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Lightning Loop vs Swap Market

It is a trade-off. Lightning Loop has the higher Safety grade (8.0 against 7.3), while Swap Market has the higher Privacy grade (9.3 against 7.8).

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 →

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

Lightning LoopSwap Market
Category Instant Swaps Instant Swaps
KYC policy No ID mentioned 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 BTC, L-BTC, RBTC
Pay with Crypto, Lightning Crypto, Lightning
Fees Loop service fee varying with on-chain conditions, plus on-chain and routing fees; 30,000-sat no-show prepayment on Loop Out Set by each backend provider and shown before the swap
Limits Not published Set by each backend provider
Founded 2019 2024
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Lightning Loop

5+ years operating

Both

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededAccepts LightningNon-custodialOpen source

Only Swap Market

Tor onion serviceSelf-hostable

Where they sit among instant swaps

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Questions

Is Lightning Loop or Swap Market safer?

Lightning Loop has the higher Safety grade: Lightning Loop 8.0, Swap Market 7.3, out of 10.

Does Lightning Loop or Swap Market require KYC?

Lightning Loop is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Swap Market is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Lightning Loop has 0 and Swap Market has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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