurisdictions sanctioned under EU legislation or on FATF lists, and any jurisdiction the company chooses to prohibit Not published
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Guarda

Accepts MoneroClosed sourceThird-party liquidityMay request IDLegal entity disclosed

Both

No registrationNon-custodial

Only ZEUS

No email neededNo phone neededAccepts LightningOpen source5+ years operating

Where they sit among wallets

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Electrum Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.5 Phoenix Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.5 Wasabi Wallet Privacy 8.9 · Safety 8.0 ZEUS Privacy 8.6 · Safety 8.0 Bitkey Privacy 6.8 · Safety 7.5 Muun Privacy 6.8 · Safety 7.5 Cake Wallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.4 Monerujo Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.4 Feather Wallet Privacy 9.4 · Safety 7.0 Monero GUI and CLI W Privacy 9.3 · Safety 7.0 Monfluo Privacy 8.9 · Safety 7.0 BlueWallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 7.0 Envoy Privacy 8.5 · Safety 7.0 Sparrow Wallet Privacy 8.5 · Safety 7.0 Blixt Wallet Privacy 7.6 · Safety 7.0 Breez (Glow) Privacy 7.6 · Safety 7.0 Nunchuk Privacy 7.5 · Safety 7.0 Stack Wallet Privacy 8.6 · Safety 6.9 AQUA Wallet Privacy 8.3 · Safety 6.9 Ledger Wallet (forme Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.9 Trezor Suite Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.9 Proton Wallet Privacy 6.4 · Safety 6.9 Exodus Privacy 7.0 · Safety 6.8 Ashigaru Privacy 8.9 · Safety 6.6 Blockstream app (Gre Privacy 8.3 · Safety 6.4 Unstoppable Wallet Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.4 Edge Privacy 7.2 · Safety 6.4 Zodl (formerly Zashi Privacy 7.2 · Safety 6.4 Atomic Wallet Privacy 7.4 · Safety 5.3 Trust Wallet Privacy 7.0 · Safety 5.3 Guarda Privacy 3.7 · Safety 5.4
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Questions

Is Guarda or ZEUS safer?

ZEUS has the higher Safety grade: Guarda 5.4, ZEUS 8.0, out of 10.

Does Guarda or ZEUS require KYC?

Guarda is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag). ZEUS is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Guarda has 0 and ZEUS has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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